Cocaine Arrest Saturday Afternoon
Sulphur Springs Police stopped a speeding vehicle at 4:42 p.m. Saturday. The nervous driver revealed a white rock substance believed to be cocaine during the investigation. Morgyn Martin-Paul Morey, 17, of Brashear was charged with Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, in a Drug Free Zone. Morey was within 1000 ft of Pacific Park at the time of the stop and arrest.
Wickie Neal
Funeral services for Wickie Neal, age 85, of Sulphur Springs will be held Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with Rev. Tommy Johnston officiating and Rev. Fred Lewis. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with PeeWee Bassham, Wink Jackson Graham, Steward Ham, Brian Clayton, Brad Johnson, Ronny Doss, Mickey Barker and Don Patterson serving as pallbearers and Harold Haynesworth, Gary Moon, Jim...
Maxine Thomas
Funeral Services for Maxine Thomas, age 80, of Mesquite will be held Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with Rev. C.J. Duffey officiating. Interment will follow at Miller Grove Cemetery with Brian Thomas, Herbert Dale Thomas, Jr.; Courtland Sewell and Russell Reed serving as pallbearers and Danella Martinez as Honorary Pallbearer. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service, Wednesday, July 27,...
Assault Family Violence Arrest Sunday Morning
Sulphur Springs Police responded to a welfare concern on Atkins Street Sunday at 9:30 a.m. There the officer made contact with a female who said her husband assaulted her. Injuries were evident to the officer. While interviewing the victim, her husband returned while Sgt. Matt Glenn was speaking with victim and he was agitated. Fearing another assault could occur if the parties were not separated, Russel Kline Frazar, 25, was arrested...
Nelda Faye Green
Funeral Services for Nelda Faye Green, age 68 of Sulphur Springs, were held Monday, July 25, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Chambler Dennis officiating and David Cook assisting. Interment followed at Mt. Sterling Cemetery with Ty Shane Brumfield, Jr., Ryan Brumfield, Josh Cockrum, Jordan Cockrum, Jacob Ball and Charlie Brumfield serving as pallbearers. Visitation was held Sunday, July 24, 2016, from 6-8...
“Update” Adopt -A-Cop To Provide Vests for Officers; A Few Officers Remain to Be Adopted
According to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, only a few law enforcement officers remain in the campaign to Adopt-A-Cop and provide active shooter vests for each officer. Sanders told KSST News Monday morning that even he has been adopted. Sanders said that the campaign began on behalf of patrol officers in the city and county but had now branched out to Criminal Investigators, Cumby Police, and Independent School Districts...
The People Behind The Market
by Allison Bledsoe The Sulphur Springs Farmers Market has been a hotspot on Saturday nights for several years. Vendors from all across Texas, whether they’re from Como or as far as Denison, flock to the downtown area. The vendors spend time setting their tents, tables, merchandise, and displays up for shoppers and onlookers alike. I went downtown Saturday evening to meet the people who give the farmer’s market it’s...
Quitman Woman Charged in Two Counts of Possession of Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substances
Falyn Kathleen Henson, 28, of Quitman was nervous when she was stopped by local law enforcement Friday in an auto owned by a 41-year old Quitman man who was a passenger in the vehicle. He gave officers permission to search the vehicle. They found a number of medications that did not belong to either the driver or passenger. A bottle of liquid Promethazine-Codeine did belong to her brother who lives in Eastland. The medication had a...
Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by Felon; Two Arrested for Methamphetamine
A traffic stop of a 1998 Ford F-150 pickup Friday found the Arkansas driver nervous and the passenger tampering with evidence in an attempt to hide some of the suspected methamphetamine. Hopkins County deputies found the driver to have a suspended Arkansas driver’s license. Following consent to search the vehicle, the driver side door contained contraband including a black vile with a clear baggie inside containing a green leafy...
