North Hopkins, Cumby in 2A Basketball District 14
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In Conference 2A Basketball Cumby and North Hopkins will face Campbell, Dallas Gateway, Martins Mill, and Quinlan Boles in District 14.
Other 2A Basketball alignments:
District 1 Boys Ranch Gruver Sanford-Fritch Stinnett West Texas Stratford Sunray Vega
District 2 Clarendon Claude Memphis Panhandle Wellington Wheeler
District 3 Bovina Farwell Hale Center Lockney Olton Sudan
District 4 Abernathy Crosbyton Floydada New Deal Post Ralls
District 5 Morton Plains Seagraves Smyer Sundown Tahoka
District 6 Anthony El Paso Da Vinci Fort Hancock Iraan McCamey Van Horn Wink
District 7 Christoval Eldorado Forsan Mertzon Irion County Miles Ozona Winters
District 8 Albany Anson Hamlin Haskell Hawley Roscoe Collegiate Stamford
District 9 Archer City Electra Munday Olney Petrolia Quanah Seymour Windthorst
District 10 De Leon Goldthwaite Hamilton Hico Meridian Ranger Santo
District 11 Alvord Chico Era Muenster Perrin-Whitt Poolville
District 12 Bells Collinsville Ivanhoe Rayburn Lindsay Tom Bean Valley View
District 13 Blue Ridge Celeste Honey Grove Merit Bland Trenton Wolfe City
District 14 Campbell Cumby Dallas Gateway Martins Mill Quinlan Boles North Hopkins
District 15 Avery Bogata Rivercrest Clarksville Detroit Linden-Kildare Maud McLeod Simms Bowie
District 16 Big Sandy Gary Gladewater Union Grove Hawkins Overton Price Carlisle
District 17 Bosqueville Chilton Crawford Moody Rosebud-Lott Valley Mills
District 18 Axtell Bremond Dawson Hubbard Mart Riesel Wortham
District 19 Cayuga Frost Italy Itasca Kerens La Rue La Poynor Malakoff Cross Roads
District 20 Centerville Dallardsville Big Sandy Grapeland Groveton Latexo Lovelady
District 21 Alto Cushing Douglass Mount Enterprise Neches New Summerfield
District 22 Chireno Joaquin San Augustine Shelbyville Tenaha Timpson Woden
District 23 Broaddus Brookeland Colmesneil Lufkin Pineywoods Community Academy Pineland West Sabine Zavalla
District 24 Deweyville Evadale Hull-Daisetta Sabine Pass Saratoga West Hardin
District 25 Granger Holland Milano Mumford Thorndale Thrall
District 26 Burton Iola Normangee North Zulch Snook Somerville
District 27 Center Point Harper Junction Mason San Saba
District 28 Flatonia Ganado Louise Shiner Weimar Yorktown
District 29 Brackettville Brackett Charlotte La Pryor SA Lee Academy Sabinal San Antonio Gervin San Antonio Stacey
District 30 Falls City Kenedy Pettus Port Aransas Refugio Woodsboro
District 31 Agua Dulce Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Benavides Freer Premont Riviera Kaufer Three Rivers
District 32 La Villa Lasara San Isidro San Perlita Santa Maria
Grand Jury Returns February Indictment
The Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 18 indictments Monday, February 1. Four were sealed indictments and names are not released until arrests are made.
Among those indicted whose names are released:
Raul Carrera Pichardo indicted for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Pichardo, 35, turned himself in to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office without incident January 12th of this year on a warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Bond was set at $35,000 after a bond agreement was made between Pichardo’s attorney and the District Attorney’s office. The incident occurred in October, 2014. Pichardo, a citizen of Mexico, remains in Hopkins County Jail for both the offense and for Homeland Security.
John Michael McKenney, 28, was indicted for two counts of Assault Family/House Member Impede Breath/Circulation. McKenney, 28 is in Hopkins County Jail held on a total of $30,000 bond for the two incidents.
Kristin Nicole Ramsey was indicted for two counts of Abandon Endangerment of a Child. Ramsey, 32, was arrested January 6th of this year and charged with two counts of child endangerment and one count of possession of a controlled substance. Someone noticed the two children unattended in the vehicle and called the Sulphur Springs Police Department. According to reports, Ramsey went to Pilot Truck Stop to buy methamphetamine Wednesday night. She parked next to the dealer’s vehicle and left her 5-year old and 2-year old daughter in her car while getting into the vehicle with the dealer to make her purchase. When officers arrived and were at her car, she exited the dealer’s vehicle and spoke with officers. They found drugs in her possession.
Mohammad Shabeeh Raz was indicted for one count of Online Solicitation of a Minor for Sex. Raza, 25, of Kansas City Missouri was arrested the weekend of December 12-13, 2015 for online solicitation of a minor. He was arrested after he finished a fresh shave in the restroom at a local convenience story. He arrived early to meet who he thought to be a female under 17-years of age with whom he had been communicating since April. When he exited the restroom he was welcomed by the open arms of Hopkins County and Sulphur Springs law enforcement (see original story A Close Shave). Bond was originally set at $75,000 and an ankle monitor would be ordered for his release. However, when ordering the ankle monitor, J. P. Cummings discovered that Raza held dual citizenship in the U. S. and in India. It was also disclosed that he had ties in Pakistan and had traveled to London and Europe recently. The Justice of the Peace deemed Raza a flight risk and required him to relinquish his passport and to remain in Texas should he be released. Raza has a 15-year old sister and father who live in Plano. Raza, who says he is a systems engineer for a company in Kansas City and claims Plano as his hometown, is free on a $200,000 bond with stringent restrictions regarding travel.
Christian Dior Young, 26, was indicted for one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance more than 4 grams but less than 200 grams.
William Ryan Miller was indicted for one count of Burglary of a Habitation. The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department has made an arrest in connection with a burglary where a thief made off with lots of items inside a rural county home including Christmas gifts and toys. Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum said William Ryan Miller, 25, of Como, has been arrested for the burglary. Tatum said weapons and televisions along with Christmas gifts and toys were taken from the residence. The weapons and televisions have been recovered and the residents of the home inventoried the gifts and toys recovered Tuesday, December 15th to determine if all were recovered. The items taken had been hidden in several locations according to Tatum. A tip through social media regarding the sale of a television led to the arrest.
Shawn Robert Jessee was indicted for one count of Theft of Property more than $2500 and less than $30,000.
Jimmy Don Lightfoot, jr. was indicted for one count of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle.
Brenda Jean Durbin was indicted for one count of Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse.
David Grayson Smith was indicted for one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance over 1 gram and less than 4 grams.
Rhonda Kay Robinson was indicted for one caount of Possession of a Controlled Substance under 1 gram.
Fort Worth Stock Show A Success for Como-Pickton FFA
The first weekend of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo saw success for the Como-Pickton FFA. Caden Anglin won the winter yearling class in the Junior Brown Swiss Dairy Show with Berretta, a Brown Swiss heifer bred by Overstreet Farms of Chillicothe, Texas. This was Caden’s first time participating in a stock show.
Caden Anglin
Como-Pickton FFA also saw success in the Agricultural Mechanics show. FFA students exhibited 4 projects: a decorative gate, a cattle trim chute, a 24ft gooseneck lowboy trailer and a cattle squeeze chute, earning three blue ribbons and one red ribbon. The cattle squeeze chute won cattle handling equipment class and was named Livestock Equipment Division Champion. The chute received a $1650 cash prize, a $1000 certificate from Big Tex Trailers, three welding machines, a metal cut saw, Victor cutting torch rig and an auto darkening welding hood.
Tyler Osborne, Denton Lawson, Heston Wilburn and Robert Flewelling
Featured Image (L-R): Steven Grimaldi, Osvaldo Gutierrez, Robert Flewelling, Brynden Andrews, Jayden Stubbs, Tyler Osborne, Heston Wilburn, and Denton Lawson.
Local Law Enforcement Seeks Three Additional Suspects In Organized Crime Ring
SSPD Detectives stand in front of recovered ATVs.
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders and Detective Sergeant Lenwood “Bo” Fox held a press conference Monday morning to address the ongoing investigation and search for suspects involved in a large organized crime ring responsible for the theft of eleven (11) utility, all-terrain vehicles from Nor-Tex Tractor in Sulphur Springs. The units were stolen during two thefts occurring on April 23rd and November 23rd of 2015.
Leads in early January 2016 lead to seven (7) arrests and the recovery of twelve (12) Polaris Razors and two (2) Polaris Rangers. Approximately $234,000 in stolen property has been recovered including six (6) units from the November theft at Nor-Tex Tractors totaling $74,000 and eight (8) units stolen from other jurisdictions in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas totaling $160,000.
The seven (7) suspects who have been arrested include Brian E. Wheeler of Balch Springs; David Paul Rockwell of Terrell; Ricardo Saldivar, 34, of Combine; James Lindy Minter, 37, Joshua Christopher Terry, 34, and Laronda Kaye Reed, 29, all of Kemp; and Darrell Wayne Waites from Deville, Louisiana. All have been charged locally with organized criminal activity.
Investigators are currently searching for three remaining fugitives in connection with the Nor-Tex Tractor thefts: Christopher Lee Chambers of Maybank, Texas; Dustin Kyle Garcia of Scurry, Texas; and Christopher Brandon Garcia of Seagoville, Texas.
Sergeant Fox mentioned that some of the suspects involved in the theft at Nor-Tex have been linked to recent burglaries in Lindale, Tyler and numerous other jurisdictions in Texas as well as other states as far east as Tennessee.
Sergeant Fox said that Sulphur Springs Police Department has received assistance from numerous agencies during the investigation including the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and Tony Hurley with the Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TCRA) Special Rangers as well as police departments and sheriff’s offices across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Chief Sanders praised the effort and dedication the investigation team has put forth during the past month. “I just want to tell you how excited and how proud I am of our detectives who have broken up what I would call a ring of burglars and thieves,” Sanders said. “I am lucky.”
“Edge of Darkness” Highlights A & M-Commerce Planetarium’s 10th Anniversary
COMMERCE, TX –The Texas A&M University-Commerce Planetarium is pleased to announce its 10th Anniversary Celebration premiering its newest show, The Edge of Darkness, beginning at 6 p.m. on February 5, 2016.
The celebration will include presentations of The Edge of Darkness at 6, 6:45, and 8 p.m. with free admission. Drawings for door prizes will be held at 7:30 p.m. and include an Astroscan telescope, astronomy books, calendars and games as well as various other prizes. Visitors must be present to win. The event will also include a dig for children and demonstrations by physics graduate students, A&M-Commerce SPS members, as well as Planetarium staff.
The Edge of Darkness features amazing scenes of places never before seen. Images and information were gathered by key space missions that culminated with groundbreaking discoveries in 2015. The show features a spectacular flight though the great cliffs on comet 67P, a close look at the fascinating bright “lights” on Ceres, and the first ever close ups of dwarf binary planet Pluto/Charon and its moons. It is narrated by Hayley Atwell, Agent Carter from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the ABC television series. The show was produced by Evans and Sutherland who also gave us programming such as Stars of the Pharaohs, Seven Wonders and The Mystery of the Christmas Star.
The Planetarium’s 10th Anniversary Celebration will provide an opportunity to see the new show on the Digistar 5 system, robust images projected by high-end projectors in a hemispherical dome.
Cumby in District 9; 2-A, Division 2
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Cumby will face Clarksville, Dallas Gateway, Detroit, and Maud in 2-A; Division 2 Football
2016-18 OFFICIAL FOOTBALL DISTRICT ALIGNMENT Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 + Boys Only * Girls Only CONFERENCE 2A DIVISION 2
District 1 Booker Claude Gruver Shamrock Vega Wheeler
District 2 Clarendon Crosbyton Lockney Memphis Ralls Wellington
District 3 Bovina Earth Springlake Farwell Morton Smyer Sudan
District 4 Hamlin Plains Roby Roscoe Collegiate Seagraves Tahoka
District 5 Iraan Menard Mertzon Irion County Van Horn Wink
District 6 Albany Baird Bronte Cross Plains Miles Winters
District 7 Archer City Electra Haskell Munday Petrolia Quanah
District 8 Era Lindsay Muenster Perrin-Whitt Ranger Santo
District 9 Clarksville Cumby Dallas Gateway Detroit Maud
District 10 Bremond Chilton Dawson Frost Hubbard Meridian
District 11 Grapeland Mount Enterprise Overton Tenaha Timpson Wortham
District 12 Burkeville Colmesneil Evadale Hull-Daisetta Iola Sabine Pass
District 13 Bartlett Burton Granger Milano Snook Somerville
District 14 Center Point D’Hanis La Pryor Leakey Rocksprings
District 15 Charlotte Falls City Flatonia Louise Pettus Runge
District 16 Agua Dulce Benavides Bruni Riviera Kaufer Woodsboro
Class 1-A Basketball; Districts 23 & 24 Hold Local Attention
Saltillo Boys Basketball, Dakota Carroll
Districts 23 and 24 will be the focus for local 1-A Basketball. See Below
2016-17 OFFICIAL BASKETBALL DISTRICT ALIGNMENT Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 CONFERENCE 1A
District 1 Booker Briscoe Fort Elliott Darrouzett Follett Higgins Miami
District 2 Groom Hedley Lefors McLean Shamrock Wheeler Kelton White Deer
District 3 Adrian Channing Happy Hartley Texline
District 4 Earth Springlake Hart Kress Lazbuddie Nazareth Silverton
District 5 Amherst Anton Cotton Center Lorenzo Petersburg Whiteface Whitharral
District 6 Meadow New Home Ropesville Ropes Southland Wellman-Union Wilson
District 7 Afton Patton Springs Guthrie Jayton Matador Motley County Paducah Spur Turkey Valley
District 8 Benjamin Chillicothe Crowell Harrold Knox City Vernon Northside
District 9 Balmorhea Dell City Fort Davis Marfa Sierra Blanca Valentine
District 10 Comstock Grandfalls-Royalty Imperial Buena Vista Marathon Rankin Sanderson
District 11 Ackerly Sands Lamesa Klondike Lenorah Grady Loop O’Donnell Welch Dawson
District 12 Gail Borden Hermleigh Ira Loraine Roscoe Highland Westbrook
District 13 Aspermont Lueders-Avoca Roby Rotan Rule Trent
District 14 Blackwell Bronte Garden City Robert Lee Sterling City Veribest Water Valley
District 15 Baird Clyde Eula Cross Plains May Rising Star Santa Anna Valera Panther Creek
District 16 Brookesmith Cherokee Eden Lohn Menard Paint Rock Richland Springs Rochelle
District 17 Bryson Graford Haskell Paint Creek Newcastle Throckmorton Woodson
District 18 Gordon Gorman Huckabay Lingleville Lipan Moran Strawn
District 19 Blanket Gustine Lometa Mullin Priddy Sidney Zephyr
District 20 Blum Covington Cranfills Gap Iredell Kopperl Morgan Walnut Springs
District 21 Bellevue Bowie Gold-Burg Forestburg Henrietta Midway Nocona Prairie Valley Saint Jo Slidell
District 22 Dodd City Ector Garland Alpha Charter Irving Univrsl Acad Savoy Tioga
District 23 Cumby Miller Grove Ladonia Fannindel Roxton Saltillo Sulphur Bluff
District 24 Avinger Bloomburg Fruitvale Gilmer Union Hill Yantis
District 25 Bartlett Buckholts Calvert Evant Jonesboro Oglesby
District 26 Abbott Aquilla Bynum Coolidge Gholson Mount Calm Penelope
District 27 Avalon Laneville Milford Oakwood Slocum Trinidad
District 28 Apple Springs Burkeville Chester Groveton Centerville Kennard Martinsville Wells
District 29 Goodrich High Island La Marque Premier Acad of Learning Leggett Richards Spurger
District 30 Dime Box Fayetteville Moulton Prairie Lea Round Top-Carmine Waelder
District 31 Barksdale Nueces Canyon D’Hanis Knippa Leakey Medina Rocksprings Utopia
District 32 Austwell-Tivoli Bruni Nordheim Runge Tilden McMullen County
Winnsboro, Mt Vernon, Commerce Highlight District 7; 3-A, Division 1
In 3-A, Division 1, District 7, Commerce, Mt Vernon, Winnsboro, Farmersville, Grand Saline, Mineola, and Quitman will face off for the next two years.
2016-18 OFFICIAL FOOTBALL DISTRICT ALIGNMENT Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 + Boys Only * Girls Only
CONFERENCE 3A DIVISION 1
District 1 Amarillo River Road Friona Littlefield Muleshoe Shallowater Slaton
District 2 Crane Kermit San Angelo Grape Creek Tornillo Wall
District 3 Brady Clyde Comanche Early Merkel Tuscola Jim Ned
District 4 Bowie Boyd Breckenridge Brock Paradise Ponder
District 5 Callisburg Howe Pilot Point Pottsboro Van Alstyne Whitesboro
District 6 Dallas Life Oak Cliff Dallas Madison Grandview Kemp Maypearl Palmer Scurry-Rosser Sunnyvale
District 7 Commerce Farmersville Grand Saline Mineola Mount Vernon Quitman Winnsboro
District 8 Gladewater Sabine Hughes Springs Jefferson New Boston Redwater White Oak
District 9 Elkhart Eustace Groesbeck Malakoff Palestine Westwood Teague West Whitney
District 10 Cameron Yoe Franklin Jarrell Little River Academy McGregor Rockdale Troy
District 11 Buna Coldspring-Oakhurst Kirbyville Kountze Trinity Warren Woodville
District 12 Anahuac Hardin Hempstead Hitchcock La Marque Winnie East Chambers
District 13 Ingram Moore Lago Vista Luling Marion San Antonio Cole Universal City Randolph
District 14 Altair Rice Edna Hallettsville Palacios Van Vleck Vanderbilt Industrial Yoakum
District 15 Cotulla George West Goliad Jourdanton Mathis Taft
District 16 Bishop Falfurrias Lyford San Diego Santa Gertrudi
Como Pickton in District 8, 3A Division 2
Como-Pickton will face Alba-Golden, Big Sandy, Harmony, Edgewood, Lone Oak, and Winona. Other class 3-A, Division 2 school alignments:
CONFERENCE 3A DIVISION 2
District 1 Amarillo Highland Park Canadian Childress Dimmitt Spearman Tulia
District 2 Coahoma Colorado City Colorado Idalou Lubbock Roosevelt Stanton
District 3 Alpine Ballinger Big Lake Reagan Co. San Angelo TLC Academy Sonora
District 4 Bangs Cisco Coleman Dublin Eastland Tolar
District 5 Henrietta Holliday Jacksboro Millsap Nocona Wichita Falls City View
District 6 Cooper Gunter Leonard Paris Chisum Pattonville Prairiland Sadler S & S Cons. Whitewright
District 7 Daingerfield De Kalb Diana New Diana Hooks Omaha Pewitt Ore City Queen City
District 8 Alba-Golden Big Sandy Harmony Como-Pickton Edgewood Lone Oak Winona
District 9 Arp Beckville Elysian Fields Harleton New London West Rusk Troup Waskom
District 10 Corrigan-Camden Crockett Frankston Garrison Hemphill Newton
District 11 Blooming Grove Clifton Dallas A+ Dallas Triple A Acad Mildred Rice Rio Vista
District 12 Anderson-Shiro Bruceville-Eddy Buffalo Hearne Jewett Leon Marlin New Waverly
District 13 Blanco Comfort Florence Johnson City LBJ Lexington Rogers
District 14 Bloomington Boling Danbury East Bernard El Maton Tidehaven Schulenburg Wallis Brazos
District 15 Dilley Karnes City Natalia Nixon Smiley Poth Stockdale
District 16 Banquete Corpus Christi London Hebbronville Monte Alto Odem Skidmor
