Como-Pickton Schedule Pick Up Planned Aug. 12-13
Back to School Bash, Meet the Eagles Slated Aug. 17
The Lady Cats Drop Champion Game in Challenger Bracket at Garland ISD Volleyball Tourney Saturday
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team earned their way into the champion final game in the Challenger Bracket of the Garland ISD Volleyball Tournament Saturday before dropping the last game at Sachse High School. The Challenger Bracket featured third and fourth place teams in pool play on Friday. The Lady Cats, who left Sulphur Springs at 6 a.m. for an 8 a.m. game Saturday, did not seem to have much left in the tank in the afternoon as they lost the champion game to Carrollton Ranchview, 2-0. The score was 12-25 and 18-25. In contrast to the final game, the Lady Cats played three strong Saturday preliminary matches taking 2-0 wins over three opponents. The Lady Cats defeated Richardson Berkner, 25-17 and 25-18 at Rowlett High School, downed Carrollton Newman Smith, 26-24 and 25-14 and topped Denton Braswell, 25-21 and 25-23 at Sachse High School. The Lady Cats got solid serving from Kate Womack. Setter Peyton Hammack delivered quality assists. Net players Sadie Washburn and Brooklyn Burnside had exceptionally good games. Erika VanBenthem and Sydney Washburn also had some good moments at the net. The Lady Cats also got lots of energy from libero Czhela Moya. The Lady Cats season record is now 6-3. The Lady Cats will travel to McKinney North Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. match.
Saltillo Students Designate Veteran Parking Spaces
Saltillo Beta and FCCLA members took a few days to paint Veteran Parking spots at Saltillo ISD this summer. Students stayed after their summer workouts and visited the school on their own time to help paint and decorate the four spots that were designated last year for veterans.
RECALLED: 4 Lots of Contaminated Lidocaine Topical Cream, Gel Products
Ridge Properties LLC DBA Pain Relief Naturally is voluntarily recalling four lots of 4 percent lidocaine topical cream and liquid gel products sold at the consumer level. FDA analysis has found these products to have microbiological contamination and the potency is higher than the labeled amount for lidocaine, according to
The risks from a contaminated pre-tattoo product are greater since the skin is being traumatized immediately after application and tattooing is known to have infectious complications. Additionally, use of lidocaine greater than the label claim may increase the risk of methemoglobinemia, a blood disorder in which an abnormal amount of methemoglobin is produced. To date, the company has not received any reports of adverse events related to this recall.
PRE-TAT is marketed as a numbing agent/topical anesthetic used prior to tattoo application. Soothing Sore Relief is marketed for soothing relief of pain and/or itch associated with hemorrhoids and bedsores. Superior pain and itch relief is marketed as a numbing agent/topical anesthetic. Lots and expiration dates are listed on a gold colored expiration sticker on the back of the products.
Products were distributed nationwide through online sales at the following websites: amazon.com, ebay.com, walmart.com, tatbalm.net and naturallyhl.com.
Commissioners Court To Consider Proposed Tax Rate, Consolidation of 2 VFDs
Hopkins County Commissioners Court have a full morning of work ahead of them Monday with a regular meeting scheduled at 9 a.m., with a work session to immediately follow.
Commissioners will be asked Aug. 12, to consider and vote on a proposed tax rate; and to set the date, time and place for two public hearing regarding the tax rate.
A public hearing will also be conducted to consider a plan for the district clerk’s technology fund for preservation and restoration of records, per Senate Bill 1684, Government Code 51.305 and 51.305(f).
Also proposed for the commissioners court to consider is an inter local contract between Hopkins County and Lubbock County pursuant to the Fair Defense Act, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 26.044(b) and Texas Government Code Chapter 791.
The court will be asked to consider a resolution creating the North Hopkins-South Sulphur Volunteer Fire Department, combining the two department to maximize resources to better serve the county.
Continuing Hopkins County Fire Department’s 20-year anniversary, Cumby Volunteer Fire Department is scheduled to be recognized with a proclamation honoring their continued service to the county.
The work session that follows Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell is scheduled to talk with the commissioners court about a tire-derived-cylinder road base project.
Sheriff Lewis Tatum and Fire Chief Andy Endsley are slated to discuss operations, review revenues and expenditures, and any proposed improvements or repairs for their departments; while Tom Glosup will discuss maintenance of county buildings and status of construction of the courthouse annex next to the county jail.
A budget work session is scheduled to follow at the end of the meeting. A copy of the proposed county budget for 2020, as well as the three prior years, can be viewed and downloaded from the county website.
Regular meetings of HCCC are held in the Commissioners Courtroom on the first floor of Hopkins County Courthouse, and work sessions are held in the the Meeting Room on the Third Floor of the courthouse.
HCSO: Amended Community Supervision Terms Require Jail Time For Man On Aggravated Assault Charge
Robert Jay Aaron, 30, of Sulphur Springs was booked into Hopkins County jail for aggravated assault of a family or household member with a weapon, as ordered by 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt, in “amended/altered court-ordered conditions of community supervision,” according to arrest reports.
The amendment reportedly directs Aaron to remain in the county jail from 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, as part of a required 6-day state jail commitment; Aaron was taken into custody at 7:17 p.m. Friday, and walked into the county jail by deputy Thomas Patterson, according to arrest and jail reports.
Aaron was originally arrested on the assault charge on June 30, 2017. Sulphur Springs Police responded at 11 p.m. June 30, 2017, where they were told Aaron grabbed a female victim and knocked her to the ground holding a knife to her throat, police alleged in reports at the time of his arrest. He remained in the county jail until July 10, 2017, according to jail reports.
That marked his third violence charge in two years. He was first arrested on April 21, 2016 for injury to a child, elderly or disabled person and assault of a family or household member that impeded breathing, according to arrest and jail reports.
Aaron was accused on April 21, 2016, of choking and hitting a female during an ongoing argument at an FM 3505 residence. Deputies reported the woman had red markings on her neck that supported the claim, but refused medical attention. The woman was concerned for her child, who she was reportedly holding when Aaron pushed her against a wall. The child reportedly complained afterward of right arm pain. The child’s arm, from elbow to the shoulder was red and swelling, deputies alleged in reports following Aaron’s arrest in 2016. When deputies contacted Aaron about the altercation, he allegedly admitted to choking the woman, but claimed she struck him first.
He remained in the county jail on both the injury to a child and assault impeding breathing charge from April 21 until May 4, according to jail reports. He spent another night in the county jail following his arrest May 15, 2016, for violation of bond and/or protective order, according to jail reports.
Aaron was sentenced to a 6-month commitment in a substance abuse felony punishment facility and jailed Oct. 26, 2017, according to jail reports.
De Kalb Man Picked Up In Arkansas On 2 Hopkins County Warrants Alleging Sexual Assault Of Child
Randay Toliver was jailed at the Miller County Jail in Texarkana, Arkansas on two felony Hopkins County warrants. After Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was alerted, Officer Melvin Jackson was dispatched to retrieve the 44-year-old De Kalb man.
Jackson took Toliver into custody at 6:53 a.m. Friday at the Arkansas jail and transported him to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked on warrants for aggravated sexual assault of a child and sexual assault of a child.
The offenses, according to arrest reports, are alleged to have occurred on Jan. 7, 2017.
Toliver remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning. Bond was set at $200,000 on the aggravated sexual assault of a child charge and $100,000 on the other charge.
Cumby Traffic Stop Early Saturday Yields Marijuana, Pills, 1 Felony Arrest
An 18-year-old Arlington man was arrested early Saturday morning, after an alert by a police canine revealed a container with bags of marijuana and pills inside of it in the car he was driving, according to arrest reports.
A Cumby police officer, identified in reports only as Officer Geer, reported stopping a four-door Kia at 2 a.m. in Cumby for speeding. While talking to the driver and lone occupant, the officer claimed the 18-year-old Arlington man displayed indicators that lead him to believe the teen “may be in the commission of a crime,” Geer wrote in arrest reports.
Consequently, the Cumby officer asked permission to search the vehicle. When the teen refused, Geer reportedly called for a police canine. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams arrived with his canine partner. Williams deployed Ice; the dog gave a positive alert on the car, Geer alleged in arrest reports.
When Williams asked for the car keys, Geer claimed he attempted to get them from the teen’s pocket. The teen, Geer alleged, pulled away and so he “took control” of his arm and placed the teen against the hood of his vehicle. The teen resisted, pulling away from the officer, when to to give him his hands, Geer noted in arrest reports.
The Arlington man was placed into handcuffs. The car was searched. Williams allegedly found a container with two clear plastic bags inside of it. One bag contained a leafy green substance the police officer believed to be marijuana and the other contained yellow pills, Geer alleged in reports. The pills had R039, which identifies them as 2 mg Alprazolam, a medication in the benzodiazepine group that’s typically used in the treatment of anxiety, panic disorder and depression.
Consequently, the Arlington teen was jailed on the misdemeanor charges of possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance, possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and resisting arrest, search or transport, according to arrest reports.
He remained in the county jail mid-morning Saturday, Aug. 10. Bond was set at $2,000 each on the controlled substance and resisting arrest charges and $1,000 on the marijuana charge, according to jail reports.
Hopkins County Records For The Week Ending Aug. 9, 2019
Applications for Marriage Licenses
- Shawn Allen Caldwell and Tatum Celeste Johnson
- David Duane Tidwell and Lareda B. Robbins
- Sammy Davis Crocker and ALethea Ann Gibson
- Stanley Colton Aulsbrook and Shannah Lianne Walker
Police: Methamphetamine Found In Woman’s Pocket While She Was Being Booked Into Hopkins County Jail
A 31-year-old Oklahoma woman, one of a pair arrested for possessing drug paraphernalia, ended up with a felony charge after a corrections officer found a bag of suspected methamphetamine in her pocket while being booked into the county jail, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt reportedly conducted a Ford F150 at 1:33 p.m. Aug. 9 in the 400 block of Texas Street. He contacted the driver, a 35-year-old man who refused to tell the officer his address. Pruitt alleged the driver to appear “extremely nervous” and admitted to having a marijuana cigarette in the truck.
A probable cause search of the pickup allegedly yielded a marijuana cigarette and a glass pipe used as a marijuana bong. Both the driver and the passenger were taken into custody and transported to jail on the misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, Pruitt alleged in arrest reports.
A jail corrections officer alleged finding a bag containing a white, crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine in the 31-year-old Guthrie, Oklahoma woman’s pocket. Consequently, Mary Elizabeth McDonald was also charged with possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone, according to arrest reports.
The driver was released from jail later Friday. McDonald remained in the county jail Saturday morning, Aug. 10. Her bond on the controlled substance charge was set at $10,000, according to jail reports.
