Hopkins County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Pass 30% As Year Comes To End
In a grim reminder of how awful 2020 has been, the latest report from the Hopkins County Emergency Management Team showed 30 Covid-19 patients are currently in the Covid Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. With 96 staffed hospital beds at the local campus, that pushes the Covid Hospitalization Rate locally up to 31.25%. The Texas Department of State Health Services tracks this hospitalization rate but as a...
J. B. Webb
Graveside services for J. B. Webb, age 81, of Cumby will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Cumby with Rev. Mark Crumpton officiating. Pallbearers will be his grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be Wade Eppears and Ricky Petty. There will be no formal visitation. J. B. passed away on Tuesday, December 29,2020 at Hunt County Regional Hospital in Greenville. J. B. was born on December...
Annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class To Be Conducted Virtually
The annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class will be conducted virtually this year, according to the National Weather Service and Sulphur Springs Police Department. The class is offered free for Delta, Fannin, Hopkins and Lamar Counties at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. SKYWARN® is a citizen volunteer program with 350,000-400,000 trained severe weather spotters, citizens volunteers who help keep their local communities safe by providing...
Dec. 30 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 8 New Cases, 30 In COVID Unit
Texas Department of State Health Services and Hopkins/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management’s Dec. 30 COVID-19 updates showed 8 new COVID-19 cases, 11 recoveries, 1 fatality, 39 additional vaccines for Hopkins County on Wednesday. A patient count in the hospital COVID unit reached a new high, and while fewer COVID-19 patients were in Trauma Area F hospitals, the overall patient counts rose. Dec. 30 COVID-19 Case Counts DSHS; Dec....
2nd Round of Economic Impact Payments Already Being Distributed
Some US residents will begin 2021 with money in the bank. The Internal Revenue Service Tuesday night reported a second round of Economic Impact Payments are already going out to taxpayers across the country. Authorized by the newly enacted Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the second round of payments or “EIP 2,” is generally $600 for singles and...
2 Hopkins County Jail Inmates Served With Indictments
Two Hopkins County jail inmates were served with indictments Tuesday, according to arrest reports. Jordan Matthew Williams (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kevin Lester served Jordan Matthew Williams at 10:15 a.m. Dec. 29, 2020, at the county jail with two third-degree felony indictments for indecency with a child by exposure. The offenses are alleged to have occurred in August of 2019. The 23-year-old...
Leveta (Chapman) Watson
Graveside service for Leveta (Chapman) Watson, age 97, of Mesquite will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Tira Cemetery with Tim Alhen officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Watson passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at Dallas Regional MedicalCenter. Leveta was born on April 27, 1923 in Tira, TX to John Nelson and Nora Bell (Henderson) Chapman. She married William Troy Watson on April 27, 1941...
Alan Morris Jordan
Memorial service for Alan Morris Jordan, age 79, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, January 4, 2021 at Shannon Oaks Church, Sulphur Springs. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Jordan passed away on Friday, December 25, 2020 at Rock Creek Health and Rehab, SulphurSprings. Alan was born on June 10, 1941 in Dallas, Texas to Carlton and Ruth Jordan. He was a truck driver by trade. He is survived by his son, Jay...
Man Arrested For Second Time In Two Months On Felony Charge
A 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been arrested for the second time in two months on a felony charge, according to arrest reports. Alexander Garza (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Silas Whaley located a wanted man at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday, December 30, at a Helm Lane convenience store. Alexander Garza was taken into custody on the outstanding warrant for violating probation on a third or more driving while...
State Highway 19 Traffic Stop Results In 2 Arrests
A State Highway 19 traffic stop resulted in two arrests early Wednesday morning, according to arrest reports. Chelsie Nicole Birdsong March, 2017 Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Aaron Chaney reported a Toyota Camry first caught his attention when the driver failed to dim the car’s high beam lights when it passed him on SH 19 north at County Road 4760. As it passed, Chaney noticed the car also had a defective tail...
