Failed Cooper Bank Could Cost FDIC Over $27 Million Dollars
Late Friday regulators closed the Enloe State Bank in Cooper, Texas. This is the first bank failure in Texas in over five years. The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) has sold the insured deposits and some of the assets of the bank to Legend Bank of Bowie, Texas. The FDIC has also stated that approximately $500,000 of the bank’s deposits exceeded the insured’s limits. Those customers who had accounts exceeding...
Deputies Find Wanted Man Hiding Behind Living Room Chair In Pickton Residence
A wanted man was found hiding behind a chair at his Pickton residence Monday afternoon. David Keith Harrison Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Baumann, aware the parole board had issued a warrant for 49-year-old David Keith Harrison, went to the man’s County Road 2400 residence. Baumann, in arrest reports, noted the property owner gave him permission to search the residence for Harrison. Harrison was found hiding...
Are You a Texas State Champion Ice Cream Maker? Enter the June 8 Contest, Enjoy Hot Air Balloons Too!
Josh Whitlock, Children’s Minister at Shannon Oaks is 2019 Contest Organizer This year’s Hopkins County Dairy Festival “ice cream” event will be hosted at Shannon Oaks Church at 5:30 pm on Saturday June 8, 2019. Besides being lots of delicious family fun, winning this contest will give you bragging rights as the Texas State Champ! From the seasoned to the beginner ice cream “chef”, you have a chance...
Reverend Billy Max Condrey
Reverend Billy Max Condrey, age 62, of Winnsboro, formerly of Mount Vernon, passed away while doing what he loved, working outside, in the late morning hours of Saturday, June 1, 2019 in Winnsboro, Texas. Billy was born on September 8, 1956 in Big Lake, Texas to Mary Ruth Raney Averrit and the late Joe Zane Condrey. Billy graduated from Mount Vernon High School. After being called to the ministry, Billy attended Southwestern Baptist...
Solar Panels To Be Installed At Hopkins County Fire Station Through Incentive Program
Hopkins County Fire Department will soon be utilizing solar power to generate energy for the station, thanks to a grant incentive program which will allow the panels to be installed on the facility at no charge to the county. Hopkins County Commissioners Court during their regular meeting Monday approved documents authorizing James Showalter Solar Installs to install a 51.6 kilowatt capacity a solar electric power generating system,...
Randall Alexander
Memorial service for Randall Alexander of Dallas, formerly of Sulphur Springs, will be Wednesday, June 5, at 12:00pm at Gaston Oaks Baptist Church, 8515 Greenville Ave, Suite 205, Dallas, Texas. He was the son of Buster and Lula Alexander, former member of Morning Chapel Baptist Church, and graduate of Douglas High School. Local survivor is an Aunt Francis Dial. With our condolences.
St. Mark Baptist Church of Pickton Celebration
The St. Mark Baptist Church of Pickton, TX will celebrate it’s 127th Anniversary and 58th Homecoming on Sunday June 9th, 2019. Sunday School will begin at 10:15AM, followed by morning worship at 11:00AM. Rev. Chris Spivey will be the guest speaker. Afternoon service begins at 3:00PM. Rev. Richard Rollerson, Jr of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Terrell, TX will be the guest speaker. All churches are...
Silvia Hernandez Campuzano
Silvia Hernandez Campuzano Mrs. Silvia Hernandez Campuzano, age 45 of Mineola, passed away on Saturday, June 1st, 2019 in Dallas. She was born on April 10th, 1974 in San Sebastian, Mexico to Roberto Campuzano Bahena and Narci Ortega ortega. She is survived by her husband, Jose Jaime Hernandez; daughters, Melissa Montes Campuzano and Adriana Campuzano; sons, Jaime Hernandez and Eric Hernandez; grandson. Alex Montes all of Mineola....
2 Jailed Following Complaint Of Intoxicated Person at Gas Station
Tracy Odell Marshall A complaint of an intoxicated person at a South Broadway Street gas station Saturday night resulted in not only a woman’s arrest for public intoxication, but also a Dike man being jailed on a controlled substance charge, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon, Sgt. Joshua Shufeldt and Officer Derrick Williams responded to a complaint of a suspected intoxicated person inside the...
Over 11 Grams Of THC Oil Found During Traffic Stop
A defective headlight on a Honda Element traveling on State Highway 154 at 10:06 p.m Sunday reportedly caught Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Chris Sorley’s attention and lead to a traffic stop . Bashir Ibrahim Sorley reported smelling a marijuana odor emitting from the vehicle on approach. When asked if he had any kind of marijuana inside the vehicle, 23-year-old Bashir Ibrahim of Fargo, North Dakota, allegedly showed...
