Balch Springs Man Jailed Following I-30 Traffic Stop
Texas Department of Public Safety highway patrol vehicle A 32-year-old Balch Springs man stopped around 1:45 p.m. Jan. 21 on Interstate 30 at mile marker 116 for an obscured license plate. The driver ended up in Hopkins County jail on tampering with evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia and no driver’s license charges, according to arrest reports. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Arturo Ugalde, in arrest reports,...
Cumby Woman Jailed After Fleeing From Hospital
Kristi Rae Olson A 37-year-old Cumby woman reportedly ran away from the hospital before being arrested during the noon hour Monday. Sulphur Springs Police Officers Adrian Pruitt and Cameron Robinson reported being dispatched to the area near the hospital to attempt to locate a woman who’d reportedly fled from the hospital. While in the area, officers reported being contacted by a woman who advised a woman was on her property in...
Commissioners Court To Consider Land Plat Request, 2 Agreements
Hopkins County Commissioners Court When Hopkins County Commissioners Court meets at 9 a.m. Monday, the agenda shows a number of items the court will be asked to consider approving, including a land plat request, and agreements with the American Red Cross and volunteer fire departments. The court is being asked to consider and approve a plat of Together Good Deeds II Addition. Also, two contracts have been presented for approval, a...
Woman Reportedly Held For ICE Following Traffic Stop
A 52-year-old woman was jailed early Thursday morning on a hold for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to arrest and jail reports. The woman, identified by an El Salvador ID card but reported to have been living in Emory, was in a 2009 Cadillac stopped just before 4 a.m. Jan. 2 on State Highway 19 south at County Road 1106 for a traffic violation, a deputy alleged in arrest reports A records check revealed the...
1 Injured In Highway 19 North Crash Monday Evening
Traffic on State Highway 19 north of Sulphur Springs was interrupted for an hour Monday evening due to a two-vehicle crash. Northbound traffic backed for about a mile at one point while emergency responders worked at the crash site. Emergency dispatchers were first alerted at 4:43 p.m. Dec. 30 that two vehicles had crashed on State Highway 19 north near County Road 4764, with one car resting in the ditch and one in the roadway. The...
Burt, Simmons Sentenced In District Court Dec. 18
Two men were taken into custody Wednesday, Dec. 18, after appearing before the district judge for sentencing hearings. John Christopher Burt John Christopher Burt, 46, of Brashear was taken into custody at 5 p.m. Dec. 18, on a 2016 indecency with a child by sexual contact charge, according to arrest reports. Burt, according to jail reports, Burt was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the indecency charge. He was arrested July 5, 2018...
Emory Man Allegedly Caught With Methamphetamine In Pickton
December 14, 2019 – A 54-year-old ranch worker from Emory was jailed Friday morning after methamphetamine was allegedly found in his truck in Pickton. Howard Stuart Cody Hopkins County dispatchers received a complaint of a cattle trailer with its flashers on and no one visible around it on County Road 2417 near FM 269 at 7:31 a.m. Dec. 13. Sheriff’s Deputies Aaron Chaney and Richard Brantley were dispatched to the location...
Blue Santa Toy Distribution Day is Saturday December 14
Empty Stocking plans to distribute the toys which Blue Santa took in from the annual Toy Drive and the blue barrels on Saturday December 14, 2019. There will be additional toys for the kids, too, purchased at Market over the summer with the monetary donations taken in last year. Also, Secret Santa shoppers went to local stores last week to supplement gifts for the teens. This years campaign will serve over 300 families which totals...
Commissioners Court To Recognize Miller Grove, Saltillo Cross Country Teams
Hopkins County Courthouse, 118 Church St., Sulphur Springs Hopkins County Commissioners Court is scheduled Monday to recognize two groups of youth for their athletic achievements during their regular court session, which begins Monday at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom on the first floor of Hopkins County Courthouse. In addition to the proclamations for the Miller Grove Girls and Boys and Saltillo Boys Cross Country teams, the...
IT Resources, Security Systems, Fire Alarm Agreements Receive Commissioners’ Approval
Firetrol security/access control system proposals and a fire alarm monitoring system agreement were approved were approved by commissioners. Hopkins County Commissioners during their regular meeting this week approved a information technology resources agreement, security system proposals for the county’s two new district buildings, a monitoring system and printer/copier lease contract. Commissioners approved an interlocal...
