Manuel Rodriguez-Cruz Arrested For Child Porn Distribution In Sulphur Springs
Investigation of possible distribution of child pornography by a local resident resulted in 36-year-old Manuel Rodriguez-Cruz’s arrest, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office reports. Manuel Rodriguez-Cruz According to Sheriff Lewis Tatum, the investigation lead by HCSO Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford was launched based on a tip the sheriff’s office received about possible involvement of a local resident in the...
Sulphur Springs City Council Tables Proposed Curfew For Minors Ordinance Again
Sulphur Springs City Council for the second month in a row tabled the proposed curfew ordinance, following discussion on the matter. The curfew hours for minors ordinance was pitched at the January City Council meeting in response to two businesswomen’s request for help with middle school aged children being left unaccompanied at night downtown. The City Council, after he tabled at the January meeting. City Attorney Jim McLeroy...
Suspect Arrested For Capital Murder In Connection With Shootings At Texas A&M University-Commerce
Texas A&M Commerce Release: A suspect has been arrested on the charge of capital murder in connection with the shootings that occurred on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce this week, reported Tuesday evening. The suspect is 21-year-old Jacques Dshawn Smith. Smith is not a student at A&M-Commerce. He is believed to be the ex-boyfriend of Abbaney Matts, one of the deceased individuals. An arrest warrant was...
TxDOT: State Highway 11 Overlay Begins On Feb. 10
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that work to overlay new pavement on a portion of State Highway 11 in Hopkins County will begin on Feb. 10. TxDot Logo The contractor, Richard Drake Construction Company LP, was granted 100 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $2.2 million. The target completion date for this for this project is mid-May 2020, officials said....
Cool Season Weeds Can Be Detrimental To Warm Season Perennial Forages
Submitted by Dr. Mario Villarino, Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agent, agriculture and natural resources. When it comes to controlling cool season weeds, Dr. Vanessa Olson, forage specialist from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension reports the following: As forage producers, we focus most of our energy on our warm season perennial pastures and hay meadows (bermudagrass, bahiagrass, etc.). That means most of our weed control efforts...
Victor Norman Watson
Funeral services for Victor Norman Watson, age 64, of Frisco, formally of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 6, 2020 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will follow at East Caney Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Victor departed this life on Wednesday, January 29th at 11:00 p.m. at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center. Victor was the second child born to Gyeula...
Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Offers a Nursing Program
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Nurse Instructor Kristi Schultz discusses lesson plans with students in her CNA class who are studying to be nurse aides. The students, from left, front row are Jamaica Emmers, Tierra Ellis and Brakeisha Mitchell. Back row are Imelda and Kelly Abbott. Call 903-885-1232 for information about this and other classes. PJC SSpgs CNA class nursing program
11 From SSHS Qualify For State BPA Meet, 3 Others Named State Alternates
Sulphur Springs High School was well represented at the regional Business Professionals of America competition in Rockwall, with 25 students competing. Of those, 11 are advancing to the state contest and three were selected as state alternates, according to SSHS Director of College and Career Readiness/Career and Technical Education Director Jenny Arledge. Students advancing from the Jan. 18 contest at Dr. Gene Burton College and...
Mary Thelma Byrd Lewis
Funeral services for Mary Thelma Byrd Lewis, age 88, of Saltillo, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 7, 2020 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Fred Lewis officiating. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery with Tommy Lewis Jr., Caleb Lewis, Cody Joyner, Tim Williams, Justin Lewis, Stuart Sims, John T. Wright, Brazos Hightower, and Wyatt Hightower serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m., prior...
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Said His Team Lost to the Best Team They Have Played Friday Night
Lady Cats Soccer Coach Javier Aguayo had nothing but praise for the Wylie East after the Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Cats, 7-0 Friday night (January 31) in Wylie. Coach Aguayo called them a tough opponent and organized. He said they were good on defense. Coach Aguayo said the Lady Raiders have only given up about 3 goals all season. Their season record is a sterling 11-0-2. He also added they had good wingers or forwards. He said...
