Hopkins County Hospital District Board Recommends Lower Tax Rate, Reviews Finances
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors in their regular meeting Thursday evening recommended a tax rate for the 2022-2023 tax year that is roughly 2.5 cents less than the current tax rate and reviewed finances. Proposed Tax Rate The hospital district’s tax rate was 25-cents for several years. The tax rate decreased to 22-cents per $100 property valuation. The most it could be without having to have voter approval...
Hopkins County Records — Aug. 19, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following land deed transactions were filed and posted between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5, 2022, at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office: Record books at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Annette O. Stone to Brian Lennon and Debbie Lennon; tract in the ED Chinneth surveyJacob Jones to Marisa Jones; tract in the Josiah Pettyjohn surveyChester E. McGregor and Diane R. McGregor who is also known as Dianna McGregor, to...
Creative Arts Contest Features Works Of Multi-Talented Hopkins County Residents
Johanna Hicks By Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Hopkins County Family & Community Health Agent, [email protected] The Hopkins County Fall Festival Creative Arts Contest is one of the premier events of the annual Fall Festival. With multi-talented individuals who enter one or more items to be judged, combined with a large group of volunteers to staff the event, and topped off with highly...
County Judge Presented Petition Asking For Election To Make Dike A Type C Incorporated City
The county judge was presented with a petition Monday asking him to call an election to let Dike residents determine whether to make the community at Type C incorporated city, as promised in prior meetings by Michael Pickens. Other Dike residents voiced their views on incorporation of Dike and the Dike solar facility. Petition to Incorporate Dike Residents and property owners in Dike community began researching the matter out of a...
10% Pay Increase, Additional Positions For HCSO, HCFD Projected In 2022-2023 County Budget
Increased Property Values & Sales Tax Cited For Proposed Reduction in Hopkins County Tax Rate A 10% pay increase for all county employees, and funding for additional positions for the sheriff’s office, and an additional position within the clerk’s office were among the items projected in the 2022-2023 county budget. Increased property values and sales tax returns were cited for a propose reduction in Hopkins County tax...
Drought Will Always Be Part of Risk With Forage Production, Livestock and Production Systems
Strategies To Help Mitigate Effects Of Drought Events Mario Villarino By Dr. Mario A. Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Hopkins County, [email protected] Knowing how to cope with unexpected reality is always hard. This is what by definition is a stressful situation. We all know it: is hot and is dry out there! According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, even when the production...
Hopkins County Records – July 22, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following are land deed transactions filed and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s office June 27-July 7, 2022: Corbet Family Living Trust II, Linda Hay trustee, to John Kevin Corbet; tract in the Fredrick Anthony surveyCorbet Family Living Trust II, Linda Hay trustee, to Linda Hay; tract in the D. Anding surveySusan Steinsiek to Johnny Duncan Steinsiek and Susan Marie Steinsiek, trustees for the Susan Marie...
Both Suspects In June 13 Murder Now In Custody At Hopkins County Jail
June 23, 2022 – The two murder suspects Hopkins County officers tracked from Texas to Missouri last Wednesday night are now in Hopkins County jail on one murder charge each, according to arrest and jail reports. Aleigha Denise Coble (HCSO jail photo) The pair, accused of killing and dumping a 35-year-old man’s body in a wooded area, were transported Wednesday afternoon, June 22, 2022, by Hopkins County Sheriff’s...
Hopkins County Records — June 19, 2022
Land Deed Transactions The following are land deed transfers filed and posted at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office from May 26 to June 3, 2022: Records at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Juana Jennings and Van Jennings to Ashley Jennings and Ernst Valentin Jennings; tract in the Nacogdoches University surveyAtascosa Real Estate LLC to FOM Capital LLC; tract in the Highland Hills AdditionFreit LLC to Santos Alfredo Cruz; tract in the...
Hopkins County Officers Track 2 Murder Suspects To Missouri
Hopkins County officers tracked two murder suspects to Missouri, where they were reported to have been apprehended and were in custody Wednesday at 8:35 p.m., according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Sheriff’s deputies found an abandoned vehicle when checking out a report of someone’s personal items being located on a county road north of Sulphur Springs Monday evening. The vehicle came back as being from the...
