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...
Robert Mitchell Alsobrook
Graveside service for Robert Mitchell Alsobrook, age 71, of Como, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, August 7, 2020 at North Hopkins Cemetery with Bro. Mike Coker officiating. Pallbearers will be Joshua Alexander Sr., Justin Dixon, Randell Alsobrook, David Delgado, Andy Cockrum, and “JD” James Dale Collins. There will be a come and go visitation from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, August 5th and 6th at West Oaks...
More than $60,000, Firearm Found During Traffic Stop
Cumby Police arrested a 25-year-old Tennessee man after bundles containing more than $60,000 cash and a firearm were found during a traffic stop Thursday, August 6, 2020 according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available for Tavaris Deandre Floyd Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson alleged a marijuana odor was smelled during a traffic stop on a Nissan Sentra. The traffic stop was initated for following too close to another...
Cumby ISD Meet the Teacher, Schedule Pick Up Times Announced
Candidate Filing Continues Through Aug. 17 For A Place On Nov. 3 Trustees Ballot; Cumby ISD Bond Election Cancelled Cumby ISD Meet the Teacher and schedule pick up times were announced Thursday night, Aug. 6. A traditional Cumby ISD Meet the Teacher Night won’t be held this year due to COVID-19, but times have been allocated on four different days for parents to drop their children’s supplies off at school and meet their...
Norma J. (Volcik) Worley
On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Norma J. (Volcik) Worley, 82, passed from this life at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas after a short struggle with poor health. She lived 10 years in Emory, Rains County, Texas before moving into assisted living with her late husband of 63 years, Billy D. Worley, who preceded her in death in 2019. Born August 31, 1937 in Dallas, Texas, she was the only child of the...
*Updated* Limited Visitation Allowed At Nursing Facilities And Long-Term Care Facilities
Local facilities have not been given the go-ahead yet to proceed with visitations even though the state released the press release below allowing visitations. The regional liasons and their staff will still need to provide the visitation criteria and testing criteria for our local facilities before visitations will be allowed. Although family members will still have to wait, the first step has been taken toward resuming visitations....
Aug. 6 COVID-19 Update: 6 New Cases, 55 Active Cases Reported For Hopkins County
For the fifth consecutive day, Hopkins County Emergency Management officials reports new COVID-19 cases. Thursday, Aug. 6 marked the second day in a row in which 6 new positive COVID-19 cases were reported for Hopkins County. That’s 38 new cases and 37 recoveries reported so far this week, including 1 new case on Sunday, 12 on Monday, 13 Tuesday, and 6 each on Wednesday and Thursday, Hopkins County Emergency Management officials...
Wood County Sheriff’s Office Report – July 29-August 4, 2020
Wood County Sheriff’s Office provided the following activity report for July 29-August 4, 2020: Suspicious Activity: 12Alarm: 5Burglary: 3Theft: 3Criminal Trespass: 11Assault: 1Disturbances/Disputes: 12Shots Fired: 1Criminal Mischief: 1Reckless Driver: 5Terroristic Threat: 1Welfare Check: 9Arrest/Warrant Services: 13Livestock at Large: 10Harassment: 1Damaged Property: 0Fraud: 3Motorist Assist: 4Animal Complaint: 5 Inquest: 0 Missing...
Hopkins County Testing Update: 1,799 Tested – 1,583 Negative, 185 Positive, 32 Pending
Nearly 1,800 COVID-19 tests have been conducted on Hopkins County residents over the last 144 days, with 184 test results coming back positive and 1,583 negative for novel coronavirus 2019, according to Aug. 6 testing update provided by Hopkins County Hospital District COO/Hopkins County EMS Director Brent Smith. Hopkins County COVID-19 screenings and positive cases Overall, that’s 49 additional Hopkins County residents testing...
