County Seeking Legal Help In For Costs Of Repairing County Roads Damaged By 2019 Pipeline Fuel Spill Cleanup
Hopkins County is seeking legal for costs of repairing county roads damaged by the 2019 pipeline fuel spill cleanup in Turkey Creek. Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning considered a retainer agreement with Allison, Bass & Magee LLP to assist with legal action in attempts to get Delek Logistics to pay for damages reportedly caused by heavy trucks using county roads in Precincts 1 and 4 while responding to the Oct. 3,...
Saltillo Lions Basketball Team Drops A Game To McLeod Saturday
The Saltillo Lions Basketball Team took a loss against McLeod on Saturday, December 19. The Lions had the lead after one quarter but McLeod rallied over the next three periods to take a 57-40 win. Chris Boekhorst led the Lions with 19 points. David Whitworth scored 8 points. Andrew Redburn added 6 points. Coy Collins had 4 points. Colton McGill scored 3 points. The Lions record for the season is now 3-6. The Lions play Savoy Monday...
Man Accused Of Choking Wife During Altercation
Police arrested a 54-year-old Sulphur Springs man accused of choking his wife during an altercation Saturday at their residence. Gary Edwin Hayes (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police officers responded at 8:25 p.m. Saturday to a report of a physical disturbance on Houston Street. Upon arrival, Officer Cameron Robinson reported seeing Gary Edwin Hayes standing above a woman, identified in police reports as the man’s wife. The...
Woman Accused Of Threatening Four People With A Gun
Deputies arrested a 56-year-old Sulphur Springs woman accused of threatening four people with a gun Sunday evening. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at 1:25 p.m. December 20, 2020 at a woman’s County Road 4615 residence to what was reported as an animal complaint call involving a female pointing a gun at the complainant. Upon arrival, they contacted the complainant, his wife and their two adult daughters....
2020 ‘Wreaths Across America’ in Sulphur Springs
The annual posthumous recognition for veterans of all wars was held in cemeteries across the nation on Saturday December 19, 2020. This year, five Hopkins County cemeteries took part in the solemn event. They are Sulphur Springs City Cemetery, Black Oak Cemetery. Pickton Cemetery, Greenview Cemetery and Gafford’s Chapel Cemetery. Almost 900 wreaths were placed in City Cemetery alone! Many local volunteers came together and made...
DSHS: CHRISTUS Hospital-Sulphur Springs Is 1 Of 3 Local Sites Selected For COVID-19 Vaccine
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs CEO Paul Harvey Thursday gave an update of the COVID-19 situation and other activities at as they relate to the hospital and associated local CHRISTUS facilities, including reports on testing and the COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 Vaccine Over the last week, the CDC delivered doses of the COVID-19 to various locations across the country and state. Texas Commissioner of Health appointed an...
Dec. 19 COVID-19 Update: 2 Fatalities, 7 New Molecular Tests, 17 Recoveries
Texas Department of State Health Services’ Dec. 19 COVID-19 dashboard shows 7 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 17 new probable cases, 16 recoveries and two fatalities. The seven new cases confirmed by molecular (PCR) testing make 70 new cases this week and 208 so far this month. Cumulatively, 1,040 Hopkins County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since March. That’s a 2.8 percent molecular positivity rate. The Dec....
Dec. 18 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 25 New Confirmed Cases, 3 New Probable Cases
Hopkins County residents recovered from COVID-19, half as many new probable cases were reported and fewer COVID-19 tests were conducted at the free testing site on Friday than Thursday. However, one more COVID-19 positive on molecular tests was also reported, the patient count in the COVID-19 unit at the local hospital rose and one additional Hopkins County fatality was confirmed, Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins...
Hospital District Board of Directors Approved A Tax Abatement for D6 Inc., Cardiac Monitors For EMS
Construction Bids For New EMS Station/HCHD Headquarters Accepted Through Jan. 8 Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors approved a tax abatement and agreed to an extension on another, approved two budgeted capital purchases, and discussed construction of new EMS station/HCHD headquarters during the Dec. 17 board meeting, and swore in one board member. Tax Abatements At the recommendation of Sulphur Springs – Hopkins...
2 Men Sentenced In District Court On Felony Charges
Two people were sentenced in District Court Thursday on felony offenses, according to court reports. Brandon Grady Teague (HCSO jail photo) On Nov. 23, 2020, Brandon Grady Teague was sentenced in District Court Thursday on two felony charges. Teague pled open in the 8th Judicial District Court on a Jan. 22, 2020, possession less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone charge and a Dec. 27, 2019,...
