Another Charge and Bond Increased for Organic Farmer Arrested for Indecency With A Child
Now, another charge has been added–Continuous Sexual Assault of a child under the age of 14-years. Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings set the bond for that charge at $200,000. Now Richard Allen Hinds is in Hopkins County jail under two charges and a total of $250,000 in bonds. After initially setting bond at $35,000 Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings increased the amount to $50,00 for Richard Allen Hinds, 70, who was arrested by...
D. A.’s Office Reveals Covington Is a Captain in Aryan Circle
Mark Covington, 46, of Pickton sentenced Wednesday by a Hopkins County jury to prison for concurrent life sentence and to 20 years on separate counts of tampering with a witness is a captain in the Aryan Circle and based on his tattoos, he has committed acts of violence on behalf of the gang, according to Clay Harrison, Assistant District Attorney. Security had been tight during the Tuesday trial and the Wednesday penalty phase of the...
United Way Currently $17,485 Over Goal
This year’s Hopkins County United Way Campaign soared past its’ $160,000 goal by quite a bit as dollars poured in at a final report meeting Wednesday morning. The reported total Wednesday was $177,485 but more is expected to come in later. Drive Chairman Price Orwosky said that with $17,000 over goal several packets remain out. He noted Flo-Serve employees gave over $19,000 and SSISD employees gave around $10,000. Orwosky...
“Update” Covington Found Guilty; Sentenced to Life in Prison
Around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night, a Hopkins County jury that had found Mark Covington, 46, of Pickton guilty of two counts of tampering with a witness sentenced him to life in prison for one count and 20 years in prison for the other count. The sentences are to run concurrent. Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison presented a series of incarcerations to which Covington had been sentenced. The incarcerations date back to 1998 and...
Charges Filed in Theft From Grandparents
Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a disturbance call Sunday morning instead ended up with a case of a youth stealing a great deal of money from grandparents. 19-year old Dakota Lane Diener was charged with theft over $2,500. Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer set bond for Diener at $10,000. When Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance, they found a youth and a couple arguing in the driveway of a home on...
Chamber Connection October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection – October 22, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Thank you Hopkins County for Making the Stew Contest a Success Who would have thought that regardless of 9 inches of rain, we would still be able to have a successful stew contest? A very special thank you to the 123 teams that cooked stew this year. Please know how very much we appreciate your dedication to this event. It is because of you that we continue to...
Reilly Springs Jamboree
October’s Reilly Springs Jamboree (Sat. Oct. 17) will feature the music of Alina Tatum Sanders as well as a special tribute to Hopkins County Sheriff Butch Adams who is retiring. The Roger Reed Band will start the music at 6pm with country and gospel family entertainment. This month’s Jamboree includes cake walks, door prizes and silent auction, plus an old-fashioned Cake Auction with desserts by some of the best cooks in...
Chamber Connection October 15, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Cattleman’s Classic & Ribeye Cook-off, Friday, October 16th NETBIO Annual Meeting, Friday, October 16th 10:00am will have the proclamation for Friday, October 16th as Beef Day 12:00 Beef Council will have a cooking demonstration in Celebration Plaza until the The Ribeye Cook-off begins at 2:00 on the square with 30 cooking teams, including restaurants and amateurs. The event is $25 which includes a 14 oz. certified Angus...
Kuhl Sentenced to Life in Prison
Just before noon Wednesday, October 07, 2015, a Hopkins County jury sentenced Franklin Coy Kuhl, Jr. to life in prison. The sentence came after the jury began deliberation shortly after 10 a.m. Around 11:15 a.m., the jury sent a note to 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt requesting State’s Exhibits 9-17. The exhibits included a video from the Motel 6 in Greenville where Kuhl, aged 50 at the time of the offense in February,...
“Updated” Kuhl Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Child for Sex; Sentencing Begins
Tuesday morning, October 6, 2015, just before his jury trial was to begin in 8th Judicial District Court, Franklin Coy Kuhl, Jr., 51, pled guilty to trafficking a child for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct. The child was a 13-year old. Following his plea, the jury began hearing the punishment phase of the trial shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Kuhl could face up to 25 years to 99 years or life after the District Attorney Will...
