Additional Charges Filed Against Sulphur Springs Man
Friday, Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer held a magistrates hearing for James Hunter Dixon, 20, who was entered into Hopkins County. A total of $925,000 in bond was imposed on Dixon based on an 8th Judicial District request. Dixon was first arrested May 28th at the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department for aggravated sexual assault and continuous sexual assault of two girls under the age of ten. Additional charges for sexual assault of a...
“Updated” Como Man Arrested For Retaliation
A 60-year-old Como, Texas man was arrested Sunday evening for Obstruction or Retaliation. Sheriff Deputy Sergeant Wade Sheets responded to a disturbance call at a County Road 3562 residence shortly after 7 pm Sunday. Upon arrival, the accused subject began to verbally threaten Sgt. Sheets. According to an arrest report, the man shouted “Don’t [expletive] with me” and that he would “Blow your [expletive] head...
“Updated” Local Dairyman Needed Assistance
According to information received Monday evening, help has been found. Thank you to all who shared the post! Earlier today, Southwest Dairy Museum employee Kay Bannister sent out a plea for assistance for a local dairyman. A Hopkins County dairyman was careflighted to a hospital in Tyler over the weekend. Lanny Jenkins, a Hopkins County dairyman, needs milking help at his dairy. Jenkins does his own work and does not employ another...
Lillian Gee Murray
Graveside service for Lillian Gee Murray, age 97, of Sulphur Springs, TX, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Shooks Chapel Cemetery. No formal visitation will be held. Mrs. Murray passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home.
Loris Galloway, Sr.
Loris Galloway, Sr., age 90 of Winnsboro, passed away on Saturday, January 16th, 2016 in Plano, TX. He was born on July 26, 1925, in Winnsboro, TX to the late Jefferson Frank Galloway and Carrie Gilbreath Galloway. He was preceded in death by parents; brothers, Edward Glen Galloway and Bonnie Frank Galloway; and sister, Norma Jo Turner. He is survived by, sons, Mike Pittman and wife Kay, Fred Galloway and wife Pam; L.E. Galloway and...
Claude Lawrence “Larry” Milligan II
Memorial services for Claude Lawrence Milligan II, age 71, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 18, 2016 at the Myra Wilson Chapel with Rev. Charles Moore and Rev. H. P. Hosey officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, January 17, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Honorary pallbearers will be Wanda Lair, Jim and Jo Beth Thompson, Chad Young, Bill Hodge, Danny Campbell, Betty Chapman,...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Spring Classes Begin Tuesday
Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center students will begin spring semester classes Tuesday in classrooms on the new campus located at 1137 East Loop 301 in Sulphur Springs. The former Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company facility has been transformed into a modern and spacious college campus building and will replace the campus location on Houston Street next to the Sulphur Springs High School where the college has been located...
Jessie Boyd
Jessie Boyd, age 81, of Emory, passed away at his home, Thursday, January 14, 2016. Services are pending with Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory.
“Updated” Toliver Ford Relocating to Temporary Facility Following Fire
Determined to remain in Sulphur Springs following the community support expressed after a destructive fire Friday morning, Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln will relocate to the old Gober-Merrell Building located on South Broadway until a new facility is built to replace their building that was destroyed in the early morning hours Friday. Leesa Toliver told KSST News that the dealership would be opened as soon as everything can be moved to...
I-30 Traffic Stops Nets Over 400 Grams of Meth
Sulphur Springs police officers Sgt. Eddie Moon and Patrolman Cleve Williams stopped a 2011 Silver Chevrolet Traverse traveling on I-30 at the 126 mile marker early Thursday morning. The two passengers, traveling from Little Rock, Arkansas were found to be in possession of over 400 grams of Methamphetamine. The driver of the vehicle and passenger were both booked into the Hopkins County Jail. Names of the pair are being withheld at...
