Roy Lee Smith
Funeral services for Roy Lee Smith, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 23, 2016 at First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, TX with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating and Rev. Fred Randles assisting. Graveside service will be Monday, December 26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Chilton Cemetery in Chilton, TX with Harrell Hettich, Billy Hettich, Carson McIllwain, Tim Charlton, Barry Charlton, and Tom Farris...
Sulphur Springs Mom is 30,000th Visitor to Children’s Museum in 2016
DEBBIE GOODING AND HER SONS RECEIVE BALLOONS AND A YEAR MEMBERSHIP TO THE NORTHEAST TEXAS CHILDREN’S MUSEUM There was great excitement at the Children’s Museum on Wednesday, December 21, as the Gooding family from Sulphur Springs brought the yearly number of visitors to 30,000. Debbie had attended Brunch with Santa and returned for a second visit at just the right time. Balloons and a yearly membership were presented to...
Cipoletta on Pine Tree Win
First of all Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta says his is proud of his guys for the way the fought and came out with a 69-65 win at Pine Tree Tuesday afternoon. That said, Coach Cipoletta believes his team didn’t do a lot of the little things that might have made the winning easier. He didn’t like the way they played defense. They gave up quarters of 22 and 18 points. There was a lot of foul trouble. Victor...
City of Sulphur Springs Summer Paving Program
Coming soon. The city of Sulphur Springs Summer Paving Program. Despite it’s name, the work should get underway shortly after the first of the year. The Summer Paving Program has been, in reality a fall or winter program for several years now. The contractor is usually too busy with other projects during the summer to do the paving work here then. City Manager Marc Maxwell said the work would include some soft spot repair all...
New County Fire Truck
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved the purchase of a special new fire truck at a Wednesday morning meeting. County Fire Chief Andy Endsley said his department, and especially Fire Marshal Mike Mathews, had done a lot of research into this truck. Chief Endsley said the truck would be beneficial for the citizens of Hopkins County. He said it would allow the county fire department to better protect homes in the county...
Retirement Party for Sheriff Adams, Chief Deputy Morgan
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office hosted a retirement party for Sheriff Butch Adams and Chief Deputy Ricky Morgan in the Hopkins County Jail sally port Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff-Elect Lewis Tatum thanked everyone for coming. Lorie Grinnan, a former Rockwall County Commissioner and current staffer in Congressman John Ratcliffe’s Rockwall Office presented a flag that flew over the nation’s Capitol to the...
Gary Allen Lovejoy Parole Violation
A 30-year old Quinlan man, Gary Allen Lovejoy, who was arrested more than two years ago for on-line solicitation of a minor, was returned to the Hopkins County Jail Tuesday after a parole violation. The man was recently arrested in Hunt County. Tuesday Lovejoy was transported from Hunt County Jail to the Hopkins County Jail. On August 7, 2014, Lovejoy was arrested at his Quinlin home by Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies. He was...
Beth Wisenbaker Plaque
Nearly twenty years ago Donnie Wisenbaker showed up at a meeting of the Hopkins County Commissioners Court. It was the first court meeting for his wife Beth Wisenbaker, then the newly elected County Commissioner in Precinct 1.Wednesday morning, Donnie Wisenbaker returned to Commissioners Court. It was Commissioner Beth Wisenbaker’s last court meeting. During the meeting the court recognized Commissioner Wisenbaker for her 20...
Commissioner Beth Wisenbaker Retires
Beth Wisenbaker is a Hopkins County native…almost….her family moved to Sulphur Springs when she was in first grade. Beth graduated from Sulphur Springs High School, went to college, and in time met and married the love of her life, Donnie Wisenbaker. In the late 1980’s she got a “bee in her bonnet” to run for office, and in 1996 was elected by Hopkins County voters to the position of Commissioner Precinct...
Hopkins County Sheriff Butch Adams Will Retire
After 20 years as Hopkins County Sheriff, Butch Adams will retire on December 31, 2016. The years since 1996 have brought many positive changes to county law enforcement in Hopkins County. Today, more than five dozen persons are employed in the Sheriff’s Department, working in a new state-of-the-art law enforcement facility. Butch actually began his law enforcement career almost 20 years earlier with the Sulphur Springs Police...
