Game Day: Wildcats Host Terrell; Homecoming; State Champ Team To Be Honored
The Wildcats’ football team is hosting the Terrell Tigers at Gerald Prim Stadium on this Friday (September 14) game day. They are hoping the lightning stays away this week. The game is the district opener for both teams and it’s Homecoming for the Wildcats. Terrell comes in 0-1 after a week one loss at Hallsville, 27-7. Their game against Paris was canceled by weather last week. The Wildcats are 1-0. They defeated Frisco...
TxDOT to Replace Bridge on Hopkins County Road 4710
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that a project to replace the bridge on CR 4710 in Hopkins County will begin Sept. 17. Highway 19 Construction LLC, Sulphur Springs, Texas, was granted 74 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $250,000. The target date for completion of this work is March 2019, officials said. The contractor will replace the existing bridge at...
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Misdemeanor Charges and Fine Result in Arrest of Man Near Middle School
Two Class-C Misdemeanor charges and a fine are the result of the arrest of an adult male dressed in camouflage and camouflage face paint arrested Thursday morning after he was found in a field behind the Sulphur Springs Middle School. The charges included Public Intoxication and Disorderly Conduct Breach of Peace. The man went before Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer Friday morning where he faced a Magistrates hearing that levied the...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested in Cumby for Online Soliciation
Jeremiah Carnes entering Hopkins County Jail book-in Friday morning. Carnes was arrested in Cumby, TX for Online Solicitation of a Minor. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigators and Deputies arrested a Sulphur Spring man in Cumby Friday morning. The man thought he was meeting a 15-year old female for sex. Instead, Jeremiah Carnes, 42, was arrested for Online Solicitation of a Minor. Investigator Corley Weatherford said the...
Local Veterans “Freedom Honor Flight” Needs You at Home Town Send-Off!
According to Lynda Hager, co-ordinator for local Veterans attending Freedom Honor Flights, the public is invited to attend a hometown Send-Off on Thursday September 20 at 11:30 in front of the Hopkins County Courthouse. A trio of local Vietnam Vets have been selected to travel to a grand reception in our nation’s capitol and a whirlwind tour of the monuments there. The veterans are Michael Barrett, John Ward and Bobby Swatsell....
Man on Motorcycle Attempts to Evade Arrest
A DPS Trooper observed a 2005 ZX-6 Kawasaki motorcycle exceeding the speed limit on State Highway 154 at the 672 milepost. When he attempted to stop the motorcycle, the driver evaded in a high speed pursuit into Wood County. The Cody Lee Jordan, 20, of Yantis, the driver of the motorcycle, turned down a Farm to Market road and then a county road before returning to Hopkins County on CR 1439. He lost control of the motorcycle and...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report September 5-11, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report September 5, 2018 to September 11, 2018 includes: Disturbance: 5; Thefts: 5; Burglaries: 3; Terroristic Threats: 2; Criminal Mischief’s: 4; Inquests: 1; Suspicious Circumstances: 2; Suspicious Vehicles: 8; Suspicious Persons: 5; Alarms: 3; Harassments: 1; Criminal Trespasses: 5; Scams: 2; Frauds: 0; Abandoned Vehicles: 1; Cows Out: 23; Horses Out: 2; Welfare Checks: 5; Assaults: 4; Dog Bites: 0; Fires/Burn...
Geraldine Pinson
Mrs. Geraldine Pinson, age 96 of Longview, passed away on Wednesday, September 12t 2018 in Longview. She was born on May 10, 1922 in Winnsboro to the late Isam Andrew Cox and Mattie Bagby Cox. She was a retired cashier for Wood County Electric and was a member of East Point Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, O.B. Pinson; brothers, Clifford Ray Cox, Curtis C. Cox, Andrew Cox; sisters Mary Gore and...
Young Eagles Flights at Sulphur Springs Airport
The Annual Young Eagles Flight Rally is scheduled for Saturday September 15, 2018 at Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport, located on Highway 19 North. Numerous certified pilots will fly in with their own planes to share the love and excitement of flying with a new generation. The program is put on by the Experimental Aircraft Association local chapter 1094 and is absolutely free. During this nation-wide Young Eagles event, young...
