Olympic Style Lighting, Chair Back Seating, Other Changes See in Tour of Prim Stadium

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(For a video tour of work underway at Gerald Prim Stadium, see Channel 18 News for Tuesday, July 18, 2017. It will be posted later this afternoon.)

Tuesday morning Sulphur Springs ISD Director of Maintenance Dan Froneberger gave media members a hardhat tour of renovation work going on at Gerald Prim Stadium. The new artificial turf field is finished. The home side bleachers have been built. Some 1500 chair back seats still need to be installed. The press box is being put together. There is work to be completed on new bathrooms.

Froneberger’s maintenance workers have landscape work to do but some of that is awaiting completion of some of the other construction. Froneberger praised the work of his maintenance crew as well as a crew of cafeteria workers who have been doing lots of painting. Eventually the dressing rooms and some visitor’s restrooms will be getting a new color scheme. Plans called for Musco Sports Lighting to show up Tuesday and put up The Prim’s four light poles. The lights are ones utilized in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Musco will also be removing light poles from old Eagle Stadium that will soon become a visitor’s parking lot.

Froneberger says after another couple of weeks of dirt work, the parking lot concrete will be poured and then striped. Plans call for a new entrance on the visitor’s side including a red brick ticket booth. Nearby will be plaques honoring the memory of the Old Eagle Stadium baseball field. The stadium’s home plate will be located in the new parking lot. There will also be a picnic area on the visitor’s side featuring tables made from old stands from Prim Stadium. The old baseball batting cages will be renovated with new skin into a storage area that can house soccer goals, a graduation stage and equipment for field maintenance.

Winnsboro Police Report July 10-16, 2017

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Five arrests, one no injury accident, 152 calls for service, 57 citations, and 33 warnings were issued by the Winnsboro Police Department during the report period July 10-16, 2017.

Karla Weathers, 46, of Winnsboro was arrested on July 10^th on a Hopkins County warrant.

Philip Green, 36, of Winnsboro was arrested July 12^th for a DWI.

Lorena King, 40, of Winnsboro was arrested July 13^th for Possession of Marijuana less than 2oz.

Joy Rose, 32, of Winnsboro was arrested on July 14^th on a Winnsboro Police Department warrant.

Mitchell Holt, 19, of Winnsboro was arrested on July 16^th for DUI by a minor.

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a one vehicle accident in the 700 block of East Broadway on July 14^th. The vehicle was traveling west bound on E Broadway when the driver failed to control speed and left his lane of travel striking a mailbox, landscape timbers, and a utility pole. No injuries were reported.

Jury Call for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 Court For Wednesday Has Been Cancelled

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Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 Court has canceled the Jury summons set for Wednesday, July 19, 2017 in according to the Justice of the Peace office. If you were summoned, you do not need to report.

Hopkins County Pony-Tails 12-U Win State; Seek Sponsors for Trip to World Series

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Hopkins County Girls Softball Association 12u ponytails team won the Dixie State Championship Monday night, July 18, 2017. The 12 players and three (3) coaches will be traveling to and playing in the World Series on July 26 through possibly August 2 in Sumter, South Carolina. The team is in need of sponsorship funds to help with the cost of hotels, food, and transportation. For more information or to assist in sponsoring the team, contact [email protected].

Woman Robbed in Restaurant Parking Lot

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A Female was robbed Monday around 12:30 p.m. in the parking lot at Juan Pablo’s Restaurant on Mockingbird Ln. A Hispanic male in his mid-20’s took her purse.

The individual left the scene in a vehicle (pictured) that had a “We Buy Houses” decal on the front windshield. If you see the vehicle or have information, contact the Sulphur Springs Police Department at 903-885-7602.

Special Ranger Tex Maynard Presents Program at HC Posse Meeting

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Roger “Tex” Maynard may be retired from the Texas Department of Public Safety as a State Trooper, and retired from Hopkins County as Constable Precinct 1, but he is also a charter member of the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse. In honor of the Posse’s 30th anniversary in 2017, Tex presented a program during the July meeting about the early days of posse work in Hopkins County.

The organization was formed as a volunteer support to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department. Twenty-two original members were sworn in by Sheriff Mark Bassham in 1987. Originally a mounted unit, applicants were required to own a horse and trailer to be accepted. Because the Sheriff’s Office lacked the manpower and equipment it possesses today, the posse was frequently activated to assist on manhunts and made a good number of apprehensions. Maynard reported that on the first 9 calls for manhunts, the posse apprehended every subject.

Maynard and Posse Training Officer Earl Martin recounted an apprehension made in the Pickton area during the early years of the posse. A gang of thieves from the DFW area had been robbing premises in outlying communities of Hopkins County. After knocking on a door and determining nobody was at home, the thieves would load up the home’s possessions in a trailer and make a fast getaway. When law enforcement made contact with the subjects, two men abandoned their vehicle and ran into a wooded area. A half-dozen posse members answered the manhunt call, and mounted on horseback, began to search the wooded area. A posse member climbed a tree and saw the suspects crossing a fence. TDC search dogs were called for, and a Texas Ranger was searching the area by helicopter. After tracking dogs were released to locate the suspects, another brace of catch dogs were released and soon afterward the suspects were flushed from cover and apprehended.

In another episode, Interstate 30 had to be shut down near the Brashear area when suspects being chased by posse members in a manhunt darted across the highway. Texas Department of Public Safety shut down the Interstate on both sides so that TDC dogs and mounted posse had safe access. These subjects were also apprehended. The stalled drivers probably had an interesting view of that bit of quick posse work.

When the opportunity came up in 1988 to attend a “mounted school”, Earl Martin, Dwight Bruhn and several other members along with their horses underwent special mounted police training which also proved helpful during manhunts. Most posse members were already pretty good cowboys and enjoyed horseback games during training sessions, including “Cowboy polo” played with brooms and a volleyball. Soon, the Hopkins County mounted team began to travel to give demonstrations at rodeos and municipal gatherings. In 1989, they competed at the Cotton Bowl against other mounted groups in crowd control formations, skirmish line and rescue races, and in fun contests like wild cow milking and calf branding. It was noted that Ronny Glossup roped 40 calves that day in the contests. The Hopkins County team brought home the second-place trophy.

Maynard pointed out that in the early years of the posse, there was no accurate system to identify roads or areas of the county. Also, the four precinct areas had not yet been numbered. An officer’s description of where he might be was often sketchy for the dispatcher to identify, and response time to calls in the county was sometimes slow. Landscape features, intersections or fence lines were often the best visible means of identifying a location. Postal route numbers and mailbox numbers were sometimes helpful, but within Sulphur Springs, there were seven postal routes in addition to route numbers in Cumby, Brashear, Como, Pickton, Saltillo, Dike and Sulphur Bluff. It was helpful to law enforcement when Hopkins County Judge Cletis Millsap adopted the use of numbered roads within the four precincts and maps were drawn to reflect the road system. Today’s GPS systems further streamline the work of county law enforcement.

Maynard noted that several early posse members went on to law enforcement careers or to become elected officials. Earl Martin and Sam Tatum were the first Environmental officers. Ronny Glossup became JP Pct 1, and Bill Allen became Constable Pct 1. Many past and current members serve as transport officers. Former Sheriff Butch Adams utilized the posse frequently over his 20-year career. Current Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum started out as a member of the Sheriffs posse during the term of Sheriff Bill Deirks. Lisa Hooten is current Captain of the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse.

Folds of Honor “Patriot’s Sporting Challenge” Coming to Lake Fork area in October 2017

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Chuck Roy, a board member of the “Patriot’s Challenge” Scholarship Foundation guested on the KSST Morning Show. He shared information about the Folds of Honor Foundation, the Patriot’s Sporting Challenge and an exciting entertainment event scheduled for October 27 and 28, 2017 at Lake Fork. National in scope, the Folds of Honor foundation strives to assist the spouses and children of soldiers killed or disabled in service to our country, providing healing, hope and an opportunity for dreams to be realized through education.

Because the Northeast Texas area is so rich in resources for fishing, hunting and other sports including golf, the concept of a trilogy of sporting challenges was conceived. Teams of four members who wish to compete in golf, fishing and clay shooting may enter and to date, over twenty five teams have already signed up. Well-known sponsors are also joining in support of the cause, with Skeeter Boats joining the Army Bass Anglers, The Links at Lands End, Hidden Lakes Resort and Community Chronicle as Patriot Sponsors. Country Music Association entertainer Don Woods Jr. from Yantis, Texas will perform at a concert during the dinner and auction social event the night prior to the sporting competition. A public event is also planned the next day at $25 person with food and live music. The ultimate goal is to raise $250,000 in scholarship money to be used for the benefit of dependents…spouses and children…of fallen and disabled soldiers who have served our country. Thus far, over 1500 scholarships have been awarded to Texas residents.

To find out more about Folds of Honor and the Patriot’s Sporting Challenge, contact Chuck or Nancy Roy at 903-383-2072 or by e-mail at [email protected]

Chuck Roy of Yantis, board member of the Folds of Honor Patriot’s Challenge and Editor of the Community Chronicle

Early Morning Fire at Evans Firestone

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Sulphur Springs Fire Station 1 and Station 2 along with Hopkins County Station 20 responded to a fire call at Tommy Evans Firestone located on Shannon Road (south service road) at College Street at 3 AM Tuesday morning. Flames were observed coming out the front bay doors of the work area, according to Sulphur Springs Fire Department.

It took only four minutes from the time of call until the first unit was on scene. Three trucks and 12 firemen were able to gain control of the fire within an hour and the fire was extinguished by 5 AM.

Cause of the fire is undetermined and is under investigation by the local Fire Marshall.

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Odor of Marijuana on Money Leads to Money Laundering Charges

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Sgt. Harry Washington, working interdiction for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office, made contact with Luiz Longria, 53, of Edcouch, Texas and Oswaldo Reyes, 43, of Westlaco, around 8 p.m. Both were arrested and charged with Money Laundering more than $2500 but less than $30,000.

Washington noted a large bulge in Reyes front pocket. When asked about it, Reyes removed from his pocket a white sock that contained a large amount of U. S. currency. A strong odor of marijuana emitting from the currency was noted by both Washington and a Hopkins County Deputy with him. When questioned regarding the money, Reyes stated the money belonged to his friend’s boss. The friend was Longria.