Oct. 23 COVID-19 Update: 15 New Cases, 185 Active Cases 600 Cumulative Cases
The 15 new positive COVID-19 cases reported by Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials in the Oct. 23 COVID-19 update increased the overall number of Hopkins County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since March to 600.
This week alone 136 Hopkins County residents received positive molecular COVID-19 test result. That’s 3 more county residents testing positive this week for COVID-19 than the total number of Hopkins County residents who have recovered from the virus all month. There were no recoveries reported in the Oct. 23 COVID-19 update from HC/SSEM officials.
So far this month, 239 Hopkins County residents have received positive COVID-19 test results, more than twice the total number of new positive cases (118) reported in September.
Cumulatively, 416 of the 600 Hopkins County residents who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered, leaving 185 active cases among Hopkins County residents on Oct. 23, HC/SSEM reported in the Oct. 23 COVID-19 update.
HC/SSEM also reported 8 patients in the COVID Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs Friday, the same number reported on Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 15, and Oct. 22.
Another 106 molecular COVID-19 tests were performed at the free testing site on Oct. 22, HC/SSEM officials reported in the Oct. 23 COVID-19 update. That’s 543 molecular tests conducted at 128-A Jefferson St. in Sulphur Springs this week and 1,608 swab tests performed from Oct. 1-22, and 1892 oral tests since the site opened on Sept. 25.
Free COVID-19 testing is scheduled to continue until Oct. 31 at 128-A Jefferson St. Testing is offered from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Symptoms and high-risk exposure are not required for molecular testing. Anyone can be tested, including children provided they are accompanied by a parents or guardian. To register for the free oral swab test, go online to GoGetTested.com.
HC/SSEM and the Local Health Authority reported 105 Hopkins County residents received positive results from COVID-19 antigen tests performed from testing facilities within Hopkins County from Oct. 17-23. Positive antigen tests are reported weekly in Hopkins County, do not count toward state new case (only the 600 molecular positive) or recovery totals. That’s the most antigen positives reported for Hopkins County since local officials began reporting the weekly total.
State Report
Texas Health and Human Services on Oct. 23 reported there were still 8 active employee cases and 16 active resident cases of COVID-19 at Carriage House Manor on Oct. 9.
THHS in the Oct. 23 nursing facility report, corrected two nursing home reports. On Thursday, HHS reported 15 active and 19 cumulative employee cases for Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab and 9 active and 12 cumulative cases for Sunny Springs Nursing & Rehab.
On Friday, HHS reported there have only been six cumulative employee cases employee cases at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. The facility as of Oct. 9 was reported to still have 2 active employee cases.
Sunny Springs Nursing and Rehab, however, was reported on Oct. 9 to have 19 cumulative and 15 active employee cases.
The only active COVID-19 case reported for Sulphur Springs assisted living facilities on Oct. 9 was one active employee case at Wesley House; the employee was first reported by HHS on Oct. 30 to have tested positive for COVID-19.
There continued to be no active employee or student cases of COVID-19 on Oct. 22 at the 6 licensed child care centers, school-age programs, and before or after-school programs, according to the Oct. 23 HHS reports.
Hopkins County Records – Oct. 23, 2020
Applications for Marriage Licenses
- Vivek Nirajbhai Shukla and Dana Leann Dunn
- Joseph Edwin Moore and Jamie Diane Land
- Keaston Shane Fanligan and Alisha Diamond Gaines
- William Parker Preston and Emily Michelle Tamez
- Timothy Glen Peeples and Dana Marie Gilbreath
- Shawn Wesley Green and Rebecca Mae Kendle
- Lawson Bonnette and Annie Rhea Johnston
Land Deed Transactions
- Joseph Lozak to Yvonna Goldsmith; tract in the Richard Moore survey
- Joseph Lozak to Yvonna Goldsmith; tract in the Josiah Thompson survey
- Brandon Mayes and Chelsea Mayes to Amy Nicole Cummings and Bradley Allen Cummings
- Nestor Cervantes and Sonia Sosa to Ame Fonseca Manso and Juan Eulgio Rodriguez; tract in the Benjamin Merrill survey
- Abel Austin and Jessica Austin to Jacob Mazoch; tract in the Country Club Estates
- Larry Mack Jones to Kimberly Wright; tract in the Manuel Ybarbo survey
- Nancy Carol Ledbetter and Rickey Dean Ledbetter to Darla Reed and Scotty Reed; tract in the Winnie Jewell survey
- Nations Lending Corporation to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; tract in the GW Russell survey
- Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-4 Asset B, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Indenture to Heather Falk and Shaelen Ray Haralson; tract in the Sarah H. Norris survey
- Bryan Connally to Christopher Corey Connally; tract in the David Waggoner survey
- Nikki Flecker and Ronald Flecker to Cady Jackson, Eric Jackson and Linda Jackson; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Joe Mack Gober and Mark McClendon to Milagros Belmares; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Hunter Curtis Baar to Hunter Curtis Baar co-trustee and Cadence Bank NA initial trustee for the Hunter Curtis Baar Revocable Grantor Trust; tract in the Nacogdoches University survey
- Teresa Sue Rocha to Magdaleno Bidillo Rocha; tract in the John Clark survey
- Brent G. Self to Cephis W. Gregory and James K. McMahan; tract in the Elizabeth Mitchell survey
- Jacki N. Carpenter AIF, Lauren Faith Whittle and Robert D. Whittle Jr. to Payton Randall Turner and Josey Lynn Wetzel; tract in the Jose Ybarbo survey
- Karen T. Fason, Lannis E. Fason, Janis Dean Goggans Fischer, Timothy Fischer, David Lowell Goggans, Deanna R. Goggans, William Deckman Goggans, Georgia Nell Goggans, Paula Elayne Troboy Jacobs AIF William V. Jacobs, Karla T. Mount, William Mount, William Jacobs, Corla Denise Troboy Pontello, John D. Pontello, Mary Troboy and William Norris Troboy to Cheryl Ann Harry Goggans and James Dudley Goggans; tract in the AG Barkley survey
- Mary Ann McInnis to Mary Ann McInnis Revocable Trust, Mary Ann McInnis trustee; tract in the George Halyard survey
- Ashley Elizabeth Baxter Trust of 1986, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA trustee, to BAXSTO LLC; tract in the AO Wetmore survey
- Charlotte McMillin and Marcia L. Mikles to Pamela L. Hollifield; tract in the HD Parson survey
- Damon Bradley Ethridge, Wesley Keith Ethridge, Kristy Smith Ethridge and Tammy Renee Ethridge to Alan Screws and Kim Screws; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Roy G. Holton and Sonja A. Holton trustees for the Roy Greg and Sonja Holton Living Trust to Charles Northcutt and Leslie Ann Northcutt; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Chandler Macek and JB Macek to Hannah Long and Koby Long; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Elaine S. Schwartz and Irwin S. Schwartz to Bret T. Wrye and Namaste L. Wrye; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Becky Foster and Robert Foster to Ryan S. Flanary; tract in the Lee Hi Addition
- Garry R. McClung and Patsy D. McClung to Shirley Moore; tract in the E. Melton survey
- James L. Hargis Jr. , Janita Renee Hurndon known as Janita Renee Sanchez and OJ Hurndon to Charles Eugene McIllwayne; tract in the Jasper County School Land survey
- Charlie Grantham to Anna Rosina Mills Duckworth
- Jimmy Don Rawlinson to Larry Johnson and Patrechia Johnson; tract in the James Barrett survey
- Lauren Jacobs and Paul Jacobs to Karen Neola; tract in tbe James Gahagan surve
- Gwen E. Panter and Mark Thomas Panter to Anthony Devoto and Maggi McCall Devoto; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Juan Banuelos-Rios and Liliana Solis Guardado to Joe Jennings and Patricia Jennings; tract in the J. Hawkins survey
- Charles David Hastings and Mari S. Hastings to Renee Davison and Scott Davison; tract in the John Clark survey
- Edward John McSheffery II the same person as John E. McSheffery II and Meagan L. McSheffery to Mark W. Harris and Roxanne K. Harris; tract in the Maria Santos Coy survey
- Kimberly Holloway known as Kimberly McCoy and Randy Michael McCoy to Kristi Hayes; tract in the William H. Moses survey
- Sandra M. Park and T. Allen Park to Park Stuff LLC Series William Gragg; tract in the William Gregg survey
- Ricardo Chavarria to Paulino Reyes; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Leighton A. Stevens known as Lloyd A. Stevens to Ashley Scroggins and Kason Scroggins; tract in the P. Venables survey
- Christopher James McClain and Deborah Rebekah McClain to S & R Construction LLC; tract in the John S. Bowen survey
- Amber Scanlon and Harley Scanlon to David Wayne Allen and Mary Deirdre Welch Allen; tract in the Lucy Ann Collum survey
- Nona Fair Gober to Corey L. Merrill and Jennifer M. Merrill; tract in the Davis Heights Addition
- Charles. D. Curry and Rebecca J. Curry to Industrial Advisors LLC; tract in the James C. Sanders survey
- Brent Johnson and Rachel Johnson to Kristen Van De Laar; tract in the Jose Ybarbo survey
Weather May Be Obstacle as Wildcats Team Tennis Prepares to Play Whitehouse in Bi-District Tuesday
Wildcats Team Tennis is expected to have their hands full with bi-district opponent Whitehouse next week plus there is the weather to worry about. Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez says plans call for the two teams to play their match Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Van. He adds there is a 60% chance of rain Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Coach Martinez says plan B calls for playing Wednesday at 9 a.m. at indoor courts at Texas High. Whitehouse is the district champ in District 16-5A and they went through district unbeaten. The Wildcats are the #4 seed in their District 15-5A. Coach Martinez says Whitehouse is a strong team. He says Coach Shelby May has done an excellent job. The Wildcats have played Whitehouse twice the past two seasons losing 14-5 at Whitehouse in August early last season and 10-0 in a bid-district match in October 2018. Coach Martinez says his team’s goal is to win more matches than they captured last year. He’s hoping his strong girls players can be successful. Coach Martinez says they have been in just about every match they have played this season including matches against district powerhouses Texas High and Longview. He says he is elevating the team of MyKylie Meador and Trynity Luckett to #1 girls doubles. Paige Miesse and Harleigh Stegient will play #2 girls doubles. Coach Martinez says Emily Dick and Savannah Lilley have also been good at #3 girls doubles. Over a long coaching career, Coach Martinez says anything can happen in tennis including grade issues or illness. He says he wants his team to play the best they can and be competitive. His team has only one senior this year (Stegient) and Coach Martinez says the playoff experience will be beneficial for his young team. He says the experience should cut down on nerves in the future and he says his young team appears to be gaining confidence.
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Wildcats and Lady Cats Will Compete in District Meet on Monday if Weather Cooperates
Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks is hoping he will have all of his varsity runners available Monday (October 26) as the Wildcats and Lady Cats will compete at the District 15-5A Cross Country Championship at Mount Pleasant. Coach Hicks says if he has all of his runners available, it will be one of the first times all season. He says in his past four years in Sulphur Springs, both the Wildcats and Lady Cats have qualified for regional competition at the district meet. The task will be harder this year. In an attempt to reduce the size of the regional meet, the UIL has ruled that only the top two finishers at the district meet qualify. In the past, the top three advanced. Coach Hicks says he is confident that both of his teams can qualify and he adds he believes both teams can compete for a district championship. He says the Lady Cats have not won district in quite a few years. Coach Hicks says the Lady Cats have a great opportunity this year but he says host Mount Pleasant and Hallsville will provide quite a challenge. He says the Wildcats have been fighting all season long and he says it will take their best run of the season to qualify. The Wildcats won a district championship two years ago. Coach Hicks says both teams are very familiar with the Mount Pleasant course. He says his teams’ training has been geared toward running well at this race.
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Friday Features Return of Wildcats Football Practice and Lady Cats Volleyball Game Day
After a couple of weeks away on quarantine, the Wildcats Football Team returned to practice Friday morning (October 23) at the Multipurpose Building. The Wildcats also plan to get in a practice on Saturday. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens is hoping next week is a normal game preparation week as the Wildcats will be opening district zone play against North Forney next Friday at Gerald Prim Stadium.
Meanwhile the Lady Cats Volleyball Team opens the second half of district play at Mount Pleasant on this game day Friday. The varsity will play first at 4:30 p.m. Then the JV Blue and JV Gold Teams will be taking on the Lady Tigers at 6 p.m. The Lady Cats varsity defeated Mount Pleasant, 3-0 in Sulphur Springs on October 9 in round one of district play. The Lady Cats ended the first half with a 5-1 district record. They were 4-0 at home and 1-1 on the road. The Lady Cats second half schedule with be top heavy with road games. The Lady Cats are 8-6 for the season and they have won 5 matches in a row.
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DSHS School COVID-19 Case Counts: 18 New Cases At Hopkins County Schools
Hopkins County school districts have reported 146 cases of COVID-19 during the last 4 weeks, according to the weekly school COVID-19 report compiled by Texas Department of State Health Services and posted Oct. 22.
Cases in the weekly DSHS reports are defined as “any staff member or student who participates in any on-campus activity that is test-confirmed COVID-19 of which a public school is notified.” Updates for the previous Monday-Sunday are scheduled to be reported weekly by 5 p.m. on Thursdays. No data was provided for some districts over the last week, and Miller Grove ISD is listed as not having reported any data at all to DSHS regarding COVID-19 cases at the school.
Across the state, the number of new COVID-19 cases in students and staff at public schools declined last week. A total of 2,425 students and 1,417 staff of public schools received positive COVID-19 tests results from Oct. 12-18, compared to 2,497 student and 1,487 staff cases reported one week before at Texas public schools.
The total number of new cases for all Hopkins County school districts was also the smallest number so far this month. Overall, 21 new cases (students and staff at the 6 Hopkins County public school districts reporting information) were reported from Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 29 new cases from Oct. 5-11, and 18 new cases from Oct. 12-18, according to the Oct. 22 DSHS data.
The data also shows the source of virus infection was unknown in most COVID-19 cases at Hopkins County schools.
Como-Pickton CISD
After at least 3 weeks with no new cases, Como-Pickton CISD during the week of Oct. 12-18 reported 2 elementary students in grades 4-5 and 2 staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The source of infection was reported to be on-campus for one case and off-campus for the 3 other cases.
That increases CPCISD’s cumulative case count to 4 students in grades 4-6, 19 students in grades 7-12 and 5 staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19 since July 27, according to the data reported by school administrators to DSHS
Cumby ISD
Cumby ISD went a week, Oct. 5-11, without any COVID-19 infection reports. Last week, however, 2 secondary students tested positive for COVID-19; the source of infection for both cases was unknown, according the Oct. 22 DSHS report.
That makes 8 secondary students and 5 staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19 since July 24; of those, the source of infection for three was reported to be on-campus, 4 off-campus and 8 unknown.
North Hopkins ISD
No new COVID-19 case data was reported Oct. 11-18 for North Hopkins ISD.
Cumulatively, the district has had 2 students in grades 4-6, 6 secondary students and five staff cases since July 24. Of those, the source of infection for one case was reported to be off-campus and the source for the other 12 cases was unknown.
District officials post notification of new COVID-19 cases on the district website.
Saltillo ISD
Saltillo ISD also reported no COVID-19 cases from Oct. 11-18, according to DSHS.
Cumulatively, since July 24, the district has reported 1 early elementary students, 1 secondary student and 1 staff member have had COVID-19. The source of infection was reported to be on-campus for 2 cases and off-campus for the other.
The district posts notification of new cases on the district website.
Sulphur Bluff ISD
No new case data was provided by Sulphur Bluff ISD for the week of Oct. 11-18, according to the DSHS report.
Cumulatively, SBISD was last reported to have received confirmation of 1 early elementary students (early childhood classes through grade 3), 2 students in grades 4-6, 3 secondary students and 1 staff member testing positive for COVID-19 since school started.
Of those cases, the source of infection on one case was reported to be on-campus, another off-campus and the source of infection for the remaining 5 cases was unknown.
Sulphur Springs ISD
Five secondary students and 6 staff members of Sulphur Springs ISD tested positive for COVID-19 between Oct. 11-18. The source of infection for all 11 new cases was unknown, according to the DSHS data.
Cumulatively SSISD reported 4 students in grade 3 or younger, 2 students in grades 4-6, 40 secondary students and 34 staff members have tested positive for COVID-9. Of those, the source of infections was reported to be off-campus for one case and the source of the rest was unknown, according to the DSHS data.
4th Complaint In 2 Days Resulted In Arrest
The 4th complaint in 2 days resulted in a 33-year-old woman being arrested for her disorderly behavior Thursday morning, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police officer reported being called to a Fuller Street address at 10:44 a.m. Oct. 22, 2020, marking the fourth time in two days officers were requested at the location for various reasons. While en route, a patrol officer spoke with the complainant via phone. She claimed a woman was outside an apartment threatening to assault her and another female.
Upon arrival, officers observed the Princeton woman using profane language in the front parking lot of the apartment complex. A bystander in the parking lot told a detective she was offended by the language. Consequently, the 33-year-old Princeton woman was jailed for her disorderly behavior.
The Princeton woman remained in Hopkins County jail on the Class C misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge Friday morning, Oct. 23, 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.
Rolling Disturbance Results In Middle Street Controlled Substance Arrest
A rolling disturbance resulted in a Middle Street controlled substance arrest Thursday night, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tanner Steward around 9 p.m. Oct. 22 reported seeing a silver Toyota Camry turning with no signal given while being followed closely by another vehicle. Steward alleged the car was being driven erratically. He conducted a traffic stop on Middle Street.
Upon contact with the occupant, the 39-year-old Sulphur Springs woman driving alleged she and the other vehicle were involved in a rolling disturbance; the other vehicle was following her, Steward noted in arrest reports.
Following investigation, Steward received permission to search the Camry. Steward alleged finding a small container inside a cup of soda. The container held 3 small baggies of a crystal-like substance suspected to be methamphetamine. The woman, identified in arrest reports as Kimberley Michelle Rachui, was taken into custody for possession of a controlled substance and the car was impounded.
While being transported to jail, Rachui allegedly admitted the suspected meth belonged to her and that she put it into the soda cup. The substance field-tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed 2.74 grams, including packaging.
Consequently, the 39-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was jailed for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. The 39-year-old remained in Hopkins County jail Friday morning, Oct. 23, on the third-degree felony controlled substance charge. Deputy Chris Baumann is credited with assisting with this arrest.
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.
Hopkins County Oct. 22 COVID-19 Update: 3 Fatalities, 2 New Cases, 2 Recoveries
While Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials reported only 2 new cases and 2 recoveries in their Oct. 22 COVID-19 update, Texas Department of State Health Services reported 3 additional COVID-19 fatalities.
HC/SSEM COVID-19 Reports
Two Hopkins County residents were reported Oct. 22 to have received positive COVID-19 results, HC/SSEM officials reported in the Oct. 22 COVID-19 update. That increases the new case total to 121 (more than the whole month of September) and the monthly total to 224 and the cumulative case total since March to 585.
Two additional Hopkins County residents also recovered from COVID-19 on Oct. 22, increasing the weekly total to 64, the monthly total to 133 and the cumulative total since March to 416.
However, because the new case count matched the recoveries, the active case count in Hopkins County Thursday remained 169, according to the Oct. 22 COVID-19 update.
The patient count in the COVID Unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs declined by 2 to 8 on Oct. 22, the same as on Oct. 15, Oct. 8 and Oct. 1, according to HC/SSEM reports.
An additional 110 COVID-19 tests were performed on Oct. 21 at the free testing site. That’s 437 molecular tests conducted in the last 7 days and 1,502 oral swab tests conducted at the free testing site this month. A total of 1,786 tests have been performed at 128-A Jefferson St. since the free testing site opened on Sept. 25.
Free COVID-19 at the site is scheduled to continue until Oct. 31. Testing is offered from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Symptoms and high-risk exposure are not required for molecular testing. Anyone can be tested, including children provided they are accompanied by a parents or guardian. To register for the oral swab test, go online to GoGetTested.com.
State COVID-19 Reports
DSHS at 4:10 p.m. Oct. 22 on the Case Counts fatalities dashboard reported 26 Hopkins County residents are confirmed based on cause on death certificates as having died from COVID-19. All 26 deaths have been reported since the state began using death certificates to determine deaths. The DSHS reports also show the latest deaths occurred on Oct. 10 and Oct. 13.
The number of active COVID-19 cases among nursing home staff and residents rose from Oct. 7 to Oct. 8, the latest data available from Texas Health and Human Services.
Two new COVID1-9 cases, 1 resident and 1 employee, were reported for of Carriage House Nursing Home, increasing the active employee case count to 8 and the active resident count to 16, according to HHS.
At Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab, the active employee case count rose from 2 on Oct. 7 to 15 on Oct. 8. There were no active resident cases at SSH&R on Oct. 8, according to the HHS Oct. 22 nursing facility report.
There continued to be 9 active employee cases and 17 active resident cases of COVID-19 at Sunny Springs Nursing & Rehab on Oct. 8, according to the HHS Oct. 22 nursing home report.
According to the Oct. 22 HHS assisted living facility report, Wesley House continued on Oct. 8 to have one active employee case; the employee was first reported on Oct. 30 to have tested positive for COVID-19.
There continued to be no active employee or student cases of COVID-19 on Oct. 21 at the 6 licensed child care centers, school-age programs, and before or after-school programs, according to HHS reports.
