The 50th Anniversary of the Hopkins County World Champion Stew Contest
50th Anniversary Stew Contest
The 50th Anniversary of the Hopkins County World Champion Stew Contest will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2019, at Buford Park in Sulphur Springs, Texas. That Saturday will be traditional in the fact that Hopkins County Stew will be cooked in cast iron cauldrons over an open flame in the park, stew service will begin at 10:45 a.m. for the general public, and winners will be announced as soon as judging has concluded. Tickets for all-you-can-eat stew will be $6.00 each. However, the Chamber has scheduled many additions to the event to celebrate the Golden Anniversary.
To celebrate 50 years of this stew making tradition, a new category will be created for one year only. Any person who has won first place in the Super Stew Beef category, or the Super Stew Chicken category, can compete in the Grand Champion Stew contest. There will only be one Grand Champion winner named. The Chamber is requesting former Super Stew winners who have gone into retirement to come out of retirement for this special contest. The only way to compete in the Grand Champion contest is to have won the Super Stew category previously. At the conclusion of the 50th Stew Contest, the Grand Champion winner will be announced.
Friday night, October 25, 2019, will contain an array of activities. The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce will host a Concert in the Park featuring Dub and the Love Machines, a hometown band with a hometown feel. During the concert there will be an appetizer contest between stew sites. The winner will be announced during the home football game at Gerald Prim Stadium that very evening. Once the Wildcat football game concludes, Dub and the Love Machines will present an encore concert in Buford Park to round out the evening.
In addition, the Chamber will be accepting vendors beginning July 1st for the Stew Fest Market that will be located on the south side of Buford Park. Vendors may rent booth space to sell goods or distribute information about their business. Deserts may be sold, but no other food or drinks are permissible. If vendors are interested in purchasing booth space, call the Chamber of Commerce at (903) 885-6515.
Hopkins County has been home to the World Champion Stew Contest for 50 years now, and we hope you will join us for this very special anniversary on October 26, 2019, at Burford Park in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack Wraps Up Season on Coaches Show Saturday
Unless you win the State Championship, your season always ends too soon. That’s something Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack truly believes. Coach Hammack was on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning (May 18) Coaches Show. The Wildcats’ baseball team had their season end the Saturday before as Joshua took game three in the best two out of three Area round series in Rockwall, 3-1. Coach Hammack said the loss was a hard one to get over. He said Pacen Edwards pitched a strong game allowing only two hits and a single earned run. Two more Joshua runs came in due to three Wildcats’ errors. There were also some base running mishaps for the Wildcats. Coach Hammack said he felt the Wildcats were good enough to win the series. He said he also felt the Wildcats would have matched up well in the next round against Corsicana. Coach Hammack called his nine senior players a special group. He talked about all nine of his seniors. He said he couldn’t be prouder of the team that could have quit when they were 2-8 in district play and in the cellar. Coach Hammack said coaches remained positive and he said there was no quit in the players who he said stayed on an even-keel even during the hard times. He is optimistic about next year’s team with two quality pitchers, Will Sims and Jaxon Chaney, returning along with hustling second baseman Kolson Hale and members of a good, solid JV team.
Brashear Baptist Church VBS has ‘Athens’ theme June 3-7
Families can register their children online for Vacation Bible School at Brashear Baptist Church which will be held June 3-7 from 6-8pm. Go to brashearbaptist.com.
2 Picked Up In Other Counties On Hopkins County Warrants
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Hooten traveled to Lamar County jail, where 25-year-old Montrel Jabbor Roberts of Cooper was being held after being arrested on a Hopkins County warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Hooten transported Roberts at 11 a.m. Monday to Hopkins County jail, where he was held on the warrant, according to arrest reports.
Hooten also traveled to LeFlore County Detention Center in Poteau, Oklahoma, where 28-year-old Quentin Lee Wright of Sulphur Springs was being held on Hopkins County delivery of 1/4th ounce or more but less than 5 pounds of marijuana warrant.
Hooten took custody of and transported Wright at 8 a.m. to Hopkins County jail, where Wright was booked on the charge, according to arrest reports.
Wright remained in Hopkins County jail at noon May 21. Bond was set at $5,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.
Memorial Day 2019 – Riderless Horse Ceremony
Big Sarge and owner Melissa Harris are excited to be a part of the Memorial Day ceremonies happening May 27, 2019 at 8 AM on Celebration Plaza. They will be paying tribute to the Fallen Soldier by presenting a Riderless Horse.
Everyone is invited to join in and honor those who gave all for our freedom. The Memorial Day events will show support for families whose soldiers will never return home. We Will Remember. God Bless America.
Out Of Place Lawn Mower Leads To Stop, Arrest
Deputies at 5:06 a.m. Monday contacted a 51-year-old Sulphur Springs man on Bellview Street at Texas Street after allegedly seeing a Pontiac Grand Prix leaving an area where they observed a lawn mower laying in the middle of the road, as if it had possibly fallen out of a car.
The red car continued to a parking lot and parked. They contacted the man and discovered not only did he not have a valid driver’s license, but also had an open container, according to arrest reports. He was arrested for no drive’rs license; the car was impounded.
When officers went back to check, they reported lawn mower was not longer at the location.
Deputies Arrest Sulphur Springs Woman On 2 Felony Warrants
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Cpl. Todd Evans and Sgt. Michael Russell, aware of two felony warrants for the arrest of 26-year-old Kyri Shakur Ivery of Sulphur Springs, reported locating Ivery at the Mockingbird Lane business where she worked.
They reported taking Ivery into custody at 11:45 a.m. Monday and transporting her to jail on two warrants for violation of probation, which she was on for assault of a public servant and aggravated assault of a public servant.
The woman was noted in arrest reports to be cooperative with officials during their interaction.
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.
Greenville Man Jailed On 2 Warrants
Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Matt Glenn was made aware of two warrants for the arrest of 24-year-old Michael John Morgan, 24, of Greenville.
Glenn located Morgan on Main Street, served the warrants and took Morgan into custody at 9:43 p.m. Monday and to jail.
Morgan was booked on the violation of probation, which he was on for possession f less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance in a drug-free zone, and theft warrants.
5 Arrested After Suspected Methamphetamine, Pills, Marijuana Found During Traffic Stop
Benjamin James Cowling 
CROSBY, KANDARIS ANTOINE 
MARTIN, APRIL CERANA
Five people were arrested Monday after suspected methamphetamine, Ecstasy pills, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found during a State Highway 11 traffic stop, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Davis reportedly stopped a Ford Taurus at 2:39 p.m. on State Highway 11 west at County Road 4716 for a traffic violation.
On contact with the driver, identified in arrest reports as 19-year-old Benjamin James Cowling of Sulphur Springs, Davis reported the man to be nervous, to the point he was visibly shaking and was also fidgeting.
After identifying the car’s passengers, which included two Sulphur Springs woman and two Commerce men, Davis asked the driver to step out and walk toward the front of the car. Cowling allegedly admitted a pipe had been thrown from the backseat toward the front passenger’s seat, and gave the deputy permission to search the vehicle.
Davis reported having all of the passengers exit the car at that time. The back seat passenger, identified in arrest reports as Marquise Alfredo Hernandez of Commerce, was allegedly found to have a small plastic bag in his pocket.
Officers then commenced searching the car. Davis reported numerous plastic baggies of the type typically used for the sale and packaging of illegal narcotics were found in the back seat. Multiple baggies contained a white, powdery substance, the deputy alleged. One bag allegedly found in the middle back seat, where 41-year-old April Cerana Martin of Commerce had reportedly been sitting, had what the deputy said appeared to him to be Ecstasy pills and a small amount of suspected marijuana. Found in the trunk was a backpack the driver reportedly shared with the front seat passenger, identified in arrest reports as 18-year-old Thea Colynn Patterson of Sulphur Springs. A small amount of suspected methamphetamine, multiple baggies and a green pipe with suspected meth residue were allegedly found in a purse. In the grass next to the vehicle, Davis reported finding a clear glass pipe of the type commonly used for smoking meth in the grass next to the vehicle.
All of the individuals denied ownership of the contraband, so all five were arrested and transported to jail, Davis alleged in arrest reports.
Hernandez, Martin, Patterson and 32-year-old Kandaris Antoine Crosby of Commerce were arrested on one charge each of possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. Hernandez was also found to be wanted for violation of parole, and charged with that offense. Cowling was arrested on two possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charges.
Patterson was charged with a second possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group controlled substance offense as well as tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, after allegedly admitting to shared ownership of the backpack with the suspected meth in it and to dropping the glass pipe in the grass, according to arrest reports.
Also credited with assisting in the traffic stop were HCSO Sgt. Michael Russell and Cpl. Todd Evans.
Crosby, Cowling, Martin and Patterson remained in the county jail just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. Their bond was set at $5,000 each per controlled substance charges. Patterson’s bond on the tampering with evidence charge was set at $10,000. Jail reports show no bond set for Hernandez, who has the outstanding parole violation warrant, according to jail reports.
