Mary Jo Franklin
Funeral service for Mary Jo Franklin, age 89, of Longview will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ricky Lawler officiating and Chris Vidacovich assisting. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with the Grandsons and Great Grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Franklin passed away on...
Rachel Ellen Morgan
Funeral services for Rachel Ellen Morgan, age 82, of Yantis, TX will be conducted at 12 noon on Friday, February 1, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jeremy During officiating. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery with Darren Sutherland, Damon Yates, Mikey Corbell, Kemmy Bevill, Andrew Baldwin, Nick Posada and Michael Thompson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Jason Meadors, J. W....
Jerry Wayne Vititow, Sr.
Funeral services for Jerry Wayne Vititow, Sr., age 77, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Lake Highlands Baptist Church with Bro. Paul Ray Vittitow and Bro. Johnny Wheat officiating. Interment will follow at Greenview Cemetery with Michael Vititow, Chuck Vititow, Jeff Vititow, Robert Vititow, Larry Jay Temples, Eddy Morton, Kim Monico, and Brian Odom serving as pallbearers. Honorary...
Ceely Blair Stout
Funeral services for Ceely Blair Stout, 4-year-old daughter of Gabe and Lacy Pogue Stout, will be held at 2:00 p.m.,Sunday, November 25, 2018 at First Baptist Church with Bro. Joel Tiemeyer officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Grove North Cemetery with Seth Stout, Randy Stout, Ryan Martin, Bryan White, Gene Marts, and Jarred Pickett serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Cole Newsom, Justin Munden, Zach...
Audry Leon Kinchlow
Audry Kinchlow, 60, of Commerce passed away at his home Tuesday Morning, October 30, 2018. Audry was born in Commerce, Texas, on November 24, 1957, to Minnie Evelyn Wilson and Leon Kinchlow. He worked in Janitorial Services at L3 Communications. Audry was a United States Army veteran. His first love was for the Church and then Basketball. Survivors include his mother Minnie Kinchlow, his sons; Demitris Kinchlow and Avin...
Grand Jury Indicts 40 in September, 2018
Forty (40) indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Those who have been previously arrested and announced under indictment include: Jessica Elizabeth Bender, 27 Jessica Elizabeth Bender was indicted for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. Child Protective Services began an investigation after Jessica Elizabeth Bender, 27 of Sulphur Springs and her year old child tested positive...
Poverty in Hopkins County: Health, Food, Housing, Programs
By Jim Rogers With a number of local arrest reports showing “homeless” and other visually evident signs of poverty’s affect, KSST News has begun an examination of the local poverty rate and its impact in Hopkins County and the communities and cities that comprise the county. Although the following article, the first of several, is not an exhaustive view of poverty, it does cover information that should cause local residents to...
Tailgating and Picnicking Safely this Football Season By Johanna Hicks
Texans are crazy about football. However, this is also middle school and high school cross country, volleyball, and tennis season. Sports fans are out in full force to support their favorite high school, college, and professional teams. Tailgating is often associated with football season, so don’t let your fun be spoiled by foodborne illness. Foodborne illness, with its stomach cramps, diarrhea,...
Grand Jury Indictments August, 2018
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 43 indictments late Tuesday afternoon, August 28, 2018. The names of the 32 who have been arrested for the charge have been released. Christopher Shane Freeman was indicted for Aggravated Assault Against a Public Servant. Terance Raymon Beachem was indicted for Aggravated Assault Date/Family/Home with Weapon and for Criminal Mischief more than $2500 but less than $30,000. Jeremy Kenyaan Gibson, 26...
Brawley Sentenced in One Case; Two Others in Recess
Victoria Grace Brawley is sentenced to five years in prison for one indictment and the two other indictments are in recess pending her performance during the first years of incarceration. In a unique sentencing Wednesday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Judge Eddie Northcutt placed Victoria Grace Brawley, 26, of Azle, under more responsibility to and a greater scrutiny of the court. Brawley, who has remained in jail since...
