3 Arrested On Intoxication Charges Over The Weekend
At least three people were arrested on intoxication charges over the weekend, two for driving while intoxicated and one for public intoxication, according to jail and arrest reports.
A Hopkins County Sheriff‘s deputy arrested a 30-year-old Sulphur Springs man Friday night on Industrial Drive for driving while intoxicated. He was stopped just before 11 p.m. April 3 for traffic violation allegedly committed in a Nissan Altima.
On contact with the driver, the deputy alleged he could immediately detect a strong alcohol odor emitting from the car. The deputy alleged a large bottle of Evan Williams liquor rested in the passenger’s seat.
When removed from the car, the man admitted to consuming an unknown amount of liquor, the deputy alleged in arrest reports. The 30-year-old was placed into custody and agreed to a blood draw for testing. The blood sample was taken at the hospital lab, then the Sulphur Springs man was taken to jail.
After standard field sobriety tests were administered, the Sulphur Springs man was booked into Hopkins County jail early April 4 for DWI, according to arrest reports. The man was released from jail later April 4, according to jail reports.
A reckless driving complaint resulted in a 41-year-old North Little Rock, Arkansas man’s arrest Saturday, April 4, for driving while intoxicated, according to arrest reports.
When deputies spotted the black Ford Focus that’d been reported for reckless driving about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, they reported the driver was failing to maintain a single lane of traffic in it. A traffic stop was initiated on West Industrial Drive at Georgia Street, according to arrest reports.
Upon contact, the sheriff’s officers alleged the a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitted from the Arkansas man. He failed all field sobriety tests administered and was taken into custody for DWI, Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies alleged in arrest reports.
At the county jail, he allegedly tested over 0.15 on breath tests administered at the county jail, resulting in him being booked into Hopkins County jail for DWI. The 40-year-old Arkansas man was released from Hopkins County jail Sunday, April 5, according to jail reports.
A 35-year-old Dallas man was arrested just after 8 p.m. Sunday, April 5, following a disturbance on a Greyhound bus.
Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched to the 1600 block fo West Shannon Road, where an intoxicated person was located. The Dallas man had allegedly caused a disturbance when exiting the bus and was not allowed to get back on it.
Police alleged the man was found to be “highly intoxicated and having trouble staying awake.” Believing him to represent a potential danger to himself or others in his state, police took him to jail for public intoxication, the officer noted in arrest reports. He was released from Hopkins County jail Monday, April 6 on the charge, according to jail reports.
Speeding caught a deputy’s attention on March 29, and resulted in a 57-year-old man’s arrest for DWI. He was alleged to driving a black Chevrolet pickup traveling 98 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone on Interstate 30 west. The pickup was stopped just after 7 p.m. at the 110 rest area, according to arrest reports.
The deputy alleged smelling an alcoholic beverage emitting from the truck while talking to the man. The man was reportedly identified using a Texas driver’s license but was shown on arrest and jail reports to have a residential address in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. The 57-year-old allegedly admitted he’d consumed two beers earlier March 29.
The man was asked to exit the truck; the deputy alleged he could still smell the alcohol odor. While talking with the man, the deputy alleged the Oklahoma resident was unsteady on his feet. The man also was unable to complete standard field sobriety tests, exhibited slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and instability while standing, the deputy alleged in arrest reports. The Oklahoma man, determined to be above the 0.08 legal alcohol-blood limit, was transported to the county jail for DWI.
At the jail, he allegedly agreed to a blood sample to determine blood concentration. The sample was taken from the Oklahoma man at the hospital; he was then transported back to jail and booked for DWI, marking the second time he’s been charged with the offense, according to arrest reports. The man was released from Hopkins County jail March 30, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
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If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Gladwater Woman, 2 Men Jailed On Hopkins County Probation Violation Warrants
A 38-year-old Gladewater woman was booked into Hopkins County jail on a probation violation warrant Sunday, according to sheriff’s reports. At least two others were jailed over the last week on violation of probation warrants as well
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office sent Transport Deputy Steve Huffman to Restoring Joy Ministries in Gladewater to take custody of Shawnda Jean Bellamy April 5. Huffman transported her to Hopkins County jail, where she was booked around 9 p.m. on a warrant for violating probation, which she was on for a possession of a controlled substance charge. She remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, April 6, on the charge, according to jail reports.
Bellamy was first booked for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance on July 28, 2018, as well as a Titus County warrant. She was released from Hopkins County jail Aug. 15, 2018. She was booked back into Hopkins County jail on June 25, 2019, for bond forfeiture on the controlled substance charge, and remained in Hopkins County jail until Aug. 5, 2019. She was again booked into Hopkins County jail on Jan. 28, 2020, and remained there until Feb. 6, for violation of probation on the charge, according to jail reports.
Christopher Arlen Ray, 36, of Suphur Springs turned himself just before 10 a.m. March 31 at the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office lobby. Lt. Amanda Weatherford escort him into the county jail, where he was booked on a warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger younger than 15 years of age in the vehicle charge, according to arrest reports.
Ray has been booked into Hopkins County jail twice for DWI with a child passenger under 15 years of age, the first on Sept. 7, 2009 and the second on Sept. 8, 2017, according to jail records
The 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, April 6, on the charge, according to jail reports.
Timothy Pernell Thurston, 55, of Texarkana was taken into custody just before 1 p.m. April 2 at Bowie County jail by HCSO Deputy Steve Huffman.
Thurston was transported to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked on a warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for an unauthorized use of a vehicle charge, according to jail reports.
Thurston was arrested in Hopkins County on April 11, 2019 on the UUMV charge. He was stopped on Interstate 30 driving a tan Chevrolet Avalanche with a sticker featuring two pink lips on the back glass that’d allegedly been stolen recently while the owner was in a Texarkana convenience store, deputies alleged in the April 2019 arrest reports.
A Hopkins County Grand Jury in June 2019 indicted Thurston on the UUMV charge.
He remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, April 6, on the controlled the VOP warrant, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
SSPD: Woman Caught With Fake Money And Heroin
April 6, 2020 – Police arrested a 28-year-old Sulphur Springs woman allegedly caught with fake money and heroin at a local business Saturday evening.
Police responded just after 5 p.m. April 4 at a business in the 1200 block of South Broadway Street, where a forgery had been reported.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt and Silas Whaley alleged Katrina Jane Crowson was found at the location with counterfeit currency. She allegedly admitted to having syringes, which were located in her purse.
A search allegedly revealed additional counterfeit currency and drug paraphernalia. A black substance suspected to be black tar heroin was located in her purse; a field test kit showed a positive reaction for heroin, Whaley and Pruitt alleged in arrest reports. Crowson was accused of having a total of five fake $100s in her possession.
Whaley and Pruitt transported Crowson to jail, where she was booked for Saturday, April 4, for forgery of a financial instrument and possession of less than 1 gram of a controlled substance, according to arrest reports.
Crowson, who is also known by Katrina Jane Humphrey and Katrina Lile, was released from Hopkins County jail Sunday, April 5. Bond was set at $5,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
The arrest marked the second time in less than a year the woman has been booked into Hopkins County jail on a controlled substance charge. She was also arrested Aug. 7 on a misdemeanor possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
On Being Kind: Mom’s Birthday Wave Parade!
Mrs. Marjorie West was turning 91, and each birthday has been an opportunity for her four daughters and the numerous grand-and great-grandchildren to show their love and appreciation of their ‘Nannie’. This year was different though, because of social distancing. How were they going to have a celebration she would enjoy AND keep it a secret? Leave it to a schoolteacher! Johnna West, Lee Gifford, Carol Crowson and Ann Lary put their heads together and came up with the perfect solution, a Birthday Honk and Wave Parade! It was held on Friday evening April 3 past the West home address on Vonda Drive!
In order to pull this off as a surprise, they had to keep her from listening to KSST on April 2 and 3 because they were making the plans known as a part of the Birthday reading on the Good Morning Show. Then, on Friday afternoon, they went over as usual, baked a cake, decorated her yard and got her dressed for her “party”. Then, they seated her outside to wait for her ‘guests’. And that’s when the honking and waving began! Happy Birthday, Nannie!
Hopkins COVID-19 Update: 4 Confirmed Cases, 1 Person Recovered, 65 Negative Tests, 20 Tests Pending
Local healthcare providers reported one of the four people confirmed to have COVID-19 in Hopkins County has recovered from it, Hopkins County Hospital District/EMS reported in the April 6 Hopkins COVID-19 update.
No additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Hopkins County since April 4, when Hopkins County Emergency Management Team reports the fourth confirmed case, but 24 additional test results have come back as negative. That brings the total of negative results in Hopkins County for the 22-day COVID-19 pandemic to 65, according to HCHD/EMS reports.
An additional 13 tests were sent out for testing during that time, however, bringing the total of potential cases that met Texas Department of State Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control requirements for COVID-19 testing to 89. That leaves 20 tests still pending in Hopkins County, according to the HCHD/EMS Hopkins COVID-19 update.
Brent Smith, HCHD chief operating officer and EMS director, also reported “Screenings turnaround times are improving from the Private Labs and TX-DSHS Labs,” which means it should take less than the 10 business days labs have been averaging to get the results of those 20 pending cases.
As of noon April 6, Texas had reported 85,357 COVID-19 tests sent for analysis, up from 50,679 on April 2. Of those, Texas had 7,276 confirmed cases Monday, up from 5,660 on April 2. The number of COVID-19 deaths doubled from April 2 to April 6, rising from 70 on Friday to 140 as of Monday’s report.
Commissioners Court Extends Hopkins County Health Emergency Disaster Declaration
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday agreed to extend the Hopkins County health emergency disaster declaration due to COVID-19 through the end of the month, with one additional item added to the declaration, Monday morning.
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom April 1 enacted an emergency order with terms to fit the Executive Order issued March 31 by Governor Greg Abbott, with “exceptions added to make it clearer.
The April 6 order proposed to the Commissioners Court on Monday included a “locked business” exception to the stay at home, stay safe, essential business and activity order.
A locked door business, according to the 13-page document provided to cities and counties to help “Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response,” is defined as follows:
Essentially, the the lock business class was added to allow businesses to continue to operate at their place of work, provided there are very few employees present, and social distancing is observed within the business.
The public won’t have access to a locked business, but the business can still
allow operations by phone, internet or other source, sending and receiving of mail and deliveries, necessary to keep the business operational, provided the business, provided it’s not a business required by the governor’s order to be closed.
“This will allow the business to function to some extent, to try to stay alive for this short time — through April 30 — duration of the governor’s orders,” Newsom said.
Bartley, when considering approving the document through the end of the month, noted he’d been asked by a constituent if the full time had to be adopted or if the declaration could be evaluated and set in weekly increments.
Newsom noted that the wording as proposed came directly from the Governor’s order, which unless modified or superseded by state, would still be the same. The executive order stipulates the stay at home, stay safe order is in effect through April 30, Newsom said.
“Doing it week to week would be no different. The Governor supersedes us. No, it wouldn’t make a difference, I don’t think. I understand people would like for this to be over with,” Newsom said.
Bartley and Precinct 1 Commissioner Mickey Barker noted that county governments do have to follow the state rules. While they cannot remove sections of the orders set at the state level, county and municipal governances can add more stringent guidelines. They are not opting to do so at this time.
Hopkins County Treasurer Danny Davis asked if the order for nonessential business included restaurants, particularly if people are allowed to walk into a restaurant pick up an order and leave with it, or if entry to the business would be prohibited to the order with the closing of dining halls.
Newsom noted the Governor’s Executive Order and county order specifies that “use of drive-thru, pickup or delivery options for food and drinks is allowed and highly encouraged.”
Hopkins County Fire Chief and Emergency Managements Coordinator Andy Endsley said that specifically allows people ordering take out from a restaurant to walk into the establishment, pick up their take out and walk right back out. Eating on site isn’t allowed, but picking up an order and leaving is OK.
The health emergency disaster declaration approved by the county is “accompanied with lots of definitions of what essential is and not. A lot of businesses are essential. The governor’s order has made it hard on small business, no doubt about it,”Newsom acknowledged.
Below is the order as approved by Hopkins County Commissioner Court. The official record also had attached to it the 4-page Governor’s Executive Declaration as well as a 2-page memo from Christopher C. Krebs, director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the 13-page “Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response.”
Amended Local Health Emergency Disaster Declaration approved by Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday, April 6, which lasts through April 30. All 22 pages of the “4-6-2020 Amended Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency,” including the Governor’s Executive Order and guidance on what is considered “essential,” are available on the Hopkins County website.
Resources and information related to Coronavirus are available on the Hopkins County Emergency Management website (http://hopkinscountytxcovid-19.com/) and Facebook pages.
Mickey Barker also asked if possible for the health emergency declaration be translated for viewing by the Spanish-speaking community members. Endsley noted that Dr. Mario Villarino and Sulphur Springs ISD personnel are working with the county to properly translate information that is being provided in Spanish through the Hopkins County Emergency Management Team.
Manhunt Results In 2 Arrests For Alleged Theft, Building Burglaries
A manhunt resulted in two arrests Sunday morning. A 29-year-old man and 33-year-old Garland man allegedly ran after a property owner caught them stealing from his FM 2653 storage building April 5. One man was reportedly chased up a tree while the other was found later walking on FM 2653.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was contacted at 9:35 a.m. April 5 by a man alleging two men fled when he discovered them in his storage building, according to sheriff’s reports.
The pair allegedly attempted to leave the property in a van, which the property owner then rammed with another vehicle, causing it to get stuck in the mud, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Brantley alleged in arrest reports. The pair then allegedly ran into the woods. They were reportedly seen by a citizen a short time later in a nearby field, according to sheriff’s reports.
Texas Department of Corrections officials were contacted to bring trained dogs to the scene. Officers established a perimeter, assisted by Hunt County Constable Terry Jones and Hunt County Investigator Kenneth Peters, Hopkins County Sheriff’s investigators and community members. A manhunt was launched for the fleeing pair of men. The trained dogs were turned loose to track the scent of the two men, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum.
One suspect was allegedly observed by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Dennis Findley as he was fleeing from the dogs. The man allegedly climbing a tree. Assisted by Hopkins County Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford and Investigator Michael Russell, with the dogs at the base of the tree, Findley removed the man from the tree and took him into custody, according to Tatum.
The suspect was identified in arrest reports as 29-year-old Bobby Daniel Faulkner. Arrest reports show a Faulkner to have a Wills Point address, but jail reports list has as residing in Dallas. Faulkner was taken into custody near County Road 1125 and transported by investigators and Sheriff Lewis Tatum to Hopkins County jail, according to arrest reports.
The other subject, identified in arrest reports as 33-year-old Cash Allen Price of Garland, was reportedly seen Sunday afternoon walking on FM 2653, where he was arrested by Investigator Peters. He was taken into custody at 2:16 p.m. and transported to the county jail, according to sheriff’s reports.
“Investigator Kenneth Peters and Hunt County Sheriff-Elect Terry Jones work with Texas Department of Corrects guards/tracking people all the time, and have been a great asset to help us. And, we help them out if they need us too,” Tatum said Monday morning. “This was good cooperative effort from officers, the property owner and numerous citizens from the community who help set up a perimeter. That’s why things work so well in Hopkins County, everybody working together for the good of all.”
Officials reported finding copper wire, multiple items with other people’s identifying information and other items in the van and within the pair’s possession during the alleged building burglary and subsequent search and arrests.
Price and Faulkner were booked into Hopkins County jail on two burglary of a building charges, as well as theft of property-copper, fraudulent use or possession of more than five pieces of identifying information and possession of a criminal instrument. Price was also charged on violation of parole warrant, according to arrest and jail reports.
The pair remained in Hopkins County jail Monday morning, April 6. Bond was set at $30,000 on each of the five charges; Price also was held without bond on the parole warrant, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
CHRISTUS Sulphur Springs Requires Masks For All Visitors
For the safety and health of the community and our ministry, CHRISTUS Health is screening all associates and visitors to our hospitals to help lessen the risk of infectious disease transmission among our patients, associates, and guests.
· (1) Entrance to hospital through Emergency Department 24/7
· (1) Visitor per patient
· Visitors must be between the ages of 16 years-old and 65-years old
· All visitors are screened at the door, including a temperature taken
· All associates are screened at each shift, including a temperature taken
· Visiting hours are 7am to 7pm (subject to change)
· **NEW effective 4/6/2020** ALL hospital visitors are required to wear a mask. Visitors should bring their own mask; homemade cloth masks are acceptable.
Dr. Blake Cross, Family MD Speaks on CHRISTUS Clinic Avenues for Keeping Patients Healthy When Needing to See Their Doctor
Dr. Blake Cross has been a Family Medicine practitioner with the CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs since 2019. His office is inside the Medical Plaza building next to the hospital at 105 Medical Circle. Dr. Cross called the KSST studios on Monday April 6, 2020 with encouraging information about protections in place for patients needing to see their doctor during the current COVID-19 health crisis. The following information came from the phone interview with Dr. Cross. **NEW effective 4/6/2020** ALL hospital visitors are required to wear a mask. Visitors should bring their own mask; homemade cloth masks are acceptable.
As you know, as of today, April 6, 2020, there are four known cases of COVID-19 in Hopkins County, and these numbers, as they may change, can be found by reaching out to the local health department. Currently, symptoms are cough, fever of 100.4 or higher, and shortness of breath. These are the most common symptoms. For testing recommendations, you can self-screen online using the COVID Health Bot on the christushealth.org website, or by calling the CHRISTUS COVID-Hotline· 1-800-458-4559 What is the clinic is doing to keep healthy patients safe when they need to see their doctor? Our Clinic policies include: Only one essential care taker can escort patients into clinic appointments All visitors are screened at the door, including a temperature taken All associates are screened at start of shift, including temperature taken · What are other means of visiting the doctor? You may call and speak to your doctor by phone, or use Telehealth: Video for a consultation with your doctor on your computer. Visit christusvirtualmedicine.org or call 844.606.DOCS for more information on telehealth. What should you look for if you feel sick and if you believe you may need a COVID-19 test? DO NOT go to the hospital. Call your doctor’s office first and discuss symptoms. You can also call the CHRISTUS COVID Hotline to be screened: 1-800-458-4559. The dedicated COVID line is manned by a team of nurses who screen for symptoms of the virus and schedule appointments for testing as necessary. There is also a drive-thru test site you can use with a referral. You must have an appointment to take advantage of the drive-thru test service. For routine doctor visits, if you may have an upcoming appointment, we are recommending it to be kept. In addition to coming in person to see your doctor for the routine appointment, it might possibly be covered by Tele-Health or phone call. These are other avenues you can use to have that visit performed. **NEW effective 4/6/2020** ALL hospital visitors are required to wear a mask. Visitors should bring their own mask; homemade cloth masks are acceptable. |
Commissioners To Consider Renewing Public Health Emergency Disaster Declaration
http://www.hopkinscountytx.org/Hopkins County Commissioners Court will be asked Monday morning to consider renewing the public health emergency disaster declaration due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disaster Declaration
April 6 will be the second time the court is asked to approve a health disaster declaration due to COVID-19. On March 23, the court extended until April 3 the emergency disaster declaration, put in place by County Judge Robert Newsom on March 18 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
After Executive Order from Governor Greg Abbott on March 31, Newsom April 1 extended the county’s disaster declaration to match the governor’s stay safe, stay in place order. Emergency disaster declarations by the judge typically expire after 1 week if no other action is taken to extend them. Thus, in order for it to remain in place through the full month to match the governor’s order, the Commissioners Court will need to approve the extended designation.
Contracts, Appointments
The Commissioners Court will also be asked at the April 6 session to consider approving a “change order with Baird Construction in regards to RFP2019-007” and to appoint a sick pool board.
Approval too was given at the March 23 meeting for a contract with Peoples to drop the monthly price of Internet for Hopkins County Regional Civic Center for over $900 a month to about $250 a month. Peoples agreed that if additional internet was needed for specific events, People will provide it for the event for free. Civic Center staff will only need to contact their representative to have it temporarily increased. Kaybro will help monitor usage, according to Civic Center General Manager Lonnie Fox.
Power Distribution
The Commissioners Court too will be asked at the special meeting April 6 to consider a request from Oncor Electric Delivery to construct electrical power distribution facilities across County Road 3515, south of FM 69 north in Precinct 3. The court in recent months have approved at least one similar request for power distribution facilities at each regular meeting.
At the March 23 meeting, the court agreed to let Farmers Electric Cooperative Inc. construct electrical power distribution facilities over County Road 4744, northeast of CR 4742; over CR 4128, wet of CR 4131; and over CR 3528, north of CR 3600.
Prior Approval
Equipment purchases were also approved at the March 23 regular Commissioners Court meeting for Precincts 2, 3 and 4; and a contract for internet service at the Civic Center.
Precinct 2 Commissioner Greg Anglin had previously been approved to purchase a Caterpillar reclaimer. The equipment cost was $310,168. Anglin planned to put down a deposit of $155,000 of the total cost. Of the two quotes received for financing for the lease purchase agreement, Alliance Bank’s bid was selected as the better deal, saving $59.31 over the span of the loan. Also bidding was Guaranty Bank but their bid included a $300 document fee, which made the overall cost a little bit higher, Hopkins County Auditor Shannah Aulsbrook explained.
The Commissioners Court also granted approval for Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley to purchase a reclaimer through Sourcewell, a cooperative purchasing group similar to Buyboard or Tips, which allows the county to make a purchase through the group instead of having to go out for bids for the equipment. Bartley reported the machinery was located somewhere else and he’d like to look at it upclose before making a purchase. The first quote he receive for it was $307,000.
Precinct 4 Commissioner Joe Price received Court approval to purchase an Alamo Boomcutter through Buyboard as well as a Case tractor purchased through Tips. A purchase order was required to move forward with those. The items have to be ordered and won’t be paid for until they come, but a purchase order is required to order them. Initial quotes for these items were $63,300 for the boomcutter and $87,500 for the tractor. The two pieces of equipment will be used together for work in Precinct 4.
Meeting Basics
Hopkins County Commissioners Court meetings are held in the Commissioners Courtroom on the first floor of the courthouse at 9 a.m., immediately afterward the court is slated to enter into a work session, to be held in the third floor meeting room at HopkinsCounty Courthouse.
Anyone planning to attend either the special 9 a.m. Commissioner Court session or the work session will need to contact the judge’s office for admittance as the courthouse, like all county and city buildings, is closed to the public except by appointment as a health safety precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
