Atlanta, Texas Woman Arrested In Rockwall County On Hopkins County Warrant
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was notified a 41-year-old Atlanta, Texas woman had been arrested in Rockwall County on a Hopkins County warrant.
Veronica Bryant was transported from Rockwall to Hopkins County jail, where Deputy Joe Hooten escorted her into the county jail. She was booked at 1:50 a.m. July 6, 2021, on a bond forfeiture order for a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge.
The original controlled offense, according to arrest and jail reports, is alleged to have occurred on June 29, 2020. She was found to have a bag of suspected methamphetamines and a bag of marijuana on her during an Interstate 30 traffic stop on June 29, 2020. A sealed bag containing smaller bags that contained suspected meth was also located in the console and marijuana cigarette remnants were found in a storage area in the driver’s side door. Marijuana remnants were found on the driver. The bag of substance field-tested positive as meth and weighed 1.5 grams, including packaging. The Fort Worth man and Atlanta, Texas woman were arrested and jailed in Hopkins County early June 30, 2020, on possession charges.
The Cass County resident was indicted on the controlled substance charge during the December 2020 Grand Jury session.
Bryant, who is also known by Veronica Pendleton Bryant and Pendleton Veronica Bryant, remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday morning, July 6, 2021, for bond forfeiture on the charge. Her new bond was set at $20,000, twice the original bond set June 30, 2020.
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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.
2 Como-Pickton FCCLA Members Earn Silver Medals, 1 Serves As Volunteer At National Meet
Last week, three members of the Como-Pickton High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America Chapter participated in the 2021 National FCCLA Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Chelsey Osborne and Logan Langley competed at the national conference and came home with silver medals. They completed a Chapter Service Project this year and presented their portfolio and speech for their work in providing tourniquets and training to members of the community and schools, C-P CISD Assistant Superintendent Jana Andrews reports.
Presley Cummins also participated last week in the national conference, serving as Como-Pickton High School FCCLA Chapter’s volunteer.
“We are very proud of the hard work and dedication these Eagles showed on a national level,” Andrews stated.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education in public and private school through grade 12. FCCLA offers intra-curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education.
Today, more than 182,000 members from 5,253 chapters are active in a network of associations in 48 states, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The work of FCCLA helps students and teachers focus on a variety of youth concerns, including parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, sustainability, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career preparation in four specific Career Pathways. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life—planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication—necessary in the home and workplace.
How Best to Handle Invasive Insects, by Mario Villarino
Developed by Dr. Mario A. Villarino, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Hopkins County, Texas
Many insects can be managed without using pesticides, but this cultural control requires extra time and effort.
It may also result in slight damage to your plants.
According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, some of the cultural methods you can use to prevent or control insect damage are:
- Keep weeds and grass pulled out of the garden. Mow the area around the garden.
- Plant varieties that grow well in your area.
- Apply the correct amount of fertilizer and water when needed.
- When you have picked all the fruit, destroy the old plants by removing them or plowing them under.
- You can wash off some insects, such as aphids and spider mites, with a water hose.
- You may hand-pick some insects or egg masses from the plant to prevent damage.
- Chemical control of insects often may be necessary. For best results, treat insects before large numbers build up in the garden. Dusts or sprays provide good control.
Before you buy a pesticide, read the label to see if it is recommended for the pest and plants you want to treat.
Before you use a pesticide, read the label to see how much you should use. Read all information on the label and follow all directions.
All insecticides are poisonous, so handle them with care and keep them away from children and pets.
For more information on this or any other agricultural topic please contact the Hopkins County Extension Office at 903-885-3443 or email me at [email protected].
Winnsboro Police Report For June 28-July 4, 2021: Kilgore Woman Jailed On 8 Charges
The Winnnsboro Police Department’s weekly media report for June 28-July 4, 2021, included the following:
Arrests
Amanda Torres, 31 years of age, of Kilgore, was arrested on July 1, 2021, on eight charges:
- Possession of 2 ounces or Less of Marijuana,
- Possession of the Dangerous Drug Methocarbamol,
- Possession of less than 28 grams of the Penalty Group 3 Controlled Substance PG 3 Alprazolam,
- Possession of less than 28 grams of the Penalty Group 3 Controlled Substance Clonazepam,
- Possession of less than 1 gram of the the Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substance Oxycodone,
- Possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of the Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substance Cocaine,
- Possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of the Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substance Heroin, and
- Possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance a Controlled Substance Methamphetamine.
Torres remained in Wood County jail Tuesday morning, July 6, 2021. Her bonds on the charges totaled $61,000, according to Wood County jail records.
Calls for Service
The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 168 calls for service during this reporting period.
Citations
The Winnsboro Police Department issued 46 citations and 64 warnings during this reporting period.
Woman Accused Of Stealing A Lizard, Game Console During Home Burglary
A 19-year-old Sulphur Springs woman accused of stealing a lizard and game console during a home burglary was arrested early Saturday morning, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson responded to a disturbance on South Locust Street. Upon arrival, he contacted Laura Elaine Ybanez. She admitted she had entered the residence through a window, and that she was not supposed to be on the property. She admitted she had previously signed a criminal trespass warning prohibiting her from returning to the property. Dispatchers confirmed there was indeed an active criminal trespass warning on file for Ybanez for the location.
A person at the location told police the woman and four males took a PS3 and put it in a bag, but he was able to recover it. The woman was taken into custody for criminal trespassing. Later, police were advised a bearded dragon lizard was stolen from the residence. While at the jail, the woman told Robinson that she had taken the lizard. Ybanez was charged with burglary of a habitation based on her admission to gaining entry to the residence through a window and to stealing a lizard and PS3.
Ybanez remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, July 5, 2021, in lieu of $5,000 bond on the criminal trespass charge and $20,000 bond on the burglary of a habitation charge, according to jail reports.
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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.
3 Controlled Substance Arrests Reported Over the Weekend
Three men were arrested over the weekend on felony controlled substance charges, according to arrest reports.
SH 11 East Traffic Stop
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin Wilkerson reported stopping a Honda Accord at 11:09 p.m. July 3, 2021, for an obscured temporary license tag. The driver said the passenger, 53-year-old John Coleman of Celeste, is the owner of the car and intoxicated, so the other man was driving home.
Wilkerson reported seeing an open alcohol container in the car, and had both men get out. Coleman had an open container of an alcoholic beverage in his possession. He patted both men down as a safety measure, then searched the car. Wilkerson found more than one open alcoholic beverage container in the vehicle. While removing a container from under the passenger’s seat, the deputy found an open cigarette box with what appeared to be the bulb of a pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke methamphetamine and a small black container wrapped in black tape with a bag of suspected meth. Both denied ownership of the substance.
The driver was released with the vehicle, but passenger Coleman was taken into custody at 11:53 p.m. July 3. The substance field-tested positive for meth and weighed 0.79 gram, including packaging. Consequently, the Celeste man was booked into the county jail at 1:52 a.m. Sunday, July 4, 2021, for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. He remained in the county jail Monday, July 5, 2021, in lieu of a $5,000 bond.
HCSO Sgt. Scott Davis and Deputy Chris Baumann were credited in arrest reports with assisting on the SH 11 east traffic stop.
Cooper Lake Park Arrest
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Park Police Officer Timothy King, around 7:44 p.m. Saturday, reported seeing a green Mercury turn onto FM 3505 headed toward Cooper Lake State Park. He contacted the occupant of the vehicle at the park headquarters to explain to the driver how to complete an entry permit. While talking to the 37-year-old Commerce man, King reported smelling a marijuana odor.
He informed driver Carlos Sonchz Aubrey that he would be searching the car and asked if he had anything in his pockets. The man showed King a marijuana joint and later a bag of marijuana. When asked if there was anything additional, he showed the park officer a bag of substance identified as ecstasy under the driver’s side floor mat. A paper bag with another baggy of marijuana was located as well.
King arrested Aubrey for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance for having the alleged ecstasy, released the cart to King’s spouse, who was camping in the park. Two children who were also in the car were released to the spouse as well.
Aubrey was released from Hopkins County jail Sunday, July 4, 2021, on a $5,000 bond on the controlled substance charge.
Additional Arrest
A 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man was seen walking on the wrong side of Como Street and detained by police at 7:21 a.m. July 3, 2021. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro contacted, then patted down the man as a safety precaution.
Castro reported finding a pipe of the kind used to smoke methamphetamine in Jose Valladares-Pineda’ shorts pocket; the pipe contained what appeared to be meth residue as well. Further searching allegedly revealed a bag of substance that tested positive for meth and weighed more than 1 gram, Castro noted in arrest reports.
Valladares-Pineda was arrested on a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone. He was released from the county jail July 4, 2021, on a $5,000 bond, according to jail reports.
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.
New Wildcats Basketball Coach Brandon Shaver Applauds Buy-Ins From His Athletes
New Wildcats basketball coach Brandon Shaver applauded his athletes for what he’s seen so far through three weeks of Edge.
When the Edge for basketball concluded last Thursday, July 1, it marked the halfway point for the summer strength and conditioning program.
Coach Shaver said the Edge has been going really well and numbers have been great.
The Wildcats played in a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, or TABC event last weekend, and went 2-1 against stiff competition.
Shaver and his Wildcats beat San Antonio Cole, a tough District 26-3A school, and also bested the Woodlands Christian, a top TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) program, before falling to Prosper.
Coach Shaver said playing tough competition early before the season gives the coach and his staff an excellent gauge for how well his team has progressed thus far, especially considering the coaching change for the Wildcats.
Coach Clark Cipoletta, former head coach of the Wildcats basketball team, accepted the head coaching position at Allen High School on May 11, about a month before the Edge was set to commence.
“Losing Cip is a hard thing,” Coach Shaver said about his predecessor’s departure. “He’s been here [a long time and] he’s done a great job,” Coach Shaver said.
The new Wildcats basketball coach said he has known Coach Cip the last couple of years while Coach Shaver was at Pine Tree, and that he and the former Wildcats basketball coach do a lot of things similarly. This is an added bonus to Wildcats athletes so that they do not have a major learning curve in play style.
Due to the fact that there is not a colossal change in philosophies of play, Coach Shaver said his athletes have picked up the new system incredibly well.
The Wildcats coach applauded his student-athletes for being coachable kids.
Coach Shaver said all that his staff needed to do now was put a little bit of a different spin on what they already know, but the new Wildcats coach applauded his student-athletes.
“The kids have been great,” Coach Shaver said. “They’re buying in, they’re talking, they’re communicating, they’re doing [all of] the things we’re asking them to,” the Wildcats coach said.
A large part of the buy-in must be given credit to the incoming senior class who has provided an invaluable leadership to this team.
One player he mentioned for his value not just in regards to leadership was Justin Haire, a Wildcat Coach Shaver has received calls from college coaches about.
Coach Shaver said that Haire is a coach’s dream not just from on the floor, but his leadership off the court and everything has been great.
The new Wildcats basketball coach cited Haire’s buy-in as a big reason for other players buying-in to the new coaching staff.
“Change is always tough, but these guys are locked in,” Coach Shaver said.
The new Wildcats basketball coach said it has been a bit of culture change, going from Pine Tree in Longview to Sulphur Springs, in that at Pine Tree he was building a program.
Coach Cipoletta, Coach Shaver said, has already done that here and some, so him and his staff must do what they can to sustain the success and the expectation of such that his predecessor started and put his own twist on it.
The notable advantage, Coach Shaver said, is that he has guys that already love to be in the gym.
The new Wildcats basketball coach said that when he was a player he was the same way, and to have a roster and community already fostered under previous Coach Cipoletta, coaching these Wildcats should be a lot of fun, Coach Shaver said.
The Edge runs from 8-10 A.M. Mondays through Thursday for students entering the seventh through ninth grades and 10 A.M. until noon for students entering the tenth through twelfth grades. The Edge takes place in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School until July 22.
The Boys Basketball camp will also be held next week, July 12-15, also in the SSHS Main Gym, and will take place from 5-6 P.M. for students entering kindergarten through fourth grade, and shortly thereafter the camp for students entering the fifth through eighth grades will take place from 6:30 P.M. until 8:30 P.M.
The cost of the camp is $50.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Independence Day Celebration A Big Hit
Following more than a year sans regular observances and events, the 29th Annual Independence Day Celebration held appropriately on Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs was a big hit. Many brought lawn chairs and blankets for family and friends to enjoy the military march, concert and fireworks. Others enjoyed their meals al fresco at downtown restaurants, soaking in the festive spirit and music performed by Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra.
Officials began assembling the stage the day before, then completed it Saturday. A sound crew also worked in advance to provide a quality experience for those listening.
By the start of the fireworks event the square was filled with folks happy to be able to get together celebrate the freedom afford to United States residents. Even the water cooperated, with temperatures and humidity a bit lower by 8 p.m., and a slight breeze too.
The evening of wholesome entertainment was produced by Northeast Texas Symphony League, and dedicated in memory to the late Tom Stewart, an avid supporter of the symphony who passed away Dec. 11, 2020. NETSL Board member Adam Teer served as master of ceremony for the event. Tom Sellers, president of Alliance Bank, welcomed everyone to the event.
Hopkins County Military Coalition lead a small gathering of other veterans from Connally Street onto the square, recognizing those men and women who have ensured our freedom through their service and sacrifices. The Military Coalition then posted the colors, with the Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag lead by Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers. Paul Harvey, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs CEO, offered a prayer of thanks for all to be able to meet and gather together this year to celebrate Independence Day.
KSST Radio had a booth where staff members encouraged those in attendance to register for a chance to win one of eight US flags, with winners announced during the concert by KSST Sports Director Ross Labenske and Savannah Everett, host of the morning show on KSST’s sister station KRVA Radio 107.1 Each of the eight winners received a flag, pole and mounting brackets. CMFH-SS also had a tent set up and gave away items such as hand sanitizer keyrings and information.
The Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra, with Douglas Bakenhus as conductor, then performed a selection of patriotic music including The Star Spangled Banner, National Emblem March, Egmont Overture, We Shall Overcome, Lift Every Voice and Sing, A new Birth of Freedom, Ashokan Farewell, Joplin 2 Ragtime Dance, Sing-Along America, God Bless the USA, America the Beautiful and Start and Stripes Forever. Lending vocal talents to two of the songs were Sydnee Hawkins, and Della Cleveland and Trelandra Miles. David Woody also served as a narrator for one song.
Aria Kay Potts served as an enthusiastic guest for one song during the event; the spot is auctioned every year during the KSST/Channel 18 live Symphony League Auction. Similarly, Brayden Moreland was excited to serve as honorary fireworks detonator, pushing the lever to officially start the fireworks show which followed the concert.
While some would have liked a longer fireworks show, the overall feeling of most as they departed downtown was enjoyment of a good wholesome evening they were able to spend together as a community – something appreciated just a little bit more in 2021 after so many canceled events in 2020.
The event would not have been possible without support of several businesses, financial institutions and individuals. Hopkins County EMS had two ambulances staged just off the square to respond if needed and local firefighters also were in attendance at the event. Sulphur Springs Police Department provided officers who walked the grounds on and around downtown as a safety measure.
The next Symphony League event will be the annual auction which will be broadcast live this fall on KSST 1230 AM.
I-30 Vehicle Pursuit Ends In Chili’s Parking Lot
An Interstate 30 vehicle pursuit from Hunt into Hopkins County ended in Chili’s parking lot Sunday.
According to law enforcement reports, local authorities were alerted just before 12:30 p.m. July 4, 2021, that Texas Department of Public Safety deputies out of Hunt County were pursuing an eastbound vehicle on I-30. The pursuit reportedly continued east along I-30 east alternately on the highway and service road as it continued at a high rate of speed through Cumby toward Sulphur Springs, with officers from multiple agencies joining the chase.
The fleeing motorist reportedly crossed South Broadway Street in Sulphur Springs and drove into Chili’s parking lot. The car was parked in the mostly filled lot, facing east. Several local officers pulled in behind the vehicle and made contact with the two adults inside.
The Hunt County DPS officers reportedly detained at least one person upon taking over the investigation. At least one person was reported to have been placed in DPS custody. No one was jailed in Hopkins County following the incident. No additional information was available Monday morning regarding the pursuit.
Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaway #9
KSST has Texas Ranger Baseball tickets available this weekend’s Friday, Saturday and Sunday games against the Oakland Athletics. Winners will get to chose from available tickets, first come first served.
This years tickets will be offered in a digital format. To be a winner, you will need to download and install the Offical MLB Ball Park App for your smart device. Think of the app as a digital wallet for your tickets.
How to Win
Like KSST and like this post on Facebook to enter. Winners will be chosen at random. Winners will be notified via Facebook. Remember, you will need to provide a valid email address, and that email must be linked to your MLB Ballpark app.
The Process
Once you win, KSST will forward the digital ticket information to your email. Your MLB Ballpark app will accept the ticket information and store them until you need them. You will need to take your device to the ballpark to display the QR code at the gate. Get all the details at MLB.COM
Just to be clear, KSST and KRVA did not receive paper tickets, so we can not furnish paper tickets to our winners.
