Hopkins County Records – March 19, 2021
Land Deed Transactions Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Eric Reed to John Perez Jr. and Kimberly Perez; tract in the Daniel Halbrooks surveyAndrew Wayne Otwell and Janice Otwell to Candace Espinosa and Sean Espinosa; tract in the Nacgdoches University surveyMadison Park Investors Texas LLC to CHRISTUS Hopkins Health Alliance; tract in the Elizabeth Melton surveyMary K. Houchard trustees for the Charles H. Williams...
Friday Game Day Includes Baseball, Softball, Track and Tennis
The Wildcats Baseball Team continues district play on this game day Friday (March 19) at a place where they have had a relatively hard time winning, Texas High in Texarkana. There will be a JV game at 4 p.m. The varsity game is scheduled for 7 p.m. The Wildcats are 2-0 in district play with a home win against Longview and a road win at Mount Pleasant Tuesday night, 15-6. The Wildcats are 5-10 for the season but it’s the district...
James Smith
A graveside service for James Smith, age 84, will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Byrd McCracken officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Tim Shaw, Spiro Alexandrides, Dustin Smith, Sterling Alexander, Graham Auer, Shiloh Smith and Darryl Schad. A visitation is scheduled for 1:00 PM, one hour prior to the service, at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Smith died on March 17, 2021 at Van...
Congressman Pat Fallon Plans ‘Tele-Town Hall’ Monday
Congressman Pat Fallon plans to hold a “Tele-Town Hall” session Monday, March 22, for those interested in dialing in to hear what he has to say. “We’ll be getting constituents throughout the district on the phone to brief you on the latest news from Washington and answer any question you have about how your office can help you,” Fallon said in an announcement for his first planned “town hall”...
SSPD: 72-Year-Old Woman Jailed Following Drunk Driving Crash
A 72-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed following a drunk driving crash Thursday evening, police alleged in arrest reports. CHESTER,LAJUANA LANELL MINTY, March 2021, (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson responded at 5 p.m. March 18 in the 1200 block of Brinker Street, where a woman was alleged to have been involved in a motor vehicle crash. Lajuana Lanell Minty Chester appeared to Robinson to have...
Cumby Man Back In Jail For Second Time This Week
A 21-year-old Cumby man is back in jailed for the second time this week, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. Cole William Peterson (HCSO jail photo) Cole William Peterson was jailed Sunday, March 14, for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger younger than 15 years of age in the vehicle, abandoning or endangering a child-criminal neglect and tampering with evidence. He was accused of crashing the vehicle he was...
Larry Kirk Barney
Graveside services for Larry Kirk Barney, age 65, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 20, 2021 at North Hopkins Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Larry passed away on March 18, 2021 at his residence. He was born on August 2, 1955 in Shreveport, LA, the son of Lawrence Kirk Barney and Ruby Marie Milligan Barney. He married Lorraine Pace on October 28, 1999 in Sulphur Springs. He attended Sulphur...
Man Arrested On Child Porn And Controlled Substance Charges
March 19, 2021 – A lengthy investigation into alleged possession or promotion of child pornography resulted in a 39-year-old man’s arrest Thursday on child porn and controlled substance charges, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. Hugo Enrique Menchaca (HCSO jail photo) “This was another child pornography investigation that’s been ongoing for a while. He was hard to track down. We’ve been...
Kerry Kirkpatrick
Funeral service for Kerry Kirkpatrick, age 58, of Sulphur Springs, Tx will be at 11:00A.M. on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Paul Ray Vititow officiating. Interment will follow at Greenpond Cemetery with Kerry Coker, Jerry Coker, Jacob Lively, Duncan Wood, Wes Carswell, Ronnie Reneau serving as pallbearers and Kent Kirkpatrick, Buddy Morehead, Larry Wells, David Leewright, Deryl Leewright, Justin Blount...
Unemployment Rate Up In Hopkins County In January, But Still Lowest In NET Workforce Area
Unemployment rose slightly in Hopkins County from December 2020 to January 2021, but Hopkins County’s 5.4 percent unemployment rate was still the lowest in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area in January 2021. That’s also below the state unemployment rate of 7.3 percent and WDA unemployment rate of 7.1 percent. According to Texas Work Force Commission and Texas Labor Market Index’s Local Area Unemployment...
