Scholarships Awarded To Future Educators
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel recently presented two Hopkins County high school graduates with $500 scholarships. Nancy Barton Moore presents a $500 scholarship to Sulphur Springs High School graduate, Grayson McClure and a $500 scholarship to Como-Pickton High School graduate, Diana Gallegos. The scholarships were awarded by the Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel to a graduating senior who will be seeking a degree in...
Pat Fallon Receives Republican Nomination For Congressional District 4
August 8, 2020 – Pat Fallon of Prosper received the Republican Party’s nomination for Congressional District 4 Saturday. Fallon replaces John Ratcliffe on the Nov. 3 ballot. Ratcliffe resigned the position upon being confirmed in May as the director of national intelligence. Pat Fallon, Congressional District 4 Republican nominee In order to be considered, a candidate had to be nominated by one of the county or precinct...
Hopkins County Records Aug. 8, 2020
Applications for Marriage Licenses (filed July 6-Aug. 6, 2020) Stephanie Leigh Dupree and Mark Andrew PattersonFernando Jimenez Huerta to Angela Azenete DeJesusErnest Lee Ponder and Joanna Lynn FouseKeenan Marcello Miller and Brooke T. Thomas WilliamsDakota Griffin Graham and Rebecca Blake CarrollElmer Steven Moreno and Leydie Stephanie FrancoRandy Alan Palmer and Sarah Michelle SmithScott Lee Belle and Delores Annette ClarkJohn Oud...
3 New COVID-19 Cases, 6 Recoveries Reported For Hopkins County On Aug. 8
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, announced the state had notified local emergency management officials of 3 new positive COVID-19 cases, and 6 recoveries for Hopkins County. That marks the seventh straight day in which new positive results have been reported for Hopkins County, for a total of 47 new COVID-19 cases and 43 patient recoveries reported so far in August. That’s a total of 199 cases and...
Hopkins County GOP Hosts Executive Meeting To Select Republic Nomination For Congressional District 4
Hopkins County this afternoon will host a special election this afternoon, with Republican delegates from across Northeast Texas choosing who will represent the party on the November ballot. Candidates for the Republican nomination for 4th Congressional District of Texas introduce themselves. Approximately 150 Republican delegates and officials, candidates and guests are anticipated to fill Hopkins County Civic Center when the doors...
Man Caught In Stolen Vehicle On I-30 in Hopkins County
August 7, 2020 – A 22-year-old was caught early Wednesday morning driving a stolen car on Interstate 30, according to arrest reports. Texas Department of Public Safety officials notified HCSO dispatchers a license plate reader had hit on a stolen vehicle on I-30 traveling east from mile marker 85 at 1:27 a.m. Aug. 5. Hunt and Hopkins County officials, including Cumby police, were alerted and began watching for the vehicle as it...
6 New COVID-19 Cases, 61 Active Cases Reported In Hopkins County Aug. 7
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, reported 6 new positive COVID-19 cases for Hopkins County. That’s the sixth consecutive day in which new cases have been reported and the third day in a row in which 6 new cases were reported for Hopkins County. No recoveries have been reported in two days. positive COVID-19 result That’s 44 new cases and 37 recoveries reported so far this week. That brings the overall...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Choking Female Household Member
Woman Allegedly Threatened 63-Year-Old Man August 7, 2020 – A 43-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused of choking a female household member. A 40-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was accused August 6, 2020 of making a terroristic threat. Jackson Street Assault Sulphur Springs Police Officer Tyler Francis responded at 1:42 p.m. August 6, 2020 to a disturbance in the 1000 block of North Jackson Street. Cris Glenn Brown (HCSO jail...
Holiday Drive Closing At Creek Crossing Due to Erosion
The City of Sulphur Springs is closing Holiday Drive behind Lowe’s at the creek crossing, according to Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell. “We have discovered significant erosion underneath the road. it may be 30 days before the road is repaired. It should not cause much inconvenience for the few residents on Holiday Drive, since they will still have access,” Maxwell reported on Friday, August 7, 2020. A...
2 Jailed On Child Sex Charges
August 7, 2020 – Two Sulphur Springs men were jailed on child sex charges, according to Aug. 4-6 arrest reports Indecency Charge Jordan Matthew Williams (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigators Wade Sheets and Michael Russell at 10 p.m. Aug. 6 contacted Jordan Matthew Williams at a Sulphur Springs residence and served him with a warrant for an indecency with a child by exposure charge, according to...
