Drove Into House; Sitting in Jail
A 22 year old man has been charged with several offenses after he ended up driving his vehicle into a home on FM 1567 at County Road 1190 just after 6 a.m. Tuesday. Fortunately there were no injuries. 22-year old Colton Blake Skinner was charged with tampering with evidence and possession of a controlled substance before Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer who set bond at $15,000 total. The man apparently tossed some pills out of the...
Hopkins County EMS Receives American Heart Association Award
Hopkins County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. Hopkins County EMS provides 911 ambulances to approximately 6500 requests for service annually in Hopkins and Delta Counties in Northeast Texas. “EMTs and paramedics play a vital part in the system of care for those who have...
Same Sex Marriage License Will Be Issued This Week
Hopkins County will be issuing same-sex marriage licenses beginning Monday. County Clerk Debbie Shirley is only awaiting the loading of software by the application vendor. Some wording changes have been made to the application. Shirley said she could not know how much time the programmer will need. She said the decision to issue the licenses is based upon an Attorney General written opinion that the county clerks shall issue the...
SBA Federal Disaster Loan for NonFarm Northeast Texas Businesses
Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Disaster Field Operations Center – West today reminded Texas small, nonfarm businesses in Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Hunt, Rains and Wood counties of the July 27, 2015, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by the drought in Hopkins...
SSISD Approves Over $4 Million in Bids For Auditorium Renovation
During a special meeting at midday Friday June 26th, the Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board approved bids of just over four (4) million dollars for the renovation of the Regional Civic Center Auditorium. In return, the school district will receive a 35 year lease of the facility. The board met for over two hours as they considered bids from the construction manager for the third time in recent months. Bids had been...
Construction Pace Quickens on New County Jail Facility
Work on Hopkins County’s new jail facility should pick up the pace now that most of the remaining work is inside the facility. During a Wednesday (June 24) meeting with construction managers, Newsom was told that there is some work to be completed outside but the majority of the work is now inside. Newsom said the contractor is using all subcontractors and this is the time of year when they can make the most money thanks to...
“Updated” Hopkins County Moves Slowly Regarding SCOTUS Ruling; Governor Issues Directive
(Editors note: Governor Greg Abbott has issued a directive to state agencies and employees to not violate religious beliefs in government decisions or actions realted to belief on marriage. See governor’s statement made Friday afternoon June 26 here. In it he says the government must never pressure a person to abandon or violate his or her sincerely held relgious beliefs regarding a top such as marriage…”) In a 5-4...
Man Arrested For Assault With A Deadly Weapon
A 27-year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested after he reportedly struck his wife with fists and threatened her with a knife during a disturbance. Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to a report of a disturbance on County Road 1190 at 2 p.m. Thursday. The woman told police her husband had struck her several times and held a knife to her throat. There were signs that the woman had been struck and had been nicked by the...
*Updated* POW MIA Area Added to Memorial
Pioneer Memorial contracted with Don Brewer with Brewer Lettering in Pickton to add a special area for Prisoners of War and Missing in Action soldiers on a stone at the Hopkins County Veterans Memorial Thursday. The new area is just to the left of the art work on the waterfall wall. It features names of POW’s from World War I and World War II as well as MIA’s from World War II and the Korean conflict. It also includes a...
Two Busy Days for District Court
Thursday (June 25, 2015) morning in the District Courtroom of the Hopkins County Courthouse, 8th Judicial District began making its way through a 42 case docket. Most of the docket involved pretrial actions. However, Judge Eddie Northcutt did hand down a few decisions during the day. He had also handed down six decisions on Wednesday. Cases heard and set Thursday afternoon are not included here but will be reported in an update to...
