13 Hopkins County COVID Deaths So Far In 2022, 166 Since March 2020
While many states and countries are lowering and, in some cases, even eliminating COVID-19 restrictions altogether, the virus has surged in other areas. After almost 2 full years, many have become weary of the extra precautions, whether required vaccinations, frequent testing, booster shots, masking, lockdowns, restricted gatherings or frequent sanitizing and extra cleansing with virus-killing substances. Health care and educational...
April Moran
On Wednesday, November 18, 1970, April Rochelle “Peaches” Harrison was born to Archer Ben Harrison and the late Carolyn De ‘Lois Walker Harrison, in Topeka, Kansas. After moving to Texas, she was educated in Sulphur Springs school district and was a graduate of the class of 1989. April also attended East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas. Pursuing her goals, she worked as a business analyst for Nestle Water, before moving into...
Gene “Red” George
Gene “Red” George Funeral services for Gene “Red” George, age 79, of Brashear will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 13, 2022, at Brashear Baptist Church with Bro. David Burns and Bro. Byron George officiating. Interment will follow at Brashear Cemetery with David Almon, Paul French, Aiden Ellis, Robert Dorsey, Ray Petty, and Clint George serving as pallbearers. Joshua George and Kale Ellis will serve as honorary pallbearers. A...
Obituary – James Elvis Tully
James (Jim) Elvis Tully Memorial service for Dr. James (Jim) Elvis Tully, age 92, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Jerry Savage of League Street Church of Christ officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Jim passed away on January 12, 2022, at his residence. Jim was born on March 8, 1929, in Dike, Texas, to Joseph Lee and Rosa Bell (Eades)...
4 Jailed in Hopkins County On Felony Warrants
Three men and a woman were jailed in Hopkins County on felony warrants Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 8-9, 2022, according to arrest and jail reports. Joe Don Dial turned himself in at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and was taken into custody at 11 p.m. Feb. 9, 2022. Deputy Isaac Foley escorted Dial from the department lobby into the jail, where the 42-year-old Winnsboro man was booked in on the warrant for violation of...
Man Jailed On New York Warrant
A 62-year-old Port Chester, New York man was jailed on a New York warrant Wednesday evening. Virgilio Orlando Tovar contacted Sulphur Springs Police Officer Edward Jaime at 7:23 p.m. Feb. 9, 2022 at the police station about documents he received from his probation officer that he needed signed by an officer. He provided his New York driver’s license, which SSPD used to conduct a records check. A communications operator reported the...
Suspicious Activity Complaint Results On Controlled Substance Arrest
A suspicious activity complaint at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, resulted in a Como woman’s arrest on a methamphetamine charge, according to arrest reports. Wendy Ann “Woo Woo” Wilder in 2022 Sulphur Springs Police Officer Edward Jaime and Cpl. Silas Whaley contacted two individuals in a blue Ford Escape on North Davis Street, where the complaint was reported. The officers noted the pair inside of the vehicle exhibited...
Slaton Pledges To File Legislation Designating All Texas Child Gender Modification As Child Abuse
GREENVILLE, TEXAS – Today (Feb. 10, 2022), Representative Bryan Slaton of House District 2, pledged to file legislation that will bring an end to the practice of child gender modification. The legislation would include genital removal surgeries, chemical castration, puberty blockers, and all sex change therapies and counseling that children might receive as young as 3 years old as child gender modification. The bill, if passed,...
Fugitives From Galveston, Grand Prairie Added To Texas’ Most Wanted Sex Offenders List
DPS News Release – Feb. 10, 2022 AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added two men to Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders List. Joe Louis Hernandez, of Galveston, and Gregory Jon Pecina Jr., of Grand Prairie, are being sought. Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for Hernandez’s arrest, and up to $3,000 for Pecina. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous. Joe Hernandez Joe Louis...
Repairs At Hopkins County Courthouse
Crews were hard at work Wednesday making repairs at Hopkins County Courthouse. The gutters on the historic building were damaged by rough weather over the last couple of years. Because the building is a historic structure, which featured copper gutters when built in 1895, the county is required to replace them with copper gutters. The cost for the very expensive copper replacement gutters, according to Hopkins County Judge Robert...
