Football Camp Starts
Wildcat Football Camp for Kids Entering 3rd Through 7th Grade Starts This Evening The Wildcat Football Camp is the first of the SSISD summer sports camps this year. It is designed for boys entering the third through the seventh grade next school year. The three-day camp gets underway Tuesday (May 28) and runs through Thursday (May 30). It has usually been held in late August and it’s been during the day. This...
Summer Paving Projects Wrapping Up
Work on the city’s summer paving projects is nearing completion, with work on Locust and a block of Mulberry completed, thanks to the new street maintenance fee, but at least two city streets remain closed or at least partially closed due to road construction, according to City Manager Marc Maxwell. Locus Street has been repaved from Main Street to Houston Street. Locust Street between Main Street and Houston Streets has been...
Police Arrest Man After Finding Methamphetamine In His Pocket
Jason Allen Hooten A 31–year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed after police found methamphetamine in his pocket, according to arrest reports. Jason Allen Hooten reportedly caught Sulphur Springs Police Officer Zach Brown’s attention by driving a Jeep Cherokee on the “wrong side of the road,” in the 1500 block of East Industrial Drive at 10:36 p.m. Monday, so Brown stopped him on the traffic charge. Brown...
Free Summer Meals Offered 4 Days a Week at 2 Local Schools For Kids
Two local school districts will be offering free breakfast and lunch for children up to age 18 years starting next week. Sulphur Springs ISD will take part in the Summer Food Program Monday-Thursday, June 4-July 26,, at Sulphur Springs Elementary, 829 Bell St . Breakfast will be served from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for any child age 1-18; district enrollment is not required. For more information about...
Paris Man Jailed After Marijuana, Handgun Found During Traffic Stop
A Paris man was jailed early Sunday morning on a weapon charge after a handgun and marijuana were found in his vehicle during a traffic stop. A sheriff’s deputy reportedly stopped a Jeep Grand Cherokee at 2:20 a.m. May 26 for traveling 72 mile per hour in a 65 mile per hour speed zone on State Highway 19 north, just south of County Road 4764. While talking to the 27-year-old Paris man, the deputy reported smelling a marijuana...
Man Accused Of Interfering With 911 Call During Disturbance
A 34-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested Saturday for allegedly preventing a woman from calling 911. Police were dispatched at 11:12 a.m. May 25 to a report of a disturbance in progress at a Woodlawn Street residence. Upon arrival at the man’s residence, they contacted the man and another party alleged to have been involved in the disturbance, police reported. He was accused of taking the phone away from the other...
Man Reportedly Arrested For Cocaine Possession Twice In 10 Days
Jesus Daniel Olguin Jesus Daniel Olguin, 18, was arrested by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Davis for cocaine possession early Monday morning, following a routine traffic stop on at mile marker 127 on Interstate 30 east. He reportedly admitted to being arrested recently for possession of cocaine, and deputy was given permission to search the Chevrolet Silverado. A baggy with a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine...
Man Accused of Assaulting, Putting Girlfriend In Choke Hold
Scotty Ray Price Scotty Ray Price, 36, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 1:47 p.m. Sunday on 9th Street in Sulphur Springs for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman was dispatched a disturbance at his residence. Upon arrival, the man was alleged to have assaulted his girlfriend by punching her in the face and body numerous times, and placing her in a choke hold, which impeded her breathing,...
Deputies Recover Stolen Chainsaw, Arrest 2 Men
Timothy Alan GossCraig David Lawler A report regarding the possible location of a stolen chainsaw resulted in the arrest of two men Sunday morning. Deputies responded on County Road 1100 just after 10 a.m. May 26 regarding the chain saw. They located Timothy Alan Goss, 48, of Sulphur Springs in a Ford F-150 pickup and found Craig David Lawler, 49, of Mineola cutting a tree with a saw, that was reportedly stolen, Hopkins County...
