TxDOT Paris District Announces Planned Work for Week of December 24, 2018
Here’s a look at work planned in the district during the week of Dec. 24, 2018. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such as...
MLK 2019 Social Justice Awards to Be Presented January 21, 2019
The MLK Social Justice Award honors members of Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County communities who have demonstrated their compassion, perseverance, courage, and leadership by engaging in the difficult work of fostering human dignity and our common humanity through their projects, programs, and visions. Dr. LaVelle Hendricks has announced the MLK 2019 Social Justice Awards will be presented Monday, January 21, 2019, 7 p.m. at Morning...
Winter Garden Pruning
One of the common activities during winter in Northeast Texas gardens is pruning. When referring to pruning, Dr. Welsh, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Horticulturist indicated: Proper pruning enhances the beauty of almost any landscape tree and shrub, while improper pruning can ruin or greatly reduce its landscape potential. In most cases, it is better not to prune than to do it incorrectly. In nature, plants go years with little or...
New APRN Joins Dr. Graves in Trinity Orthopedic Clinic
December 21, 2018 – Miss Jennifer Flowers graduated in 2016 with her Masters degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She had worked in a Pediatrics clinic while completing her degree through Nebraska’s Creighton University, and then gained experience in Orthopedics in a clinic there. She applied to Christus Mother Frances hospital to be nearer her Texas family, and was hired back in the summer. Since then, she has found her...
Man Arrested for Manufacture Delivery in DFZ Following a Controlled Buy of Methamphetamine
Derrick Matthew ‘BIGD’ Garcia Criminal Investigator Wade Sheets received information regarding a controlled buy of an illegal substance. Deputies set up at a location in the 300 block of East Shannon Road to await the arrival of Derrick Matthew Garcia, 31, of Mt Vernon. Garcia was arrested at the location where he claimed to be manager of the establishment. As the officer began a pat down of Garcia, the man told the...
Local Man Arrested on Parole Violation; and Unlawful Possession of Firearm by Felon
When Hopkins County Deputies arrested Stephen Lance Boughton, 40, of Sulphur Springs, for Parole Violation, Boughton had in his possession a bolt action 22 rifle that he claimed was a BB gun. When Boughton claimed the weapon was a BB gun, an examination of the weapon and the serial number on the weapon proved otherwise. Boughton admitted to knowing the weapon was in the room. Boughton is in Hopkins County Jail held with no bond on the...
SWAT Team Executes Warrant Search; Two Arrested
Angela Kay Doucette A narcotics search warrant executed at an apartment on Calvert Street by Hopkins County Investigators and the Sulphur Springs/Hopkins Count SWAT Team resulted in the arrest of Robert Jason Doucette, 43, and Angela Kay Doucette, 48. Both were charged with Possession Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 more than 1-gram but less than 4-grams and Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 3, less than 28-grams...
Winter weeds- Burweed By Mario Villarino
Recently, phone calls reached the Hopkins County Extension Office related to lawns infestations with burweed. According to Dr. Shackelford, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Austin, nothing designates spring’s arrival like walking barefoot on a lawn of lush, green grass. This pleasant experience can often turn into a painful, sticky situation with the presence of lawn burweed. Other names for this weed are spurweed and stinging...
SSISD Tax Office Closed for Christmas Break
According to Sandra Gibby, Tax Assessor-Collector for Sulphur Springs ISD, the school tax office, located in the school district administration building, will be closed the following days for Christmas Break: Friday, Dec., 21st through Wed., Dec. 26th, 2018And Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
