River Flood Warning Issued for South Sulphur River
The National Weather Service has issued a River Flood Warning for the South Sulphur River in Southern Delta and Northern Hopkins Counties from 2 p.m. Friday, December 25, 2015 until further notice or until cancelled. The river should rise above flood stage by Saturday morning and continue to rise to a crest near 23 feet by Tuesday after midnight. The river flood stage is 16 feet. Do not drive autos through flooded areas. Caution is...
Flash Flood Watch Issued for Weekend
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood watch for the eastern two-thirds of North Texas from 6 a.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Monday. Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Van Zandt and surrounding counties are included in the watch. Rainfall will begin across the watch area on Christmas night as an upper level storm system approaches from the west. Rainfall intensities will increase on Saturday with embedded thunderstorms a possibility...
Sheriff’s Department Seeks Funding for Blood Hounds
In hopes of getting some financial support from the Hopkins County Commissioners Court, Sheriff’s Department Corporal Walt Kimmel put on a demonstration of his bloodhounds Tuesday behind the Sedalco Construction Building on Houston Street across from the new jail. The dogs have already been out three times to aid Sheriff’s Office cases. Kimmel, the department’s dog handler for the bloodhounds, said the dogs are only used...
Thunderstorm Creates Power Outage
As of 6:40 a.m. Wednesday morning, 92 Oncor customers were without electrical power. Power is expected to be restored before 8:30 a.m. The outage was caused by a severe thunderstorm that passed through the area until 6:45 a.m. Cloud to ground lightning, hail, and high winds along with heavy rainfall highlighted the thunderstorm warning for the Sulphur Springs and eastern Hopkins County area at 6:15 a.m. FEC reports no customer outage...
Tornado Watch Issued for Hopkins County Area
At 12:06 a.m., the National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt, Anderson, and Henderson Counties until 7 a.m. Wednesday morning. The watch area extends from Hopkins County eastward into southwestern Arkansas and northwestern Louisiana.
County Court at Law Judge Smith Interprets Ruling; Commissioners Leave Sign in Place
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court took action Tuesday morning on the new state open carry law set to take effect January 1. The court was swayed by the opinion of County Court at Law Judge Amy Smith who had read the Attorney General’s opinion on the matter. Judge Smith said that according to the Attorney General’s opinion any premise of any government offices and grounds that are utilized by the courts allows a ban on open...
Threat of Termination Only a Scam
One of the latest scams local lawmen are learning about sounds like a terroristic threat or even extortion. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum said this scam is working both city and county. An employee of a local bank was contacted and told that a contract had been placed for their termination. The caller offered to forget the contract and to give the individual the name of the one who had placed...
Cockerham Receives Probation with Sex Offender Conditions
December 21, 2015 – Monday in 8th Judicial District Court, Trevor Michael Cockerham entered a plea of guilty to improper photography or visual recording and was sentenced to seven years probation. As part of his probation, he has to attend, pay for, and successfully complete the state’s sex offender treatment program. He will not be allowed to be in the presence of children without another adult present. In December of this year...
Yates to Stand Trial in January
A January trial date in 8th Judicial Court is being set for Stanton Wayne Yates following Monday’s court docket that included a total of 52 cases. The docket called for Yates to face three charges of burglary of a habitation, theft of property under $20,000, three counts of theft of a firearm, and to be arraigned before District Judge Eddie Northcutt for four counts of engaging in organized criminal activity. Yates is one of two...
Foster, Adoptive Parents Sought
Laci Alexander, Foster and Adoptive Home Developer for Child Protective Services, will be conducting an information meeting for individuals interested in becoming licensed foster and/or adoptive parents for Texas children in CPS care. The meeting is set for January 25, 2016 at 5:30 PM at the Sulphur Springs CPS Office, located at 1400 College St, Suite 274, Sulphur Springs, TX. Alexander stated that those who wish to enter the program...
