Oxford To Seek Place 6 on Sulphur Springs City Council
Charles Oxford will once again mount a campaign for Sulphur Springs City Council, this time for Place 6. Oxford who was a member of the council for one term has continued to run each year since not being re-elected. Oxford filed for Place 4 opposing incumbent Freddie Taylor last year and filed for Place 3 opposing incumbent Councilman Oscar Aguilar the year before. This time he will face Brad Burgin for the Place 6 seat unless others...
Wreck Ends Chase; Local Man Arrested
Robert Earl Hawkins, 32, of Sulphur Springs is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Evading Arrest Detention with Vehicle With Previous Conviction. Sulphur Springs Police received a call Sunday at 1:05 p.m. from a complainant who said a maroon pickup was following the complainant. Officers attempted to catch up with the pickup after they activated emergency lights. Hawkins fled the scene and failed to yield to an emergency vehicle...
Man Identified in Friday Night Incident
Sulphur Springs Police, Special Response Team, and Fire Department responded to a call in the 100 block of Kyle Street Friday night around 11 p.m. where a man had barricaded himself inside a residence wanting to harm himself, according to Captain Jason Ricketson with the Sulphur Springs Police Department. Officers first on the scene attempted to make contact with the male subject by phone but were unable to make contact. That’s when...
Robert Lewis, Jr
Services for Robert Lewis Jr, age 68, of Klondike, TX are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Lewis passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
David Lee Ballard
Memorial services for David Lee Ballard, age 75, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jimmy Henry officiating. There will be no formal visitation. David passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017 at his residence. David was born on January 12, 1942 in Dallas, TX, the son of Jack Ballard and Virginia Goodrich Ballard. He married Hilda Holder on June 25,...
Analysis: What we talk about when we talk about school vouchers
by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Jan. 30, 2017 It comes in with a different name every legislative session, this idea of letting students take their public school money with them if they decide to go to private schools instead.Vouchers. School choice. Scholarships. Education Savings Accounts. It’s not a complicated idea, but it’s a controversial one. And it’s not as partisan as you might think, in part because it mixes up each of the...
SKYWARN Severe Weather Class Set for February 9th
North and Central Texas had it all in 2016 when it came to storms. The National Weather Service will be offering a free class at the SKYWARN severe weather program on Thursday, February 9 th, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The program will be held at City Hall in Sulphur Springs and is held in partnership with Hopkins County Emergency Management and Sulphur Springs Police Department. This class is free of charge and no pre-registration is...
Jason Everett Tucker
Jason Everett Tucker, 41, of Paris, passed away Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, at Paris Regional Medical Center. The family will schedule a memorial service at a later date. Cremation was under the care and direction of Bright-Holland Funeral Home. Jason, the son of Carl Everett & Ann Capes Tucker, was born Sept. 4, 1975, in McAlester, OK. He grew up in Mead, OK and attended school at Silo, OK. His parents preceded him in death as did a...
Hopkins County Teens Face Threats and Public Shaming as They Enter the Workforce
As a parent in Hopkins County I could do nothing when my teen started talking about an incident at her Fast Food Restaurant job. Here is the Reader’s Digest Version: She was yelled at and humiliated in front of the entire team and a few customers. My daughter is old enough to face these things on her own. I can not simply call and chew out her manager. I sincerely hope she wouldn’t want me to. My wife and I can only...
