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Update: Pair Charged In Connection With Hughes Springs Burglary Remains In Hopkins County Jail
Sep21

Update: Pair Charged In Connection With Hughes Springs Burglary Remains In Hopkins County Jail

Bonds for 19-year-old Elizabeth “Lizzy” Gail Coleman of Jefferson and 24-year-old William Tyler Vick of Linden, the pair found Tuesday morning during a traffic stop to be in possession of stolen firearms and a controlled substance, were set at $50,000 per charge for each on two theft of firearm and one controlled substance charge. The firearms and bottles of prescription medication reported stolen Saturday night from a...

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1 Arrested, 1 At Large Following Pursuit And Search In Sulphur Springs Tuesday Night
Sep21

1 Arrested, 1 At Large Following Pursuit And Search In Sulphur Springs Tuesday Night

Sulphur Springs ISD Campuses Reportedly In Lock-Down Mode Wednesday As Precaution One Pine Bluff, Arkansas man was arrested and another man remained at large Wednesday morning, Sept. 21, 2022, following first a vehicle pursuit, then a foot chase and manhunt Tuesday night in Sulphur Springs. Because one suspect from the chase remained at large, Sulphur Springs ISD notified parents and staff Wednesday morning that district campuses were...

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Chamber Connection – Sept. 21, 2022
Sep21

Chamber Connection – Sept. 21, 2022

By Butch Burney, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, [email protected] Cooking a pot of Hopkins County Stew for the 2021 contest Tickets for this year’s 53rd Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, sponsored by Alliance Bank, will go on sale Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Chamber of Commerce office, local banks and online! This year, tickets are $8 each or four tickets for $28. You can purchase them at Alliance Bank...

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CHRISTUS Business News: NetHealth Offering Bivalent COVID Vaccines At Final Week Of Clinics
Sep20

CHRISTUS Business News: NetHealth Offering Bivalent COVID Vaccines At Final Week Of Clinics

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News for the week of Sept. 19, 2022 New Orthopedic Surgeon, Providers at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Primary Care in Sulphur Springs Now Accepting New Patients By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Sulphur Springs, Texas, September 19, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital...

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Winnsboro Police Department Media Report – Sept. 12-18, 2022
Sep20

Winnsboro Police Department Media Report – Sept. 12-18, 2022

Winnsboro Police Department each week provides a media report with information about department activity. WPD activity for the week Sept. 12-18, 2022, included: Arrests Makalyn Batchelor, 23 years of age, of Midland, was arrested on Sept. 14, 2022, for Possession of Dangerous Drug and Possession of a Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substance in a Drug Free Zone. Michael Wilson, 46 years of age, of Winnsboro, was...

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Constitution Week Observed In Hopkins County
Sep20

Constitution Week Observed In Hopkins County

This week marks the anniversary of the framing of the United States Constitution of the United States by the Constitutional Convention. Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom, along with the Commissioners Court and Daughters of the American Revolution, took time recently to encourage all citizens of the USA to reaffirm the ideals of the framers of the document had in 1787 by “vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to use...

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City Council Slated To Consider Setting City Utility and Tax Rates, Budget On Sept. 20
Sep20

City Council Slated To Consider Setting City Utility and Tax Rates, Budget On Sept. 20

City of Sulphur Springs utility customers can expect water, sewer and sanitation rate increases in the coming fiscal year. The city finance department and officers recommend raised rates to cover utility fund expenditures, future capital and other costs of providing each service beginning in October. A budgeted 9% cost of living adjustment (COLA) and an increase to longevity pay rates for city employees; inflation of costs such as...

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Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate And  Budget At 6 p.m. Meeting Sept. 20, 2022
Sep20

Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate And Budget At 6 p.m. Meeting Sept. 20, 2022

Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors are scheduled to meet at tonight to review and consider approving the budget, capital items for and set a tax rate for the fiscal year 2022-2023 which will end on Sept. 30, 2023. Proposed Tax Rate During the regular Aug. 25, 2022, HCHD Board meeting the directors recommended a tax rate for the that is roughly 2.5 cents less than the current tax rate. The hospital district’s tax...

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Pair Caught In Hopkins County With Property Stolen During Cass County Home Burglary
Sep20

Pair Caught In Hopkins County With Property Stolen During Cass County Home Burglary

A pair was caught in Hopkins County early Tuesday morning with property stolen during a Cass County home burglary Saturday night, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Justin Wilkerson and Joshua Davis, and Sgt. Scott Davis recovered the following items, reported stolen during a Saturday night home burglary in Cass County. HCSO Deputies reported stopping a white vehicle being...

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Sulphur Springs Man Jailed After Leading Cumby Police On High Speed Chase Along I-30
Sep19

Sulphur Springs Man Jailed After Leading Cumby Police On High Speed Chase Along I-30

A 24-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Saturday evening after leading Cumby Police on a high speed chase along I-30 east, according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available at 6 p.m. Sept. 19, 2022, for Jerry Wayne Hill III Cumby Police Officer Justin Talley was alerted by dispatchers of a report received at 8:04 p.m. Sept. 17, 2022, of a white Chevrolet car traveling east on I-30 near the 109 mile marker at a high rate...

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