Sulphur Springs Woman, Child Killed in Fannin County Crash Late Friday
Speed, Alcohol Cited As Factors in Fatal Collision
A 25-year-old Sulphur Springs woman and 2-year-old child were killed in a vehicle crash on State Highway 11 in Fannin County late Friday night.
The 39-year-old Sulphur Springs driver and a 3-year-old boy in the truck they were traveling in were sent to the hospital with critical incapacitating injuries, and the driver of the other vehicle was hospitalized with serious incapacitating injuries, according to Department of Public Safety reports.
Speed and suspected intoxication were cited by Texas Department of Pubic Safety Trooper Devon Cooper out of Bonham as factors in the crash.
Keagan Hunter Cannaday of Celina was reportedly driving a Dodge Ram pickup at a high rate of speed on State Highway 11 in Whitewright at 11:55 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30; he was believed to be intoxicated, according to Cooper’s reports. The eastbound truck reportedly drifted to the right and struck a guardrail on the right side of the road, then traveled into the westbound lane, where it collided with a Chevrolet 3500 pickup, which was hauling a trailer loaded with wood, according to Cooper’s crash report.
The truck being driven by Cannaday reportedly went over the north guardrail and into the ditch, where it caught on fire. Cannaday was transported to Medical City Plano hospital for treatment of serious incapacitating injuries, according to crash reports.
Juana Maria Torres of Sulphur Springs, who was 7 months pregnant, and 2-year-old Lucas Alvarez, were in the Chevrolet truck; died at the crash site. They were released to Cooper-Sorrells Funeral Home in Bonham, according to DPS reports.
Chevrolet driver Arnulfo Alvarez was transported to Baylor McKinney hospital and 3-year-old Adres Alvarez to Children’s Hospital, for what were reported as critical incapacitating injuries, Cooper noted in arrest reports.
Public Hearing Slated Tuesday For County Tax Rate
Commissioners Court Plans Executive Session, To Receive Annual Inspection from SSFD, Sulphur River Resolution
Hopkins County Commissioners Court will hold a special Tuesday meeting for public comment on the proposed tax rate. The first public hearing for the tax rate, held during the regular Aug. 26 court session, passed with no public comment.
County Tax Assessor/Collector Debbie Pogue Mitchell reported that even though the proposed rate will remain $0.624892, the county is required to hold a public hearing because that is above the effective rate. It’s also below the rollback rate. The second public hearing will be conducted during the Sept. 3 Commissioner’s Court meeting, which begins at 9 a.m. The tax rate is then scheduled to bee presented to commissioners on Sept. 9 for approval.
With a public hearing conducted, the commissioners court also on Aug. 26 approved allowing the district clerk’s office to continue collecting a $10 technology fee as part of regular court fees to apply toward preservation and restoration of the office’s records.
While the county tax rate won’t change, some county fees will change. The road and bridge fee will continue to be $10, but a $1 child safety fee will be charged to benefit Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center starting Jan. 1, 2020. Constables fees will increase, with the $60 that goes to the state increasing to $65.
The commissioners court during the Sept. 3 meeting will be asked to consider approving a resolution from Senator Bob Hall and Rep. Reggie Smith asking state agencies to take action to resolve an obstruction on the South Sulphur River to help alleviate flooding and environmental hazards to the FM 71 bridge, highway and surrounding farmlands.
An executive session is slated in which the court is to discuss a real property matter and contract negotiation. They will reconvene in open session and take action, provided the matter is ready for a vote, following the closed session.
The court is slated to review an annual inspection report compiled by Sulphur Springs Fire Department.
The meeting is being held on Tuesday instead of the usual Monday because Sept. 2 is Labor Day. The Sept. 3 court session is slated to begin at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom, located on the first floor of Hopkins County Courthouse, 118 Church St. in Sulphur Springs
Following the regular court session, commissioners will move to the Meeting Room on the third floor of the courthouse for a work session.
Tom Glosup is slated to discuss maintenance and construction of county buildings. Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy Endsley is slated to discuss fire department operations, revenue and expenditures, and any proposals for improvements and repairs for HCFD.
Commissioners then will have the option of entering into a routine budget work session.
Mountain Mel’s Issues Voluntary Recall Of 3 Herbal Teas Due To Potential Salmonella Contamination
Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods, LLC of Welches, OR is recalling The Milk Lady’s Tea with LOT # ML6271950, Peaceful Baby Herbal Tea with LOT # PB781950, and Diges-Teas Herbal Tea with LOT # DT7619100, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The Milk Lady’s, Peaceful Baby, and Diges-Teas were distributed in Oregon and Washington through New Seasons Market, and nationwide through Azure Standard, Mountainmels.com and Amazon.com. The affected tea products were distributed by Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods June 27, 2019 and July 20, 2019.
The Milk Lady’s Herbal Tea Blend, UPC 7 99632 05658 4, is packaged in a tall thin tin container with 2 oz of tea per tin, with a purple label. The LOT# of the recalled batch is # ML6271950. The LOT# can be located on the bottom of the tin package. The Best By Date of the Milk Lady’s Tea is listed as 7/2021.
Peaceful Baby Herbal Tea Blend, UPC 7 99632 05656 0, is packaged in a tall thin tin container with 2 oz of tea per tin, with a blue label. The LOT# of the recalled batch is #PB781950. The LOT# can be located on the bottom of the tin package. The Best By Date of the Peaceful Baby Tea is listed as 7/2021.
Diges-Teas Herbal Tea Blend, UPC 7 99632 05665 2, is packaged in a tall thin tin container with 2 oz of tea per tin, with a brown label. The LOT# of the recalled batch is #DT7619100. The LOT# can be located on the bottom of the tin package. The Best By Date of the Diges-Teas Herbal Tea is listed as 7/2021.
No illnesses have been reported to date.
This recall was initiated because the herbal teas were made with the recalled fennel seed whole that was supplied and recalled by Mountain Rose Herbs in Oregon. Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods has ceased production and distribution of this product as of July 20, 2019.
This recall is being made with the knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Consumers who have purchased Mountain Mel’s The Milk Lady’s Tea with LOT # ML6271950, Peaceful Baby Herbal Tea with LOT # PB781950, and/or Diges-Teas Herbal Tea with LOT # DT7619100 email a photo of the product and lot label to [email protected] for a full refund.
Further questions may be directed to Mountain Mel’s at [email protected].
Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with Salmonella may experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, Salmonella can get into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections, endocarditis and arthritis, according to the FDA and a release from the company.
Motorists Reminded: Turn Around, Don’t Drown
Created by Loretta Kuo. Original photo by Steve Zumwalt/FEMA. Location: West Alton, Mo., June 6, 2013 — Missouri Route 94 flooded.
The storm which blew in overnight Friday and continued into Saturday morning brought much-needed rain and much-appreciated cooler temperatures. The 4-6 inch deluge also lefts a few area roadways closed due to flooding.
As of about 10 a.m. Saturday, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office had received reports of at least two roads that were rendered impassable due to storm. FM 69 in low areas and FM 275 between Miller Grove and Emory were reported to be under water Saturday morning.
Barricades have been put in place warning motorists not to attempt to travel on that stretch of roadway. Anyone caught by authorities entering the closed roadway could face fines or charges.
Motorists are reminded to adhere to the slogan “turn around, don’t drown” when approaching low areas and roads near waterways. These areas can be impacted for a few days until water levels in the creeks, lakes and other waterways recede.
When in doubt, motorists are urged to turn around instead of trying to make it through covered roadways, especially those with rising water or multiple inches deep as they could be swept away in their vehicles.
Another roadway that is frequently closed is FM 71 west at the Delta-Hopkins County line. The road is often closed at the bridge that crosses the Sulphur River Basin south of Cooper Lake. Several miles of logjams, caused from trees growing and falling during previous years’ droughts, contribute to additional flooding of the bridge, highway and surrounding farmlands.
Hopkins County Commissioner Court is slated during a Sept. 3 meeting, scheduled Tuesday instead of Monday due to Labor Day, to discuss a resolution from Senator Bob Hall and Rep. Reggie Smith’s offices urging officials from multiple state agencies to work together to take action to remove the obstruction from the river to alleviate flooding and environmental concerns.
Winnsboro Man Jailed On Warrant Following Crash
A 21-year-old Winnsboro man not only wrecked a vehicle Friday night, but ended up in jail on a local charge, according to arrest reports.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded to a crash around 9 p.m. in Hopkins County. On arrival, they contacted the Winnsboro man, who was identified as the driver of a Ford F150 pickup involved in the crash.
A records check of all of the people involved using their driver’s license and information, showed the Winnsboro man to be wanted by Hopkins County authorities on an assault causing bodily injury charge. Dispatchers confirmed the Class A misdemeanor warrant to be active and the man was taken to jail on the June 4 charge, the trooper alleged in arrest reports.
He remained in the county jail Saturday morning on the charge, according to jail reports.
In an unrelated traffic stop, troopers arrested a Palestine man for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana.
The 33-year-old was stopped for allegedly speeding in a Dodge Ram 1500 on State Highway 11 at Wildcat Way around 3:20 p.m. Aug. 30. On approach, the trooper reported smelled a strong marijuana odor emitting from the truck and conducted a probable cause search. A bag of marijuana and package of rolling papers were allegedly found, resulting in the Palestine man’s arrest and the truck being impounded, according to arrest reports.
The Palestine man remained in the county jail Saturday morning, Aug. 31, on the misdemeanor charge, according to jail reports.
Grand Saline Woman Arrested in Suphur Springs On Violation Of Probation Warrant
A 44-year-old Grand Saline woman was jailed Friday morning on a felony Hopkins County warrant.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Baumann learned that Deborah Dawn Farmer, a wanted person, was at the Adult Probation office in Sulphur Springs. He traveled to the address and took the woman into custody on the Rains County warrant for violation of probation, which she was on for fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. The offense is alleged in arrest reports to have occurred on Oct. 13, according to arrest reports.
Farmer remained in the county jail Saturday morning, Aug. 31, on the charge, according to jail reports.
Wildcats Football Fall To Frisco
Frisco Wakeland Uses Big Second Half to Run Away From the Wildcats, 53-17 at The Prim Friday
Things looked pretty good for the Wildcats at the half. They had battled toe to toe with Frisco Wakeland and the teams were tied 17-17. The Wildcats had no idea what a nightmarish second half awaited them. The Wolverines scored 36 unanswered points in the second half on their way to a 53-17 win at Gerald Prim Stadium Friday night (August 30) in the season opener for both teams. In the fateful second half, the Wildcats had trouble moving the ball, began to make some big mistakes and started picking up penalties. The Wolverines scored every time they had the ball in the second half except for the last drive when they let the clock run out. The stats (unofficial KSST stats) pretty well told the tale. Wakeland ended up with 448 yards of offense compared to 290 for the Wildcats. The Wolverines ran for 226 yards and passed for 222 yards. Wakeland senior quarterback Dylan Laible hit 16 of 21 passes for 222 yards with 5 touchdown passes. Receiver Kevin Rychel caught 4 of the TD passes and had 7 receptions for 149 yards. The Wildcats rushed for 94 yards. Da’Korian Chock Sims had 43 yards and Caden Davis had 41 yards. Wildcats quarterback Kaden Wallace completed 18 of 30 passes (60%) for 196 yards with 1 interception. The first quarter was a good one for the Wildcats. They opened with a successful on side kick by Brandon Zavala recovered by Kylan Wade. A Wildcats drive bogged down the Zavala kicked a 40 yard field goal. The Wildcats led 3-0 with 7:00 left in the first quarter. Then the Wildcats had their second successful on side kick this one recovered by Ryan Carrillo. This time the Wildcats drove all the way to the end zone. Sims ran 3 yards for the touchdown. With a successful extra point kick, the Wildcats led 10-0 with 4:00 left in the first quarter. That was the score after the first quarter. Wakeland scored two second quarter touchdowns. Back Charlie Burkhart scored from one yard out and Laible threw first first TD pass to Rychel. Wakeland took a 14-10 lead. The Wildcats scored to retake the lead. Davis run the final 8 yards for a score and the Wildcats were back up, 17-14. Despite having just seconds left, Wakeland maneuvered into field goal range. Kicker Tanner Cragun hit a 45 field goal as time expired and the teams went to the locker room with a 17-17 score. Things began to go wrong for the Wildcats early in the third quarter. A center snap sailed over the head of Wildcat punter Noe Ponce and Wakeland recovered at the Wildcats 16 yard line. Wakeland scored to make it 24-17. An interception stopped one Wildcat drive and penalties hampered others. Wakeland just kept scoring. The Wildcats, 0-1 for the season, play their second and final non-district game next Friday on the road at Lucas against Lovejoy with kickoff at 7:30 p.m
Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider 11 Ordinances, Asset Forfeiture and EDC Budgets At Sept. 3 Meeting
Proposals for 11 city ordinances will be read for the first time during the Sept. 3 meeting of Sulphur Springs City Council. Most of the ordinances relate to the city budget, tax rate and services fees. However, one ordinance would prevent people from rolling down sidewalks and another restricts certain curbside parking.
Ordinances 2752-2756 are for appropriations, and to set the rates city residents will pay in taxes and for sanitation, water and sewer services. Water costs will increase 3 percent, sewer 2 percent and trash 1.5 percent, according to City Manager Marc Maxwell. The tax rate, however, will again remain unchanged, city council members noted following Friday’s hearing.
The city budget is projected to fund routine operations as well as a few projects without having to raise the city tax rate above the current 44-cents per $100 property valuation, Maxwell said recently. No one attended Friday’s public hearing regarding the tax rate and funding increase.
If the service rates are approved, the minimum water bill would increase by about 95 cents per month, raising to about $47.81. A bill typically twice that amount would increase only about $1.90 a month, according to the city manger.
A council meeting is scheduled Sept. 24 for budget adoption and a public hearing for Proposition A, which if approved by voters in the Nov. 5 election, would allow the city to use up to $200,000 collected from the EDC tax per year for 20 years, to fund “construction and maintenance buildings, equipment, facilities and improvements” at Pacific Park and for a new senior citizens activities center.
Additional ordinances to be formally read and considered for the first time Tuesday evening would amend the 2018-19 budget, which continues through Sept. 30, and authorize “updated service credits.” The budgetary changes include increases in fuel sales which required additional fuel purchases for the airport, according to the city manager.
Also scheduled for discussion and council consideration at the Sept. 3 meeting are the asset forfeiture and Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation budgets.
Ordinance No. 2758 would set new gas rates for Atmos Mid-Texas, according to “a settlement between Atmos Cities Steering Committee and the Company to resolve the pending RRM rate filing.”
Ordinance No. 2759 would amend the city code to prohibit curbside parking within 25 feet of any intersection inside the city limits. This measure is proposed for safer traffic flow.
Ordinance No. 2760, as proposed would extend an existing policy which prohibits bicycle, scooters and other wheeled conveyances from being being on sidewalks, to include skateboards, roller blades, scooters and other similar devices which aren’t allowed on sidewalks in “commercially zoned areas” of the city.
The final ordinance proposal would prohibit “the use and contact with designated groundwater from beneath certain property within the City of Sulphur Springs to facilitate certification of a municipal setting designation of the property by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
The City Council is also scheduled to discuss and will be asked to consider a land plat request, asset forfeiture budget, water treatment plant chemical contract, economic development budget and investment policy review.
Sulphur Springs City Council meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Council Room at City Hall, 201 North Davis St.
Hopkins County Records For Aug. 30, 2019
Land Deed Transactions
- Lillian Lindley Hood Estate, Luann H. Schmidt independent executor, to Luann H. Schmidt trustee for the Luann H. Schmidt Irrevocable Trust; tract in the M. Williams survey
- Patsy Brumfeldt to Jace Clinton Orren; tract in the Lofton Vess survey
- Hans Boerhof to Joanna Byrd; tract in the HD Parson survey
- Lou Jean Martin and Michael Martin to Gloria Olvera and Jesus Olvera; tract in the Thomas Alders survey
- Linda Rosamond and William E. Rosamond to Jose Luis Gomez; tract in the E. Melton survey
- Carla Frazier and Ricky Frazier to Carla Frazier and Rickey Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the William R. Brown
- Carla Fay Frazier and Rick Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the William R. Brown survey
- Carla Frazier and Rick Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the R. Hicklin survey
- Carla Frazier and Richard Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the R. Hicklin survey
- Carla Frazier and Rick Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the B. Lucinger survey
- Carla Frazier and Rick Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the Samuel McCulloch survey
- Carla Frazier and Rick Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the Santos Coy survey
- Carla Frazier and Rick Frazier to Carla Fay Frazier and Richard Anthony Frazier, trustees for the Richard & Carla Frazier Family Trust; tract in the William Dalton survey
- Dan R. Campbell and Mitsie Karla Campbell to Rigo Mejia and Rosario Mejia; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Clinton Todd Isonhood and Kimberly Anne Isonhood to Johnny Sid Foster Jr. and Kelli Michelle Foster; tract in the Elizabeth Melton survey
- Joseph Kneifl and Sherry Kneifl to Garry Dean Shirley and Martha Lyn Shirley; tract in the Daniel Halbrooks survey
- Angelica Hernandez and Israel Hernandez to Nathaniel Cain Woodard and Shera Lesha Woodard; tract in the J. Pettyjohn survey
- Dave Withrow and Dixie Withrow to Seanda Renee Luther; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Wayne Cooper to James W. Skaggs and Vera L. Skaggs; tract in the Jose YBarbo survey
- Terry Elaine Swindler known as Terry Ealine Walker to Lewis Craig Swindler; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- George E. Whitehead to Diego’s Place LLC; tract in the Woody Hills Estates
- HRE Investments LLC to Alicia Alvarez and Jose Ernesto Alvarez; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Charles Edward Sickles and Tracie Sickles to Gary Todd Watkins; tract in the Charles Prufer survey
- Adams Solutions LLC, Alvac Adams Jr., to ALexis Negranti and Wade Negranti; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Doyle Wood and Margaret Wood to David E. Duncan and Michael Wood; tract in the Nacogdoches University survey
- Bank of America NA and Diana Felder Fillmore, co-trustees for the William D. Felder III Testamentary Trust, to Jamie Evans, Lamar Milam Felder and William D. Felder IV
- Bank of America NA and Diana Felder Fillmore, co-trustees for the Diana Felder Fillmore Testamentary Trust, to Diana Felder Fillmore, Diana D. Kennedy and Eliza G. Fillmore Reola
- Anne Felder Sandifer Testamentary Trust, Bank of America NA and Diana Felder Fillmore co-trustees, to Mary Echols, Margaret Sandifer Henschel, Crystal Amanda S. Lowry, Jennifer M. McVay, Sarah S. Nonamaker, Jason E. Sandifer, Melinda Caroline Sandifer, Phillip C. Sandifer, Rachael Sandifer and Laura S. Woods
- Bank of America NA and Diana Felder Fillmore, co-trustees for the Liza Felder Delaney Testamentary Trust, to Mary Echols, Jamie Evans, Lamar Milam Felder, Liza Gibbs Felder, William D. Felder IV, Diana Felder Fillmore, Margaret Sandifer Henschel, Crystal Amanda S. Lowry, Jennifer M. McVay, Sarah S. Nonamaker, Jason E. Sandifer, Melinda Caroline Sandifer, Michael Sandifer, Phillip C. Sandifer, Rachael Sandifer and Laura S. Woods
- Texas Ranchitos LLC to Ramon Felipe Santos; tract in the Jeremiah Ward survey
- Texas Ranchitos LLC to Lorenzo Perez; tract in the Jeramiah Ward survey
- Jose Manuel Castaneda Esquivel to Texas Ranchitos LLC; tract in the Jeremiah Ward survey
- Texas Ranchitos LLC to Jose Manuel Castaneda Esqivel; tract in the Jeremiah Ward survey
- Wayne Lewis Wardrup to Abigail Lynn Tipps; tract in the James English survey
- Arturo Lomeli to Janita Taylor; tract in the Jose F. Sanchez survey
- Texas Ranchitos LLC to Jose Rogel Macias and Alejandra Trejo Mancera; tract in the Jeremiah Ward survey
- Texas Ranchitos LLC to Blanca Silva and Juan Silva; tract in the Jeremiah Ward survey
- Texas Ranchitos LLC to Florentine De Nova and Rodolfo Rogel Garcia; tract in the Jeremiah Ward survey
- Barbara C. Law, independently and as independent executor for the George A. Law Estate, to Dale McMahan and Sherri McMahan; tract in the M.J. De Los Santos Coy survey
Applications for Marriage Licenses
- Victor Carl Terry and Leisa Ronnette Shepard
- Sergio P. Rodriguez and Christina Danielle Hall
- Shawn Hunter Kessell and Emily Ann Wilson
- James Samuel Samford and Krystal Lanette Orr
- Isaak William Vaughn and Kyleah Marin Bennett
