Special Crimes Unit Arrest Two in Drug Buy/Bust
The city and county Special Crimes Unit conducted a drug buy and bust operation Sunday in Hopkins County. Two people from Dallas were arrested. Lt Harold McClure with the Special Crimes Unit said a confidential informant passed information to members of the unit that lead to the arrest and confiscation of half pound of marijuana and one half ounce of meth and cocaine along with perscription medication. Members of the special crimes...
Cleo Tolleson
Funeral services for Cleo Tolleson, age 93 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Johnston officiating. Interment will military honors will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers are Mack Phillips, Kenneth Goggans, David Kelly, Mike Heard, Charles Cromer and Brad Morris. Honorary pallbearers are Jim Morris and Loren Sealey. ...
Bettye Jane Culberson
Funeral service for Bettye Jane Culberson will be held 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Emory United Methodist Church, with Rev. David Diller and Katrina Culberson officiating. Interment will follow in Dougherty Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday night,December 7, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bettye Jane Culberson, age 79, of Emory, passed away Friday, December 4, 2015 at U.T....
Look Through this “LENS” when Making Social Security Decisions
Your Social Security benefits can be an important part of your retirement income strategy. But when should you start taking these payments? You can begin accepting Social Security as early as 62, but your monthly checks will be much smaller than if you wait until your “full retirement age,” which will likely be between 66 or 67. And these monthly payments will get even bigger if you wait until age 70, at which point they “max out.”...
Corvette Club Revs Up for Blanket Drive
The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club is getting ready for it’s first (destined to be annual) Blanket Drive. To help with an often over-looked segment of our population, Seniors living alone, the club hopes to collect dozens of blankets for distribution to those in need. Starting on Monday evening, the club will be set up at Celebration Plaza to get the word out and collect donations of the following: New Blankets New Electric...
Lighted Christmas Parade a True Area Favorite
Celebration Plaza was crowded with hundreds of people enjoying various activities including white tigers, snow slide, and a movie but when the Lion’s Club Lighted Christmas Parade started, everyone crowded the barriers to view the sights and hear the sounds of bands, shouts of Merry Christmas and personal greetings called out to friends and family. Members of the Lion’s Club and other sponsors can call the event a success....
20th Annual Lights of Life at The Gardens of Memorial
The 20th Lights of Life Tree Lighting took place Thursday evening at The Gardens of Memorial. Lights on the tree represent $25 donations made in honor or in memory of someone special. Here is some of the...
“Updated” One Dead in One Vehicle Roll Over
A 29-year old Peerless woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Tira shortly after midnight Friday, December 11, 2015. The deceased has been identified as 29-year old Haylee Brooks Foutch. The accident occurred on FM 1536 near Highway 19 in Hopkins County. The woman was driving eastbound when her vehicle left the roadway, rolled over and struck a tree. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer...
Doyce Clark Wilcox
Mr. Doyce Clark Wilcox, age 77 of Sulphur Springs, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Hopkins County Memorial. Doyce was born in Hopkins County on September 8, 1938 to Willard C. and Lois Lemons Wilcox. He was a retired highway construction worker. He was preceded in death by his father, Willard Wilcox. He is survived by his mother, Lois Wilcox of Sulphur Springs; daughter, Arlene Kay (Wilcox) Kinard and husband John of...
