Murder Trial Opens With Police Testimony
Opening arguments were presented by District Attorney Will Ramsay in Eighth Judicial District Court as a Hopkins County jury hears testimony in the trial focused on the death of Joshua Paul Cowling. Aaron Tyler Crum, 26, of Sulphur Springs is being tried for the Felony 1 Murder of Cowling. The incident took place February 24th of this year at a residence on Pampa Street. Crum has been in Hopkins County Jail since his arrest at the scene. Crum is being represented by former District Attorney Martin Braddy. Braddy chose to withhold opening remarks and use the time later in the case.
In his remarks Ramsay described the events that led to the alleged murder of Cowling. He noted that Cowling’s sister was present at the party and was standing only steps away from Crum when a 9mm pistol was discharged a Cowling fell dead at the scene. Ramsay said the sister called 9-1-1 as soon as the shot was fired. He noted that several had been locked out of the house and were seeking to regain entrance to retrieve personal items such as a purse and a jacket. However, Crum was not responding to knocks at the door, phone calls, or texts. Ramsay said the sliding glass door that was locked between the patio and room where the party had been broke at the knock of Cowling and that Cowling was apologizing to Crum and offering to pay for the door when the shot was fired.
The first witness called was Sulphur Spring Police Captain Eddie Moon who presented body cam footage from the scene, pictures from the scene, and the alleged weapon used in the incident.
The court took the first recess at 10 a.m. and will resume testimony following the recess.
Election Day: Voting Centers Open 7 AM to 7 PM
This is Election Day. Hopkins County voters may cast ballots at any of the Vote Centers in the county.
Voters will need one of seven forms of ID: Texas Driver License, Texas Personal Identification Card, Texas Election Identification Certificate, Texas Handgun License, United States Military Identification Card, or United States Passport (book or card).
Vote Centers open November 6th include: In the city of Sulphur Springs: the Lutheran Church, 1000 Texas Street; Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 208 Fuller Street; County Courthouse, 118 Church St; Grace Family Church, 1901 Loop 301 East; Civic Center, 1200 Houston St; League Street Church of Christ, 1100 South League. Throughout the county: Saltillo ISD, 150 CR 3534, Saltillo; Cumby Municipal Building, 100 E. Main Street, Cumby, TX; Sulphur Bluff ISD, 1027 CR 3550, Sulphur Bluff; Como-Pickton school, 13017 TX Highway 11E, Como; Miller Grove ISD, 7819 FM 275 S, Cumby; and North Hopkins ISD, 1994 FM 71 W, Sulphur Springs.
Hours for voting November 6th are 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Election returns will begin on KSST, ksstradio.com, and Suddenlink Cable Channel 18 at 7 p.m. Local returns will be presented as they come in to the County Clerk’s office and state-wide returns at :15 and :45 past the hour.
SSHS Band Prepare for Patriotic Celebrations
Sulphur Springs High School band students will be performing at several veterans related events this week.
Monday night (November 5) at League Street Church of Christ, the Jazz Band will play at the Wal-Mart sponsored Veterans Program.
Friday (November 9) on campus, the entire Wildcat Band will play at the Veterans Day ceremony in the main gym.
Then Saturday morning (November 10), after Friday night’s on field performance at City Bank Field in Forney during the Wildcats and North Forney football game, the band will march and play in the Veterans Day Parade in Sulphur Springs. Band Director Spencer Emmert said the Armed Forces’ medley, featuring hymns from the various branches of the military, is always popular. Music will also include a Yankee Doodle presentation and other neat things according to Emmert. He explained that bands came out of the military.
Emmert recalled his Winnsboro band playing patriotic tunes at the World War II Memorial with the Washington Monument behind them and the Lincoln Memorial in front of them. He called that a special thing.
Lowe’s to Close 51 Stores in U.S. and Canada
In a news release from Lowe’s Corporation on Monday, November 5th, the Mooresville, NC retailer shared a list of 51 underperforming stores in the U.S. and Canada. The Sulphur Springs, TX store did not appear on their list. Below is the full press release as well as the list of stores that will be closing, including one Texas store in Irving. Lowe’s also plans to close four non-store facilities, but no word on the location of these facilities.
PRESS RELEASE FROM LOWES.COM
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) today announced the wind-down of certain underperforming store locations as part of its ongoing strategic reassessment. To focus on its most profitable stores and improve the overall health of its store portfolio, the company will:
Close 20 U.S. stores. Most associates at these stores will be extended opportunities to transition to a similar role at a nearby Lowe’s store. The majority of impacted stores are located within 10 miles of another Lowe’s store.
Close 31 Canadian stores and other locations.
“While decisions that impact our associates are never easy, the store closures are a necessary step in our strategic reassessment as we focus on building a stronger business,” said Marvin R. Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO. “We believe our people are the foundation of our business and essential to our future growth, and we are making every effort to transition impacted associates to nearby Lowe’s stores.”
Lowe’s expects to close the impacted stores by the end of the company’s 2018 fiscal year (Feb. 1, 2019). To facilitate an orderly wind-down, the company intends to conduct store closing sales for most of the impacted locations with the exception of select stores in the U.S., which will close immediately. Lowe’s has partnered with Hilco Merchant Services to help manage the process in the U.S. and ensure a seamless experience for customers.
The expected financial impact of today’s announcement of $0.28 to $0.34 per diluted share was not contemplated in the business outlook for fiscal 2018 which the company provided on Aug. 22 when it released its second quarter earnings. Additional details regarding the impact of the store closings will be provided in the next quarterly earnings release on Nov. 20.
U.S.
Alabama
Lowe’s of Graysville, AL (Store #3039)
1100 Bankhead Hwy SW
Graysville, AL 35073
California
Lowe’s of Aliso Viejo, CA (Store #1900)
26501 Aliso Creek Rd
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Lowe’s of Irvine, CA (Store #769)
13300 Jamboree Rd
Irvine, CA 92602
Lowe’s of South San Francisco, CA (Store #2452)
720 Dubuque Ave
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Lowe’s of Central San Jose, CA (Store 2842)
750 Newhall Dr
San Jose, CA 95110
Connecticut
Lowe’s of Orange, CT (Store #621)
48 Boston Post Rd
Orange, CT 06477
Illinois
Lowe’s of Granite City, IL (Store #3028)
1333 Schaefer Rd
Granite City, IL 62040
Lowe’s of Gurnee, IL (Store #1829)
7735 Grand Ave
Gurnee, IL 60031
Indiana
Lowe’s of Portage, IN (Store #1778)
6221 US Hwy 6
Portage, IN 46368
Louisiana
Lowe’s of E. New Orleans, LA (Store #2690)
5770 Read Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70127
Massachusetts
Lowe’s of Quincy, MA (Store #2267)
599 Thomas Burgin Pkwy
Quincy, MA 02169
Michigan
Lowe’s of Burton, MI (Store #761)
4274 E Court St
Burton, MI 48509
Lowe’s of Flint, MI (Store #669)
2100 T.A. Mansour Blvd
Flint, MI 48532
Minnesota
Lowe’s of Mankato, MN (Store #2855)
2015 Bassett Dr
Mankato, MN 56001
Missouri
Lowe’s of Bridgeton, MO (Store #2299)
11974 Paul Mayer Ave
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Lowe’s of Florissant, MO (Store #748)
3180 N Hwy 67
Florissant, MO 63033
New York
Lowe’s of Manhattan – Upper West Side (Store #3292)
2008 Broadway
New York, NY 10023
Lowe’s of Manhattan – Chelsea (Store #3293)
635-641 6th Ave
New York, NY 10011
Pennsylvania
Lowe’s of Shippensburg, PA (Store #2816)
250 South Conestoga Dr
Shippensburg, PA 17257
Texas
Lowe’s of Irving, TX (Store #1811)
3500 W Airport Fwy
Irving, TX 75062
Canada
British Columbia
RONA Columbia Square (Store #61580)
105-1015 Columbia Street, New Westminister
Alberta
RONA Calgary (Douglasdale, Store #62520)
11520 – 24th Street SE, Calgary
Reno-Depot Calgary West (Store #62880)
12330 Symons Valley Road NW, Calgary
Ontario
RONA Mississauga (Westdale Mall, Store #55430)
1133 Dundas Street West, Mississauga
RONA Mississauga (Lakeshore, Store #55390)
1692 Lakeshore Rd, Mississauga
RONA Sault Ste. Marie (Store #33640)
132 Black Road, Sault Ste. Marie
RONA Sudbury (Store #33020)
943 Barry Downe Road, Sudbury
RONA Peterborough (Store #55520)
1575 Chemong Road, Peterborough
RONA Kingston (Bath Road, Store #55310)
1452 Bath Road, Kingston
RONA Lakefield (Store #33140)
178 Water Street, Lakefield
Lowe’s North York – Centerpoint (Store #3320)
6600 Yonge Street, North York
Lowe’s Sault Ste. Marie (Store #3276)
248 Northern Avenue, Sault Ste. Marie
Québec
RONA Ste-Clotilde (Store #44000)
335, Route 209, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Chateauguay
RONA Iberville (Store #44110)
870, boulevard d’Iberville, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
RONA L’Assomption (Store #44070)
723, boulevard L’Ange-Gardien, L’Assomption
RONA Granby Moeller (Store #44060)
788, rue Moeller, Grandby
RONA Ste-Rose (Store #44040)
134, boulevard Sainte-Rose, Laval
RONA Rivière-des-Prairies (Store #43250)
9200, boulevard Maurice-Duplessis, Montréal
RONA Rouyn-Noranda (Store #43270)
1200, rue Mantha, Rouyn-Noranda
RONA Ange-Gardien (Store #43070)
194, rue Principale, Ange-Gardien
RONA Saint-Elzéar (Store #43290)
100, rue du Parc Industriel, Saint Elzéar
Newfoundland
RONA Conception Bay South (Killigrews, Store #22040)
825 Conception Bay Hwy, Conception Bay
RONA Goulds (Store #22030)
53-59 Main Highway, Goulds
RONA St. John’s (Topsail, Store #22010)
1297 Topsail Road, St. John’s
RONA St. John’s (O’Leary, Store #22070)
60 O’Leary Avenue, St. John’s
RONA St. John’s (Torbay, Store #22130)
710 Torbay Road, St. John’s
RONA Bay Roberts (Store #22120)
239 Conception Bay, Bay Roberts
Murder Trial to Begin Tuesday in Eighth Judicial District Court
A jury is being picked Monday, November 5, 2018 and the trial is expected to begin Tuesday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court. Aaron Tyler Crum, 26, of Sulphur Springs is being tried for the Felony 1 Murder of Joshua Paul Cowling at a residence on Pampa Street in February of this year.
Crum has been in Hopkins County Jail since his February 24th arrest even though his bond was reduced from $1-million to $250,000. He was indicted in May for the Felony 1 Murder. Crum is being represented by former District Attorney Martin Braddy.
At what was described by Sulphur Springs Police as an all-night get together on Pampa Street, an altercation led to the shooting death of Cowling, 38. Arrested at the scene of the incident was Crum. SSPD responded to a call on Pampa Street around 4:16 a.m. Saturday morning Cowling was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer.
“An Evening With Mark Twain” on Nov. 10 to be a Fundraiser for the Seniors Center Building Fund
Hopkins County resident Larry V. Davis was born near Fairlee, Texas and educated at Boles Home. During high school, he traveled the country with the Boles Home Choir as a singer and public speaker. His adult career spanned from work in radio to writer to stockbroker to goat rancher. As a sideline, he developed the Mark Twain character when he was a young adult and has spent over 50 years presenting Twain’s iconic wisdom to audiences everywhere. He will appear in the Greenville Concert Series on January 18, 2019. Now that the published author has returned “home” to western Hopkins County, he often donates his talent to worthy causes like fundraising for the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center Building Fund. Please attend the presentation by donation on Saturday November 10 at 7 pm and enjoy an amusing, historical, heartwarming program as L.V. Davis becomes “Mark Twain”.
Man Arrested On Warrant and for Attempting to Selling Salt as a Controlled Substance
As Sulphur Springs Police served a warrant for the arrest of James Jerome Rusheon, 47, of Sulphur Springs, they also arrested a Princeton woman, 33-year old Caitlyn Janelle Pope. The arrest took place in the Walmart Parking Lot Saturday afternoon.
Rusheon was located by SSPD on the parking lot while he was attempting to sell Pope 12.85-grams of a substance. He claimed the substance was salt but he was trying to sell it as methamphetamine. He did have 0.62-grams of meth on his person.
Pope was with Rusheon when officers sought to arrest him. Although the substance she was being sold was salt, she did have methamphetamine in her wallet.
Rusheon is in Hopkins County Jail on warrants charged with Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, more than 4-grams but less than 200-grams, a Felony 1; and for Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram, and Unlawful Deliver Manufacture with Intent Simulated Controlled Substance.
Pope is in Hopkins County Jail for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram and Unlawful Delivery Manufacture with Intent Simulated Controlled Substance.
