North Hopkins ISD Lone Finalist Choice Raises Questions
Dr. Darin Jolly was named lone finalist for the position of Superintendent of North Hopkins Schools during a board meeting this week according to a member of the North Hopkins School staff. Jolly was named to replace Donna George. However Jolley recently resigned under duress as Superintendent of Kenedy ISD after admitting blame in an effort to shield a student or students from being found to use a prohibited substance. In a...
State Jail Felony Charges Filed in Area ATV Theft
Two Greenville men were arrested Thursday morning at 4 a.m. after they attempted to retrieve an ATV they had tampered with and pushed into a tree line. Last weekend a construction crew alerted Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers that someone had tampered with an ATV the crew had been using in the Brashear area. The ATV was discovered in a tree line where it had been pushed in an attempt to hide it for later retrieval. Hopkins County...
Auditorium Remodel Forces Cancellation of Children’s Concert
An annual cultural event for all third, fourth, and fifth graders in all Hopkins County Schools has been canceled. The Sulphur Springs Symphony League has been presenting the annual children’s concert that features a music-focused learning experience for students for the past 18 years. This year the May event has been cancelled due to lack of venue. Over 1,000 students were to have attended the event at the Civic Center/SSISD...
Miller Grove News April 22, 2016
by Brandon Darrow I guess the biggest news I have this week is the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Miller Grove Elementary addition. Of course with all of the rain in the forcast everyone was worried that it wouldn’t be dry enough to conduct any type of ceremony outside, but good fortune prevailed and the weather couldn’t have been better. People began to gather in the front yard of the school around 11:45 am. By noon there was...
Miller Grove ISD Breaks Ground for New Elementary Building
Miller Grove School board members along with three (3) past board members, all MG alumnus who grad from 1936-2001, broke ground for a new elementary facility for the school district. Several elementary classes and students lined up around the flagpole area along with Superintendent of Miller Grove Schools Steve Johnson, Elementary Principal Ms. Jamie Fox, community and county dignitaries, elect officials and Chamber of Commerce CEO...
Woman, Child Injured; Man Arrested
Robert Jay Aaron, 27, was arrested Wednesday night for Assault and Family Violence and Injury to a Child. Both of the charges are third degree felonies. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call from a third party complainant in reference to a possible assault at an FM 3505 residence in Hopkins County. Upon arrival, deputies observed the other party involved sitting with her child in a vehicle outside the residence....
Wanted Man’s Luck Breaks Down On Highway 11
A short-lived vehicle chase on Highway 11 in Como, Texas resulted in an arrest on Wednesday afternoon. Oscar Garcia, Jr., 37, of Sulphur Springs was arrested on multiple warrants as well as for Evading Arrest and Detention with a Vehicle. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Officers responded to a call in Como involving a subject threatening another person. While in the area, Sergeant Sheets located a maroon Ford F-150 in the parking lot...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Open House April 28
While students at the Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center have been enjoying the new facility since the beginning of the spring semester in January, the community is now invited to stop by for a tour. An Open House will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 28 at the center, located at 1137 Loop 301 East in Sulphur Springs, just north of I-30. What used to be the former Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company is...
