Glenda Anne Holmes
Glenda Anne Holmes, age 72, of Duncanville, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Graveside service is scheduled for Friday, October 21, 2016, 10 AM at Smyrna Cemetery in Emory. Glenda was born on June 16, 1944, in Seminole, TX to Haskell and Louise Dyer Fleetwood. She worked most of her life as a legal secretary. Survivors include: Son: Dewey Holmes of Quinlan Brother: Haskell Fleetwood, Jr. (Cindy) of...
An AgriLife Update By Johanna Hicks
Christmas Joys Update Wow, we have had a tremendous response to the 43rd annual Extension “Christmas Joys” holiday program! Both sessions, scheduled for Monday, November 7, are full (and have been for quite a while). We will try to call everyone to confirm, but if you reserved a seat, and know you cannot come, please contact my office so we can call those on the waiting list. If you are on the waiting list, don’t be discouraged. I...
Twig Girdlers and Upcoming Dairy Programs By Mario Villarino
Recently I got a report of Twig girdlers affecting pecan trees in the Miller Grove area. These beetles are 1/2 to 3/4 inch long, light to dark brown with a wide gray band across the wing covers (elytra) and a dense sprinkling of pink, orange or dark yellow spots. They have long antennae, being members of the longhorned beetle family, Cerambycidae. The pecan girdler occurs throughout Texas except in the trans-Pecos area. Mesquite twig...
Flynn Working on Legislation to Arm First Responders
State Representative Dan Flynn, R-District 2, has begun working on a bill for the next legislative session relating to the carrying of a handgun by a first responder engaged in the actual discharge of the first responder’s duties. This would allow first responders like Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) and firemen and women to carry a firearm on the job if they have a valid CHL without restrictions on places to carry. Flynn...
County Firemen Have Been Busy With Large and Small Fires
A community effort stymied a potential major fire in the East Caney Community Wednesday. A Hay bale fire on the Jacob’s Dairy South of I-30 off County Road 2341 and Lawrence Lane was extinguished when firemen and others utilized tractors to remove bails from the 1100 bale stack. Only 280 bales were destroyed in the fire. Hopkins County Firemen along with volunteers from Brinker, Como, Pickton, Pine Forest, Dike, and North Hopkins...
He Never Made It Out of Jail
He was in a holding cell awaiting release when he made several threats against local law enforcement. James Andrew Fryi Mushonga, 24, of Sulphur Springs, told one officer that it is a small town and that he would see the officer again. To another officer, he stated that he knew where their children went to day care. Mushonga never made it out of jail. He was arrested and charged with Obstruction or Retaliation. His bond is set at...
Cumby Man Arrested on Drug Charges
Cumby police noted the license plate light out on a vehicle traveling West Main Street in Cumby Thursday. During the traffic stop, the officer noted the smell of an alcoholic beverage on the breath of Bradford Wesley Jones, 45, of Cumby. Gaining consent to search the vehicle, an orange pill bottle was found between the front seat and the center console. The pill bottle contained 28 Methadone pills. Jones was arrested and is charged...
Translator Assists County Investigators in Arrest of Pickton Man for Continuous Sexual Assault of a Child
Hopkins County Criminal Investigators Corley Weatherford and Jase Anglin arrested Samuel Avila Garcia, 38, of Pickton for Sex Abuse of Child Continuous: Victim Under 14 Wednesday. Using a translator, the investigators advised Garcia of his rights. Garcia then proceeded to admit to sexual assault of the child on numerous occasions over the past year beginning around October 15, 2015. Garcia is in Hopkins County Jail being held on a...
