Items Recovered Quickly in Burglary of Building
David O’Neal Oxford, Jr, 42, of Sulphur Springs was arrested after his step-mother called Sulphur Springs Police and complained that Oxford had come on to her property on Vaughn Drive when she was gone and broke into the garage and stole items. Oxford was found at 927 Main Street with the items in his pickup. He admitted to the burglary. Oxford is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Burglary of a Building, a State Jail Felony. His...
Rains County Woman Tries to Evade Arrest, Placed on Watch by Jail Staff
A 40-year old Rains County woman is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Evading Arrest/Detention with a Motor Vehicle (a State Jail Felony) after a Hopkins County Deputy initiated a traffic stop on State Highway 19, just north of CR 1170 Tuesday. The deputy attempted to stop the motorist after noting no license plate lights. The woman moved to the southbound shoulder of the state highway and continued driving. The deputy pursued her...
Hopkins County Hay Show And August Garden List
Hopkins County Hay Show and August Garden list: The temperature highest pick of the summer always brings a challenge to farmers and gardeners. Traditionally, July and August are among our hottest months and this year has not been an exception. For our hay producers, it will be important to evaluate their hay crop quality since our first cut might got watered down because the intensive rain earlier on the year. A good way to evaluate...
Back to the Basics: County Roads and the Commissioners Court
by Allison Bledsoe County roads are a necessity for the rural communities that bring Hopkins County to life, but very few inhabitants know much about them and how they are maintained. We’re bringing our readers back to the basics with a quick lesson on county roads and what just exactly they entail. County roads are defined as public roads that have been accepted for maintenance by the Commissioners Court to the standards set...
Saturday Prayer on Courthouse Steps Focused on Local Law Enforcement, Firefighters, EMS, the Justice System, and Dallas Police Department
A prayer service for local law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, the justice system and for Dallas Police Department and families of those killed in Dallas this past week found over 110 on the steps of the Hopkins County Courthouse County Saturday at noon. Judge Robert Newsom introduced those public servants present including Sheriff-elect Lewis Tatum and Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders. He also invited all personnel present...
Prayer Vigil For Law Enforcement Set for Noon Saturday at Hopkins County Courthouse Steps
Saturday, July 8th, at noon on the steps of the Hopkins County Courthouse County the public is invited to join in prayer as one community with Judge Robert Newsom and members of the Sulphur Springs Police Department, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department officers, EMS response teams and firemen to pray with and for them. Prayer will include the Dallas Police Department and local law enforcement and emergency personal. Donations...
Hopkins County Hospital District Board Of Directors Meeting
Hopkins County Hospital District will consider appointing a new member to the board and the process to employ a new Operations Manager for the Hospital District during their Board of Directors Meeting Tonight, June 27, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Plaza Conference Room. The board member seat is open following Ralph Preus’ term ending and no one filing for the place. In other action, the board will consider purchasing Dell computers...
Recovered Items Just Some of Items Taken in County Burglary; Barker Charged
A burglary in the Arbala area has led Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators to the internet, to Van Zandt County and today to Wood County for further questioning of a suspect who is shown pawning the items stolen. Three of the items, a wedding ring, a tennis bracelet, and a Nikon camera have been recovered and returned to the owner, according to Investigator Dennis Findley. Other items taken in the burglary of a habitation were...
Commercial Growth in County Spurs Need to Find Answers for Roads
Lack of regulation in the county is one reason County Roads are becoming a big problem in Hopkins County according to Commissioner Precinct 1 Beth Wisenbaker. More people building houses, agricultural changes, and commercial operations opening such as open dirt pits, selling timber and dairy operations of 1,000 or more cattle, dairy’s that cut their own silage using heavy equipment and 18-wheeler trucks driven home full by residents...
Activities Highlight End-of-Year for County Schools
Here’s a few items of school news from around the county. There are FFA banquets for the North Hopkins and Como-Pickton Chapters on Tuesday May 17. The Como-Pickton Chapter has 224 FFA members. Cumby ISD has FFA Banquet at 6pm and a production of Wizard of Oz in the Cumby cafeteria and music by students on Tuesday May 17 at 6pm. Saltillo High School Academic and Sports Awards Banquet is Tuesday May 17 at 6pm. Saltillo also has...
