County Applies to Make Voting Process Permanent
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court held a public hearing Monday morning on use of countywide precincts during the November 3 Constitutional Amendments Election. The court also gave County Clerk Debbie Shirley the okay to ask the Secretary of State’s Office to make the system permanent. Monday after the court meeting, Ms. Shirley said the vote centers that reduced the number of polling places from 21 to 14 providing voters...
Symphony League Auction Raised $12,500
The Sulphur Springs Symphony League had a successful auction Saturday night on KSST radio, Channel 18 TV on Suddenlink Cable and streaming live on ksstradio.com. Carol Bridges, the Treasurer for the Symphony League, said unofficially the auction raised $12,500. That was a little below the amount raised last year but many years have seen the event generate about $10,000. An official total will be coming later.
Tom Wilks
Graveside Services for Tom Wilks, age 64 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Gafford Chapel with Rev. Larry Maynard officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Tom passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler. He was born on June 5, 1951, the son of Woodrow Wilson and Ethel...
Lorene Corley
Funeral Services for Lorene Corley, age 82 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Blackmon officiating. Interment will follow at Mahoney Cemetery with Randal Voss, Eric Voss, C.R. McPherson, Jr., Sim Lucas, David Blackmon and Jerry Voss serving as pallbearers. There will be no formal visitation. Lorene passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at...
Shifts Available for Salvation Army Kettle Bell Ringers; Angel Trees to Provide Clothing for 385 Children
Tammy Flemens, Treasurer of Hopkins County Salvation Army, is looking for your help with the 2015 Angel Trees. There are 385 local children on the Christmastime clothing program, from newborn through age 18. If you can make purchases of clothing, coats, shoes or blankets these children need, please select names off the trees and purchase some or all of those needs listed. Deliver them unwrapped by Dec 10 to either of the tree...
Suicide Attempt of Inmate Charged with Capital Murder Thwarted
November 21, 2015 – A call from Hopkins County Jail brought EMS, Jail Administrators, and law enforcement officers to the cell of Cody Scott Shaw, 27. According to dispatch reports, Shaw attempted suicide Friday shortly after midnight. Shaw is one of two suspects arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the Saturday night slaying of 66-year old Gary Maynard. Maynard’s wife found him murdered in his bed at...
Second Effort by McKinney Man Resulted in His Arrest For Online Solitication of a Minor
Zain Jahangir, 29, of McKinney lost his way. Jahangir had arranged a meeting with who he thought to be an under 17-year old minor for sex. When he arrived in Sulphur Springs, he could not find the arranged location. A phone call made set a new location for the meeting at a convenience store on Main Street. He was waiting at the new location in the vehicle he had described when local law enforcement officers arrived and arrested him...
Man Lied to Family for Ride to Sulphur Springs Where He Was Arrested for Online Solicitation of a Minor
Lyndon Kyle Sillings, 26, of Oak Cliff was arrested by local law enforcement including the Crimes Against Children division and charged with online solicitation of a minor. Sillings had been communicating with someone he thought was under 17 and arranged a meeting in Sulphur Springs. Unable to provide his own transportation, he was transported to Sulphur Springs by his step-mother and step-brother who thought they were bringing him...
J. Jean Rawson
Funeral services for Jean Rawson, 91, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Gene Glaeser and Jerry Savage officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bryan Heaps, Mason Rawson, Chad Rawson, Leslee Rawson, Troy Tutle, and David Rawson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Newman Bradford, Brad Bradford, Dwight Alexander,...
Chad Nolen
Graveside Services for Chad Nolen, age 37 of Austin, formerly of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Yantis Cemetery with Michael Coker officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Chad passed away on Monday, November 16, 2015 in Austin. He was a dairy man and a carpenter. He was born on February 18, 1978, the son of Mike Allen Nolen and Donah (Cline) Lamb in Sulphur Springs, TX. He...
