Healthcare Foundation Joins “Bras for the Cause” to Raise Funds for New 3-D Mammography Equipment
According to Meredith Caddell, CEO of the Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation, the local community has embraced the “Bras for a Cause” nation-wide event during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A fundraising bra decorating contest is currently going on, with numerous displays set up in local businesses around the county. In addition to the Business Category, the contest features two other theme categories; “Breast Cancer Awareness” and “Bra-Vegas”. Local non-profits, clubs, industry and individuals have their imaginative displays up at various locations, and voting for the best display is going on through Wednesday. You register one vote with each $1 ticket your purchase at the display locations, with proceeds going for a very good cause. But there’s more!
The very good cause is the Healthcare Foundation’s plan to purchase a 3-D Mammography Machine for CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. The advantage of replacing current mammogram equipment with the 3-D equipment is that it reduces call-backs by 35%. With the 3-D feature, images can be examined and re-done within minutes if necessary for a clearer image. Thus, persons who have come in for mammograms do not have to be called back again for a second image, and not lose that time for travel, taking off work, finding babysitters, etc.
Meredith explained that the Bras for the Cause voting fun will continue on Thursday night October 18, 2018 at Sulphur Springs City Hall where the several dozen bra displays will be collected and displayed for the public. A final round of voting will take place starting at 6 pm where tickets will be sold for $1 each. Just place your votes at the displays of your favorites until 7:30 pm, when two winners will be announced: Biggest Money-Raiser and Judges Pick. All proceeds raised will go toward the 2019 purchase of the 3-D Mammography equipment, an addition which will become part of a proposed “Women’s Center” to be located inside CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs.
Weekend Reveler’s Wrong Turn
A weekend reveler took a wrong turn when traveling Main Street in Sulphur Springs. The unnamed driver’s rental car ended up on the rails of an active rail line. Once the vehicle slid to a stop, the front tires could not gain traction and a tow truck was required.
Sulphur Springs Police were contacted, and it was determined that a train was not due for more than 1 hour. The driver’s blood alcohol was over the legal limit.
There are alternatives to driving drunk in Sulphur Springs. The Downtown Trolley is an option, if you don’t stay out too late. Uber and Lyft drivers have been available since the beginning of 2018. Just make sure to ask your Uber driver to stay up late enough to get you home, or agree on a pickup time.
Winnsboro Police Report October 8-14, 2018
Winnsboro Police arrested six, investigated two accidents, responded to 109 calls for service, issued 28 citations and wrote 25 warnings during the report period October 8-14, 2018.
Sharon S. Allen, 52, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 8th on a Wood County warrant and a Hopkins County warrant.
Jason L. Bearden, 40, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 9th on a Titus County warrant.
Jessica L. Bentle, 31, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 10th on a Winnsboro Municipal Court warrant.
Camillia R. Johnson, 56, of Longview, was arrested October 11th on a Rusk County warrant.
Brandon W. Weems, 45, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 13th on a Wood County warrants and Parole Violation.
Jacinto Rivera, 47, of Winnsboro, was arrested October 13th for DWI 2nd.
Christopher R. Mosher, 18, of Mineola, was arrested October 14th on a Hopkins County warrant.
A one vehicle accident in the 800 block of West Broadway resulted in injuries and transport to CHRISTUS Mother Frances-Winnsboro by EMS.
No injuries were reported in an accident involving one vehicle in the 200 block of W. Pine Street.
Local Woman Arrested on Warrants
When the Sulphur Springs Police officer responded to a disturbance involving a 2014 Mustang that was westbound at the 120-mile marker on I-30, he made the traffic stop in reference to a criminal investigation of a reported kidnapping. Nancy Lynn James, 47, of Sulphur Springs gave the officer a false name and incorrect date of birth when identifying. She possessed no valid driver’s license in her possession at the time.
Arrested at the scene, James is in Hopkins County Jail held on Hopkins County warrants for Theft of Property less than $2500, 2 or more Previous Convictions, two warrants for Forgery of a Financial Instrument, a Hunt County warrant for Retaliation, and Failure to ID (Fugitive from Justice). She is held on bond totalling $251,000.
Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault Last Month is Suspect in Wife’s Death
Laura Wyatt, 39, was found dead in her home the victim of an apparent gun shot and her husband, Stephen Roy Wyatt, 60, is in CHRISTUS Mother Frances-Sulphur Springs with a wound from an apparent gun shot. Local law enforcement and Texas Ranger John Vance continue their investigation into the incident that occurred Sunday at the Wyatt home on Rockdale Road.
Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched to the 900 block of Rockdale Road Sunday, October 14, 2018 when witnesses heard arguing between a male and female inside a house at that location. Gun shots were also heard. The end result inside the house was one dead and one wounded during the disturbance. The Wyatt was transported to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital ER by Hopkins County EMS.
Witnesses told police they heard the arguing and then a gun shot. Several more gun shots followed the first. First officers on the scene called for the special response team made up of SWAT and EMS personnel. Once inside the house, the officers found the female dead from apparent gunshots and the male wounded by apparent gunshots, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders.
Wyatt had been arrested in September for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon when he was accused of striking his wife in the head with the bottom of a pistol and chased her around with the gun.
During the investigation at the scene, Wyatt told Sulphur Springs Police that he wanted to commit suicide. He was transported to the local hospital by EMS while in police custody at that time. He was out of jail on bond when the incident occurred Sunday.
Flood Watch for Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Hunt Counties Until Tuesday Morning
The National Weather Service Has issued a Flood Watch in effect through 7 a.m. Tuesday morning for Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Hunt and a number of counties in Northeast and North Texas.
Multiple rounds of showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday. Rainfall amounts in the Flood Watch area will average between 3 and 5 inches with isolated 7 inch amounts possible.
A flood watch means that conditions are favorable for heavey rain which may lead to flooding of low lying areas and locations along creeks, streams, and rivers.
Dinner Bell Menu For October 17, 2018
Dinner Bell October 17, 2018
Community Partner:
Nations Lending Corporation
Menu:
Chicken Parmesan
Rice Pilaf
Roasted Vegetables
Garden Salad
Buttered French Bread
Lemon Cake To Die For
Lemon Pudding (a no added sugar dessert)
Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church). Hope you join us for this nourishing meal.
Rains County Under Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until Midnight Sunday
The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm watch for Rains County and several other counties stretching from Ellis and Navarro Counties to Van Zandt and Rains until midnight Sunday night, October 14, 2018.
Region 4 Emergency Medical Task Force Conducts Drill at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Sulphur Springs
Texas Region 4 Emergency Medical task force conducted a muster and deployment drill Friday at 10 a.m. at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. The tabletop discussion and drill focused on responding to and receiving nursing and resources in a disaster.
The Emergency Medical Task Force (EMTF) is a State and Federally (DSHS, ASPR) funded program with the mission of creating State-deployable medical teams, regionalized for rapid mobilization and readiness. The EMTF Nurse Strike Team is an established team of specialized registered nurses designed to deploy and augment the staffing areas of an affected hospital(s) during an emergency. Specialties may include: ER, ICU, Med/Surge, L & D, Pediatric, Burn, Neurology, PICU/NICU. The goal of the EMTF program is to provide a well-coordinated response, offering rapid professional medical assistance to emergency operation systems during large scale incidents. Resources immediately available for EMTF include AMBUSes, Mobile Medical Units, Ambulance Strike Teams (hundreds of units across Texas), RN Strike Teams, Medical Incident Support Teams, Infectious Disease Response Units, and Ambulance Staging Managers.
Area hospital medical teams along with Hopkins Count Judge Robert Newsom, who serves as the Emergency Management Director for the county, and Fire Chief Andy Endsley, Emergency Management Coordinator for the county, attended the session.
Woman Dead, Man Wounded in Apparent Shooting Sunday
Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched to the 900 block of Rockdale Road Sunday, October 14, 2018 when witnesses heard arguing between a male and female inside a house at that location. Gun shots were also heard. The end result inside the house was one dead and one wounded during the disturbance. The wounded male was transported to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital ER by Hopkins County EMS.
Witnesses told police they heard the arguing and then a gun shot. Several more gun shots followed the first. First officers on the scene called for the special response team made up of SWAT and EMS personnel. Once inside the house, the officers found the female dead from apparent gunshots and the male wounded by apparent gunshots, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders. Names of the deceased female,the wife, and the wounded man, the husband, are being withheld at this time pending notification of family and further investigation.
Texas Ranger John Vance along with City of Sulphur Springs Criminal Investigators and Hopkins County Investigators are investigating the scene and events surrounding the shooting.
