Man Laying on Side of Highway Found With Stolen Credit Card
December 30, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Highway 19 South in Hopkins County on Friday morning in response to a call received for a welfare check. Thomas Warren Masters Johnson Responding officers found a Fruitvale man laying on the side of the highway. The 25 year old male identified as Thomas Warren Masters Johnson consented to a search and was found to be in possession of a credit card...
Hopkins County Unemployment Continues Downward Trend
December 30, 2023 – The latest unemplyment numbers are in and Hopkins County continues to report the lowest percentages in the immediate North East Texas area. Hopkins County reported an unemplyment rate in November 2023 of 2.8% dropping from 3.2% in October 2023. The new November number was also much lower than one year ago as the November 2022 percentage was reported as 4.1%. Only 533 Hopkins County work hopefuls reported to...
Bond Set For Suspects in Fentanyl Overdose Murder Case
Bryson Lacy December 29, 2023 – Two suspects have been arraigned on murder charges stemming from a suspected fentanyl overdose. Recent Texas law that went into effect September 1st allows murder charges to be levied against those supplying fentanyl that results in death and enhances the criminal penalty for the manufacturing or delivery of fentanyl. Bryson Lacy, a 2021 SSHS graduate and standout athlete, was charged along with...
What is Beeswax From Master Gardener David Wall
December 29, 2023 – Beeswax. What is it? How is it made? Well, we start with a beehive. The hive is built from nothing, and when constructed, serves as a home, a giant food storehouse, and a nursery. All three items are built from beeswax. So, what is it and how is it made? Basically, it’s a wax made (secreted) by eight honeybee abdomen glands and produced in scale...
Alma Ruth Myers
Funeral Service for Alma Ruth Myers, age 92, of Greenville, TX will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at Mineral Height Baptist Church with Pastor Mike Pisney officiating and accompanied by Steven Shepler and Laverel Kluttz. Interment will follow at Sherley Cemetery with Ethan Morel, Nathan Morel, Cody Myers, Steven James Palmer, Kenneth Harbin, Jr. and Steven Palmer serving as pallbearers and with Troy Thomas Jr.,...
The Gala Live Auction Videos are Being Released
Sulphur Springs, Texas – The individual videos highlighting the items to be auctioned off as partof the Gala Live Auction on January 27 are beginning to be released. A single video describingeach auction item will be available for viewing on the Foundation’s Facebook page. Not only are the items explained, but the donors are also highlighted. There will be eleven ortwelve videos in total, so be sure to follow the Foundation on...
Gallagher Family Foundation Donates
Dec 29, 2023 – The Gallagher Family Foundation is once again sponsoring the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Gala. The Gallaghers are champions of quality rural healthcare and believe in the work of the Foundation. We are so excited to have their support! Get your tickets to the 18th annual Gala before it is too late! LOLGala2024.GiveSmart.com
Reunion Tower Might Be The Best Show in Texas on New Years Eve
DALLAS — Reunion Tower is an iconic place in Dallas and come New Year’s Eve, it will be surrounded by thousands of people viewing its fireworks and drone show. While the planning for the show starts at the beginning of the year, it’s these last few days of 2023 where the hard, physical work begins. Crews unload 15,000 pounds of fireworks off a couple of trucks, along with scaffolding to place the fireworks. There will also...
Recent New Texas Law Allows Murder Charges For Fentanyl Distribution
December 29, 2023 – House Bill 6 submitted during the 88th Texas Legislature was eventually signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in June of 2023 becoming enforceable September 1, 2023. This bill along with three others were touted by Abbott as “representing a significant step in the state’s fight against the deadly opioid that will prosecute fentanyl deaths as murder, ensure death certificates reflect when...
Hopkins County Records – December 2023
Land Deed Transactions 12/4/23 Thru 12/6/23 Areli Enriquez and Manuel Enriquez to Huantian Zhang; Tract in the Hodge Adams Survey John Dep Ruchanan, Admin, and Eddie Louis Buchanan Estate to Alfredo Estrada Lopez; Tract in the J Ybarbo Survey Angela Smith to Heather Marie White; Tract in the J W Hatchell Survey Mary Ann Morris to Tina Davenport; Tract in the Jesse K H Pace Survey R & R Ranchers LP to Gary...
