Carolyn Dickens Shelton
Funeral Services for Carolyn Dickens Shelton, of Brashear, will be held Monday, July 18, 2016 at 2 p.m. at League Street Church of Christ with Rev. Gene Glasier officiating and Rev. Emory Banker assisting. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bill Banker, Matt Bryant, Fred McCoy, Brandon Thompson, Eddie Thompson and Danny Dickens serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Sherrel Price, Charolette Hyde, Larry...
Joy “Joe” Campbell
Funeral Services for Joy “Joe” Campbell, of Bogata, will be held Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Pastor Charles Rawlinson officiating. Inurnment will follow at Rockdale Cemetery, at a later date. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service, Sunday July 17, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Joe passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Regency Nursing Home, in Clarksville. He was...
Sulphur Springs Senior Olympics
Senior Olympics is Thursday, August 25th at the ROC at 1st Baptist Church 1K Race starts at 9:30 am and the other games start at 10:00 am. There are lots of categories that you can sign up to compete in.. You can compete in ALL of them or just choose which ones you would like. We will have a 1K Race, Bean Bag Toss, Horse Shoe Pitching, Nerf Javelin, Washer Pitching, Scooter Races, Wheelchair Races and Walk Races. All of the Events are...
Local Church Gets Creative In Wake of Pokemon Go Craze
Pokemon Go hit the app stores in the last week and sparked a new craze among all age groups. Players, or Pokemon Trainers, travel around to pokestop locations that are predetermined by Nintendo through GPS location on their cellphones. At a pokestop location, Trainers find and capture virtual Pokemon. In earlier years Niantic developed Ingress, a virtual reality game where a mass amount of players take part in an augmented...
Basics at Brunch Quarterly Meeting
On Monday April 18th, at 10:30 am Ross & Shoalmire will be holding a Basics at Brunch meeting. This is a free brunch provided by Rock Creek, and includes an informative program that will be held every quarter at the Sulphur Springs Senior Center. Elderly Law Attorneys Kristen Ishihara, John Ross, and Lisa Shoalmire will speak on different topics each meeting. They would like to invite you to listen in to this quarter’s topic...
Local Ranger Assists in DPD Shooting Investigation, Memorials
Texas Ranger John Vance, who offices in Hopkins County, has been on call since Thursday night at 9 p.m. when Dallas Police officers were ambushed. He was on alert as the drama unfolded through the night and went off duty at 3 a.m. Friday morning. However, he was back on duty in his responsibilities with the Ranger Crime Scene Team reporting to assist DPD with the investigation following all the activities surrounding the death of...
TxDOT Urges Caution on State Highway 19 North of Sulphur Springs
Texas Department Of Transportation wants Hopkins County residents to know they are aware of the pavement problem on State Highway 19 North of Sulphur Springs to the intersection of SH 19 & SH 24. TxDOT is working with the contractor who recently finished resurfacing that highway to find and implement a solution. In the meantime, TxDOT asks all motorists traveling along SH 19 to please slow down and refrain from using the shoulder...
Como Resident Arrested For Methamphetamine
Jessica Ann Darby, 28, of Como was arrested on a felony warrant Thursday. While the arrest was in progress, Hopkins County Deputies asked for and were granted consent to search her residence. In plain view was a bowl containing a glass pipe commonly used for smoking methamphetamine and two clear baggies containing a small amount of meth. She then denied consent to search further for narcotics. Deputies obtained a search warrant and...
Another Drug Based Injury to a Child Arrest Arrest Made
Christopher Charles and Jessica Lynn Reidhle of Emory were arrested at the Hopkins County CourthouseThursday on awarrant for Injury to a Child. Christopher, 30, and Jessica, 29, are another couple that exposed their child to methamphetamine and the child tested positive for the substance in a Child Protective Services and Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit investigation. Both are being held in Hopkins County Jail...
Franklin County Commissioners Sign Agreement for Hopkins County EMS Services
Franklin County Commissioners Court signed an agreement with Hopkins County Hospital District to provide ambulance serve to Franklin County. The agreement comes after an attempt last year to provide the service but, at that time, the commissioners voted to utilize Titus Regional Hospital services. This year, they are choosing Hopkins County EMS. The agreement calls for long term service. According to Franklin County Judge Scott Lee,...
