Residents Urged To Stay Home Off Roads When Possible, Use Extreme Caution Driving
Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County law enforcement and emergency services personnel had responded to multiple minor vehicle crashes due to the weather Thursday morning. Thus, emergency responders are urging all who are able to remain at home until conditions improve. Those who cannot avoid travel are urged to use extreme caution driving, plan on driving slowly and allowing time for weather delays to traffic. While most of the major...
Teen Arrested For Stealing His Grandparents’ Van
A Sulphur Springs teen was arrested Monday morning, Feb. 8, for stealing his grandparents’ van, police alleged in arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available for Javier Isaiah Crutchfield Sulphur Springs Police received a report shortly before 7 a.m. Feb. 8 regarding a stolen van. Officer Sean Hoffman, while on patrol, was looking for the missing Chevrolet uplander. He reported seeing the white van at 7:34 a.m. making a quick...
Woman Attempts To Evade Police In A Vehicle
A 21-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested Sunday night after attempting to evade police in a vehicle. No HCSO photo available for Celecia Nicole Jeffery Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Josh Shufeldt reported seeing a white Infiniti traveling east at a high rate of speed in the 1100 block of Main Street at around 9:15 p.m. Feb. 7. He confirmed the speed on radar, according to arrest reports. After the vehicle passed him, the officer...
Wanted Man Charged With 3 Additional Offenses After Running From Deputy
Sulphur Springs Woman Jailed On Warrant A wanted man was charged with three additional offenses after running from the deputy who attempted to take him into custody, and having syringe loaded with methamphetamine, sheriff’s officers alleged in arrest reports. The arrest was the third time in less than a year that the 49-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been booked into Hopkins County jail on felony charges. Two other were also...
Waco Street Traffic Stop Results In Three Felony Arrests
A Waco street traffic stop early Wednesday morning resulted in three felony arrests, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Drew Fisher attempted Waco Street traffic stop after seeing a red Dodge Avenger disregard a traffic lane control device at Waco Street at Plano Street around 12:15 a.m. Feb. 3, 2021. The car was reportedly driven for more than a block before the driver stopped the car. Aldis...
City Manager’s Report – February 2, 2021
Sulphur Springs City Council received from City Manager Marc Maxwell the following monthly manager’s report on during the Feb. 2, 2021 council meeting: COVID-19 Response The number of active cases in Hopkins County decreased 13% since our last meeting with a total of 120 active cases as of February 1, 2021. The is the second consecutive month of declining active cases. Last month active cases fell by 11%....
Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Requests For 380 Agreements, Final Plat
Sulphur Springs City Council has a full agenda tonight, Feb. 2, which includes requests for 380 agreements, a final plat for apartments, a Homeland Security grant application, calling for general and special elections, a Capital Improvements Plan, a proposal to crush waste concrete and to extend emergency paid sick leave and an executive. Three of eight resolutions on the agenda are requests for 380 agreements to build three...
Emory Pair Arrested Over Weekend On Possession Charges
An Emory pair was arrested over the weekend on possession charges and a Sulphur Springs man was arrested on an warrant for violating probation on a possession charge, according to arrest reports. SH 19 South Traffic Stop Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Drew Fisher and Sgt. Scott Davis reported stopping a Ford E-150 van at 11:25 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31 on State Highway 19 south for expired registration. Margaret Gunter (Wood...
Woman Jailed For Third Time In 6 Months For Violating Parole
A 38-year-old Sulphur Springs woman early Saturday morning was jailed for the third time in 6 months for violating terms of her parole, according to jail and arrest reports. Charla Nicole Tillery (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Silas Whaley reported seeing Charla Nicole Tillery walking down the railroad tracks in the 700 block of Man Street at 2:18 a.m. Jan. 30, 2021 and contacted her. A records check showed Tillery...
2 Sulphur Springs Residents Sentenced In District Court This Week
Two Sulphur Springs residents were sentenced in district court this week on unrelated charges, according to court reports. Jennifer Lee Lindsay (HCSO jail photo) Jennifer Lee Lindsay of Sulphur Springs arranged and pled open during the Nov. 24 court session on an April 20, 2020 abandoning or endangering of a child-criminal negligence charge and a Jan. 17, 2020 forgery financial instrument charge. Lindsay was arrested on a forgery...
