Name Of Man Killed In Head-On Collision Saturday Night Released
Additional Details About Crash Reported The identity of the Sulphur Springs man killed in a two-vehicle head-on collision Saturday night and additional details about the crash have been released by authorities. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Gregg Williams, Texas Highway Patrol Media Communications and Safety Education for the Texarkana-North Texas Region, 27-year-old Tyler Chester of Sulphur Springs died at the crash site...
Man Killed In Collision Saturday Night
A man was reported to have been killed in a collision Saturday night. The crash, according to sheriff’s reports, was first reported to emergency responders just before 10 p.m. March 5, 2022, on State Highway 19 south. Multiple law enforcement officers, including sheriff’s deputies and state troopers, firefighters from several departments, and emergency services personnel were dispatched to the crash site. At least two...
2 Men Jailed On Felony Warrants On Jan. 13, 2022
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies booked two men, one accused of criminal negligent homicide and one on a simulated controlled substance charge, into the county jail on felony warrants Jan. 13, 2022, according to arrest reports. Brandon Augusta Brown Brandon Augusta Brown turned himself in at 6:21 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, at the sheriff’s office on felony warrants. HCSO Sgt. Todd Evans escorted the 35-year-old...
A Love Affair With Western Swing Music
Enola Gay in Western Swing Hall of Fame at Festival Enola Gay Mathews shares her own story of how Western Swing music, the Official Music of Texas, became a career-long interest for her, and her plans to continue following the music genre. I’ve got a love affair going with Western Swing music. According to my mom, I probably heard it before I was even born, as she danced to it in her youth back in wide, wild West Texas. Western...
Make It To The Table This Thanksgiving
Watch UR BAC is am awareness campaign that refers to blood alcohol concentration (BAC) which is used as a measure of the degree of intoxication of an individual. By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent – Hopkins County, [email protected] This Thanksgiving holiday, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is...
TxDOT Urges Drivers to ‘End the Streak’ of Daily Deaths on Texas Roads as 21st Anniversary Approaches
November 7, 2000 was the last deathless day on Texas roadways Nov. 4, 2021AUSTIN – It was late in the afternoon when Isaac Simmons got the call: a vehicle was broken down along a stretch of I-45 in Fairfield, and Simmons, a 35-year-old tow truck driver, headed out to help. While winching the car onto his tow truck, the routine stop suddenly became horrific. A speeding car careened off the road, rolled up the tow...
Data Shows Many Child Car Seats are Misused
NEWS RELEASE PARIS DISTRICTTim McAlavy(903) [email protected] DATA SHOWS MANY CHILD CAR SEATS ARE MISUSED ‘Save Me With a Seat’ campaign heralds National Child Passenger Safety Week Sept. 23, 2021 AUSTIN – A high-speed vehicle crash, and a misused child car seat can lead to an unthinkable disaster, which is why TxDOT is encouraging parents to schedule a free car seat safety check during its annual “Save Me With a Seat”...
DSHS Announces 126th Hopkins County COVID Death
186 New Cases, 118 Recoveries, 292 Active Cases Of Coronavirus Reported So Far In September Texas Department of State Health Services had announced the 126th Hopkins County COVID death Monday. A total of 186 new cases, 118 additional recoveries and one coronavirus death have been reported for Hopkins County during the first 6 days of September 2021, leaving 392 Hopkins County residents who still actively had the virus at noon on Labor...
Every Nine Hours Someone Dies From Drunk Driving in Texas
EVERY NINE HOURS SOMEONE DIES FROM DRUNK DRIVING IN TEXASTxDOT urges Texans to consider the tragic impact before getting behind the wheel after drinkingNEWS [email protected](512) 463-8700 Download Video Aug. 19, 2021 AUSTIN – No parent should ever receive the kind of devastating news that two Bryan police officers delivered to Pam Todaro one early Saturday morning. At 6:45 a.m. on August 9, 2014 they...
Texas Pedestrian And Bicyclist Deaths Continue To Climb
By TxDOT Media Relations Despite a decrease in traffic crashes in 2020, Texas saw a dramatic rise in the number of people killed walking and biking on our roadways. Last year, 731 people died in pedestrian-related crashes, an increase of 9% from 2019. Crashes involving bicyclists claimed the lives of 82 people, up from 68 deaths the previous year. These numbers reflect an alarming trend of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities...
