Summer Vacations with Children
My best childhood memories involved family vacations. We were a family of campers, and I can still recall breathing in the fresh mountain air, relaxing by the light of a campfire, roasting marshmallows over open flame, hiking on beautiful trails, dipping our toes into ice cold streams, skipping rocks across glass-smooth lakes, consuming freshly made breakfast under our dining tarp, curling up in a sleeping bag, and most of all,...
Dumpster Diving Retrieves Credit Cards, ID Taken in Burglaries
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigators along with the assistance of an inmate recovered a number of credit cards and other personal information of local citizens who had been burglarized. It was an instance of dumpster diving in a retail trash container located behind a local outlet mall. The inmate, 18-year old Stephen Charles Gilreath, who reported the location of the stolen identification and credit cards, was given the...
Chamber Connection – July 9th, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
American Legion Post #66 will host Blood Drive, Saturday, July 11th from 2-7 @ 118 Church Street. Blood supply is lowest during the summer months, so they need your help. The American Legion Post #66 will host a blood drive at 118 Church Street, this Saturday, July 11th from 2-7. The Carter Blood Care Bus will be in the parking lot. For more information or to schedule an appointment time, please call Daniel Sullivan at...
Mosquito Control in Texas
This time of the year, the temperature and high humidity levels are an invitation to outdoor activities where mosquitoes can be a problem. When it comes to mosquito control devices, about the only thing that works is common sense, says a former entomologist with Texas A&M University. Meanwhile, many Texas citizens are using devices or controls costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars that may offer only marginal control or...
Diver Recovers Weapon; Mother, Son Arrested
July 7, 2015 – A woman lost a purse from her car in an auto burglary and the credit cards taken from the purse were used at Walmart in Mineola. From surveillance video, Hopkins County sheriff’s officers were able to identify the individual using the cards. That arrest led officers to another individual, which will enable the clearing of all the remaining car burglaries that recently occurred in the county. Three different...
Newsom Seeks Commissioner Precinct 1 Nomination
Maci Newsom of Hopkins County announced today her candidacy for Commissioner of Precinct 1 in the Republican primary. Newsom was born and raised in Hopkins County. She is a graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and Columbus State University. Mrs. Newsom is married to Jonathan Newsom, also born and raised in Hopkins County, and is the proud mother of their two children, Noah, who is eight years old and Anna-Claire, who is six. Her...
Cattle Diseases and Hot Weather
The summer season has a significant impact in the well-beings of animals and humans alike. Texas A&M agrilife extension recommends that even when most cattle today are well-vaccinated against many common diseases, including bovine viral diarrhea or BVD, when cattle are living under less-than-ideal situations due to heat stress, overcrowding or poor nutrition, even the best vaccinations programs may result in incomplete protection...
*Updated* Mapps Arrested in Arkansas
The elusive Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps of Greenville was arrested in Fort Smith Arkansas Monday, according to Police Chief Jay Sanders. Mapps was apprehended traveling with his girlfriend. Texas Ranger John Vance, U.S. Marshalls, and SSPD CID Sgt. David Gilmore assisted by the Ft. Smith Police made the arrest. The 20-year old black male had been considered armed and dangerous. Mapps was wanted in the shooting death of Jonathan...
Two Busy Days for District Court
Thursday (June 25, 2015) morning in the District Courtroom of the Hopkins County Courthouse, 8th Judicial District began making its way through a 42 case docket. Most of the docket involved pretrial actions. However, Judge Eddie Northcutt did hand down a few decisions during the day. He had also handed down six decisions on Wednesday. Cases heard and set Thursday afternoon are not included here but will be reported in an update to...
Aphids in Sorghum
Aphids are commonly a common pest of crops and ornamental plants. Aphids mode of survival relies on having massive amounts of babies to offset the tremendous losses due to predation by other insects and birds. Most of the times, aphis only cause problems when those reach high numbers and the damage to the plant gets to the point of affecting overall plant development. This is known as economic threshold. From time to time, aphis...
