Tuesday: Weather-Related Closures, Schedule Changes
With several inches of snow covering the ground and another wintry storm predicted, schools and organizations have reported weather-related closures and schedule changes as a safety precaution. Those weather-related schedule changes reported to KSST include: Schools Sulphur Springs ISD will remain closed and remote instruction is canceled Tuesday-Friday, February 16- 19, due to power outages and dangerous weatherNorth Hopkins ISD is...
Monday: Weather-Related Closures, Schedule Changes
With a dusting of snow covering icy roads and more snow and another wintry predicted, several organizations have reported weather-related closures and schedule changes as a safety precaution. Those weather-related schedule changes reported to KSST include: Schools North Hopkins ISD is closing on-site class until further notice until at least mid-week. NHISD administrators will provide an update when classes will resume on-site. Remote...
Monday: Weather-Related Closures, Schedule Changes
With a dusting of snow covering icy roads and more snow and another wintry predicted, several organizations have reported weather-related closures and schedule changes as a safety precaution. Those weather-related schedule changes reported to KSST include: Schools North Hopkins ISD is closing on-site class until further notice until at least mid-week. NHISD administrators will provide an update when classes will resume on-site. Remote...
Machine Which Allowed City To Treat Icy Roads, Intersections Broke, Limiting Response
All Roads Are Slick With Snow Covering Icy Surfaces; Motorists Cautioned Against Travel, Urged To Stay Home If At All Possible Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell just before noon Sunday issued a plea urging motorists who are able to please remain at home off the roads. The sanding machine which the city uses to spread a mixture on intersections and streets to make them passable during ice and snow has broken, irreparably. This...
Brashear Man Claimed To Be His Brother, Arrested On Controlled Substance Charge
A 36-year-old Brashear man claimed to be his brother and was arrested on a controlled substance charge Friday night in Miller Grove, according to arrest reports. Cory Layne Belz (HCSO jail) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Baumann reported the 36-year-old he stopped around 9:25 p.m. Feb. 12 for failure to signal 100 feet prior to a turn from FM 1567 to FM 275 exhibited nervous behavior, talking fast but hesitant in...
4 Receive Deferred Adjudication, 1 State Jail Sentence, 1 Reduced Charge
Six people were sentenced in the 8th Judicial District Court this week: four received deferred adjudication, 1 a state jail sentence and 1 had a charge reduced under a plea agreement. Mary Elizabeth McDonald (HCSO jail photo) Mary Elizabeth McDonald of Oklahoma arranged to plead guilty in court Monday in exchange for sentence of 5 years of deferred adjudication and a $1,000 fine on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1...
Residents Urged To Stay Home Off Roads When Possible, Use Extreme Caution Driving
Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County law enforcement and emergency services personnel had responded to multiple minor vehicle crashes due to the weather Thursday morning. Thus, emergency responders are urging all who are able to remain at home until conditions improve. Those who cannot avoid travel are urged to use extreme caution driving, plan on driving slowly and allowing time for weather delays to traffic. While most of the major...
Dallas Man Jailed On Felony DWI Charge
A 43-year-old Dallas man was jailed on a felony DWI charge early Thursday morning, according to sheriff’s reports. No HCSO photo available for Phillip Lynn Wilson Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Baumann stopped a blue Saturn Vue just before 2 a.m. Feb. 10, on West Industrial Drive at mile marker 122 for failing to stop at the designated stop point at a stop sign. Deputy Justin Wilkerson arrived as a back up...
Atmos Energy Donated Multi-Gas Detector To Hopkins County Fire Department
Atmos Energy donated a multi-gas detector to Hopkins County Fire Department to help keep them and the company’s crews work safer when dispatched to an incident involving any type of gas leak. “We received this a few months back, but due to COVID, we were not able to do an official presentation. Atmos has really stepped up this past year. We’ve actually had some training done at the fire department in cooperation of...
Wanted Man Charged With 3 Additional Offenses After Running From Deputy
Sulphur Springs Woman Jailed On Warrant A wanted man was charged with three additional offenses after running from the deputy who attempted to take him into custody, and having syringe loaded with methamphetamine, sheriff’s officers alleged in arrest reports. The arrest was the third time in less than a year that the 49-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been booked into Hopkins County jail on felony charges. Two other were also...
