Tanton Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison
Tuesday, December 15th, Terry Reese Tanton, 54, of Como was sentenced to 15 years in prison for each of three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Judge Eddie Northcutt of the 8th Judicial Court stacked the sentences to total 45 years. Tanton will be 76-years of age when eligable for parole. He was also fined $10,000. Monday afternoon, Novemeber 30, District Judge Northcutt, Tanton pled no contest and was found guilty of...
Doris French Armstrong
Funeral services for Doris Armstrong, age 81, of Richardson, have been scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with B.J. Teer officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Saltillo Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at 1:00 pm. Doris Armstrong passed away December 11, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. She was born in Winnsboro on August 10, 1934, the daughter of Orgie Webster...
McQueen Indicted for Murder; Grand Jury Indictments for December
December 15th, 2015 – Indictments handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury announced Monday afternoon, December 14, include: Justin Joe McQueen, 19, was indicted for the October 11th murder of Jesse Louis Vasquez, 25. Vasquez died from gunshot wounds following a shootout on Ingram Street in Sulphur Springs. Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer pronounced Vasquez dead that Sunday night at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital ER. Sulphur...
Como Man Arrested for Burglary of Christmas Gifts and Toys
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department has made an arrest in connection with a burglary where a thief made off with lots of items inside a rural county home including Christmas gifts and toys. Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum said William Ryan Miller, 25, of Como, has been arrested for the burglary. Tatum said weapons and televisions along with Christmas gifts and toys were taken from the residence. The...
Hopkins County Deputy’s Undercover Work Leads to Greenville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Soliciation
Michael Henry Shahan, 32, of Greenville, Texas, was sentenced today, December 15, 2015, by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 10 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2015 to one count of attempted enticement of a minor, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. According to documents filed in the case, in November 2015, an officer with the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office...
Tuesday Night Holiday Extravaganza Downtown Sulphur Springs
Yorri Franklin, Community Development Specialist for the City of Sulphur Springs, paid a visit to KSST to remind listeners and viewers about the downtown Holiday Extravaganza on Tuesday December 15 from 5-8pm. Shop for savings at participating shops, then present your sales recipt to downtown eateries for 10% off your dinner bill. Also catch the exciting Dancing Lights display on Celebration Plaza at the top of each hour, starting at...
Winnsboro Police Report Busy Seven Days
Winnsboro Police were active December 7-13th with seven arrests, one accident, 178 calls for service, along with 53 citations and 34 warnings issued. The driver of a Toyota Tacoma was transported to Trinity Mother Francis with unknown injuries as the vehicle, traveling southbound in the 300 block of North Main, left the roadway and struck a utility pole with the right front causing the vehicle to roll. The vehicle came to rest on its...
Emerson Files for Precinct 3 Commissioner in Democrat Primary
There will be a contested race in the 2016 November General Election for Hopkins County Commissioner, Precinct 3. It will be a near rematch from three years ago. On the last day to file Monday, Billy Emerson of Sulphur Bluff filed in the Democratic Primary. One-term incumbent Precinct 3 County Commissioner Wade Bartley is unopposed in the GOP Primary. Bartley out polled Emerson and Independent Andy Wright in 2012
Winnsboro’s Ogburn VFD Receives $200,000 Forest Service Grant
WINNSBORO, Texas — The Ogburn Volunteer Fire Department, 6308 FM2088, Winnsboro, recently received a $200,000 grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service. The funds went toward securing a new large brush truck through the Rural VFD Assistance Program. The reliability of the vehicle is what makes this truck so valuable to the department. It can carry four firefighters and a driver/operator and has plenty of room to store all of...
Joe Weldon Haney
Joe Weldon Haney, 64, of Winnsboro, Texas, passed away on December 11, 2015, at his home in Winnsboro, Texas. Visitation will be held on December 19, 2015 between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro, Texas. A private memorial will be held at a later date. Joe was born in Houston, Texas on January 17, 1951. He received his Associates Degree in Computer Science from Navarro College and his Bachelor’s Degree in...
