Steroids, Marijuana Found After Crash In Cumby
Feb13

Steroids, Marijuana Found After Crash In Cumby

Cumby Police arrested a 28-year-old Lauderdale Lakes, Florida man allegedly found with a bottle of steroids and marijuana following a crash Wednesday afternoon, according to arrest reports. Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward alleged the driver of a Dodge Caravan sped up as if to lose the officer when he entered Interstate 30 east near mile marker 109 around 3:45 p.m. Feb. 12. Steward reported the van took the 110 exit onto the south...

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Cumby Man Accused Of Reckless Driving With Small Child In The Vehicle
Jan16

Cumby Man Accused Of Reckless Driving With Small Child In The Vehicle

Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol vehicle A 22-year-old Cumby man was accused Wednesday night of driving recklessly in Sulphur Springs with his 3-year-old and a weapon in the truck with him. Sulphur Springs Police, in arrest reports, alleged the man was observed by officers driving a silver Chevrolet 1500 at a high rate of speed, 62 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour speed zone, on Gilmer Street at Kyle Street just before...

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Welfare Check Results In Cumby Man's Arrest
Jan10

Welfare Check Results In Cumby Man's Arrest

Bryan Lee Winstead A request for sheriff’s officers to check the welfare of person at his County Road 4131 address during the lunch hour Thursday resulted in a Cumby man’s arrest on a misdemeanor warrant and felony controlled substance charge, according to sheriff’s reports. Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies reported being dispatched around 12:30 p.m. Jan. 9 to the CR 4131 address after someone expressed...

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Commerce, Cumby Men Jailed On Warrants
Dec06

Commerce, Cumby Men Jailed On Warrants

Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies reported taking two men into custody on outstanding misdemeanor warrants on Thursday, including one also charged on a firearm charge, according to arrest reports. Shawn Lee Marker Deputy Drew Fisher reported initiating a traffic stop around 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, on a silver Ford F-150 pickup that failed to stop at the stop sign on FM 2653 at Interstate 30. One person in the vehicle,...

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Mesquite Man Arrested Near Cumby On Reckless Driving, Drug Paraphernalia Charges
Oct10

Mesquite Man Arrested Near Cumby On Reckless Driving, Drug Paraphernalia Charges

A 19-year-old Mesquite man caught a deputy’s attention as he sped past him, stopped near an address for which he’d previously been issued a criminal trespass warning, and was jailed on two misdemeanor charge, according to sheriff’s reports. A sheriff’s deputy reported seeing a Honda Civic traveling at an excessive speed on FM 275 at County Rod 4792 about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9; stationary radar showed the...

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New Signal Light Installed In Cumby
Sep28

New Signal Light Installed In Cumby

Friday Cumby school and county officials gathered just down from Cumby school for the official installation of a new signal light. This is a safety feature local entities have worked together to better warn people traveling just down from the school to stop and be alert for the railroad crossing just down from the Cumby ISD football stadium and school. The crossing is one that doesn’t have the warning cross arms, so this should...

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Dallas Man Allegedly  Tased Multiple Times While Trying To Run From Cumby Police
Aug23

Dallas Man Allegedly Tased Multiple Times While Trying To Run From Cumby Police

Cumby police allegedly Tased a Dallas man multiple times when he attempted to run from them during a routine traffic stop early Thursday morning. The man was also allegedly identified by at least three names that differed from the one he was eventually arrested under. A Cumby police officer reportedly stopped a Dodge Avenger at 1:47 a.m. Aug. 22 between the 109 and 110 mile markers on Interstate 30. The driver was identified as a...

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Cumby Bond Election: What The Bond Funds, Tax Impact
Aug21

Cumby Bond Election: What The Bond Funds, Tax Impact

Voters within Cumby ISD will be asked this fall to cast their preference either in favor of or against a $6.2 million bond election to fund facilities improvements. The bond proposal is at least 2 years worth of work by administrators trustees and a facilities comittee. District administrators explained a facilities inventory and evaluation was ordered in 2017. Then, a 10-member facilities committee determined how best to meet...

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Cumby Mayor, School Bond On Nov. 5 Ballots
Aug21

Cumby Mayor, School Bond On Nov. 5 Ballots

Cumby Independent School District’s incumbents weren’t challenged in their bids for reelection to the board of trustees, nor were those hoping to serve as aldermen on Cumby City Council. Candidates, Bond CISD President Jason Hudson, Jody Jarvis and Secretary Tony Aguilar were the only candidates to turn in applications for a place on the Nov. 5 Cumby ISD Board of Trustees ballot. Similarly, the only candidates to file for...

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Candidate Filing Deadline For School Board, Cumby City Council Seats Is Aug. 19
Aug18

Candidate Filing Deadline For School Board, Cumby City Council Seats Is Aug. 19

Those planning to file as candidates for North Hopkins and Cumby school boards and Council have one more day to get their applications in. The filing deadline to get a name on the Nov. 5 election ballot is Monday, Aug. 19, at the end of the business day. Cumby ISD Cumby Independent School District will have three places to be determined in the Nov. 5 election. All three are full three-year seats on the board. Currently, Jason Hudson,...

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