Law Enforcement Seeking Information About CR 4131 Trailer Theft
Hopkins County law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen trailer with 2 center gates from County Road 4131 just south of Cumby. The trailer was reported stolen “around midnight” Aug 28-29. The stolen trailer is a red 2012 TexLine 24-foot trailer, with the Texas license plate number DZHH04, and the VIN: 5HNCA2420C1000101 This trailer was stolen from CR 4131 overnight; the canvas...
MGISD Hires Contractor For MultiPurpose Center
Miller Grove ISD Board of Trustees took another step forward in their bond project. The school board this week chose a contractor for the MGISD multipurpose center, to be paid for with the $2 million in bond approved by the voters on May 4, 2019. “We did the competitive sealed proposals. We got 6 bids out of 10 packets that went out. One was way high. The other 5 were pretty close. They were good competitive bids,” MGISD...
License Plate Reader Helps Deputy Catch Wanted Pair
August 29, 2020 – An alert from a license plate reader reportedly helped a Hopkins County catch a wanted Sulphur Springs pair traveling east on Interstate 30 Friday evening, according to arrest reports. Emily Kay Edmondson While on duty, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Lavender received an alert for a wanted/missing person from a license plate reader on a trailer near mile marker 84 on I-30 in Rockwall. He he...
SSISD Trustees Approve 2020 Tax Rate, 9 Personnel Changes, Budget Amendments
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during a special called noon meeting Friday, Aug. 28, approved budget amendments, 9 personnel changes, the SSISD 2020 tax rate and the Virtual Academy plan. SSISD 2020 Tax Rate SSISD Tax Assessor Collector Sandra Gibby recommended a SSISD 2020 tax rate of $1.251380 per $100 cash valuation of property within SSISD, with $0.9409 of that rate going toward the local maintenance fund for daily...
$2,000 Reward Offered For Information On Cattle, Saddle Thefts in NE Texas
A $2000 reward is being offered through Lake Country Crime Stoppers for information about recent cattle and saddle thefts in the Northeast Texas area. The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office along with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association are investigating a theft of eleven, 450-pound heifers with purple ear tags in the left ear, that were taken from a ranch on Interstate 30 west of Sulphur Springs. The cattle theft...
Motorist Hands Alcoholic Beverage To Deputy, Drives Off
A motorist allegedly drove off after handing an alcoholic beverage to the deputy, who stopped to check on the man parked at the roadside. The 54-year-old Arlington man was charged with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and driving while intoxicated with an open container, according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available for Reginald Dewayne Shackelford Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Justin Wilkerson, Chris...
Arkansas Man Jailed On Hope, Terrell Warrants
A traffic stop on Interstate 30 at mile marker 112 by Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams resulted in a 32-year-old Texarkana, Arkansas man’s arrest. No HCSO jail photo available for Brian Roshaud Williamson Williams reported stopping the a black truck Thursday night for a traffic violation. The driver was identified as Brian Roshaud Williamson. A records check showed the driver of the stopped Dodge Laramie to be wanted by...
2 New, 47 Active COVID-19 Cases Aug. 28 In Hopkins County
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom shortly after 5 p.m. Aug. 28 reported that local emergency management officials have been notified of 2 new positive COVID-19 cases for Hopkins County. That bring the cumulative total of positive COVID-19 cases assigned to Hopkins County since March to 240, including 47 active cases. There were no new recoveries reported on Friday. In fact, the last time Hopkins County Emergency Management officials...
2 Additional COVID-19 Deaths Assigned To Hopkins County Aug. 27
While no new positive COVID-19 cases were reported in Hopkins County on Thursday, there were no recoveries either. Two additional deaths were assigned to Hopkins County by the state and three additional patients were reported to have been admitted to the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. novel coronavirus 2019 Texas Department of State Health Services on August 27 showed 7 fatalities assigned to...
Sulphur Buff ISD Reports Additional Students Receive Positive COVID-19 Results
Sulphur Bluff ISD Superintendent Dustin Carr Thursday afternoon, Aug. 27 in a letter posted on the district website to the “Sulphur Bluff Bear Family,” reported district officials were notified Aug. 26 of additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on campus, this time for a household. SBISD students in the household were reported to have last been present on our campus Friday, Aug. 21, and Monday morning, Aug. 24. This follows...
