County Closes Out Fiscal Year 2018-2019 With Budget Amendments, Adjustments
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning approved a few budget amendments and transfers so that the books on fiscal year 2018-19 can be closed. The year ended on Sept. 30. Auditor Shannah Aulsbrook asked the court to approve an amendment for an increase in the fire department budget of $54,284, obtained as a loan from City National Bank for personal protective gear for Hopkins County Fire...
Sheriff’s Investigator Warns: Beware Of People Asking For Payment By Phone
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford cautions citizens to guard against people asking for financial payment by phone. This is especially true of people claiming to represent law enforcement, particularly sheriff’s office staff. Weatherford released the following scam alert: Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office has become aware that people are representing themselves as Members of Hopkins County...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report September 11, 2019 to September 17, 2019
September 11th Deputies were dispatched to HWY 69 near Quitman, at approximately 2:31 a.m., in reference to an alarm. Deputies checked the building and it was secure. At 3:08 a.m., horses were reported out on FM 515 near Yantis. At 7:35 a.m., cows were reported out on FM 182 near Quitman. Deputies spoke with the reporting party, at approximately 8:16 a.m., in reference to an assault that occurred on CR 1540 near Alba. This case has...
Midlothian Man Jailed In Ellis County On Felony Hopkins County Warrant
Brian Lynn McPike A 49-year-old Midlothian man was in custody Friday in Ellis County jail on a felony Hopkins County warrant. Officials from the other county notified Hopkins County sheriff’s officials that Brian Lynn McPike was in custody on the charge. Transport Deputy Melvin Jackson traveled to Ellis County, where he took McPike into custody at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, and transported him to Hopkins County jail, where he was...
Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County Remember The Lives Lost In 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
USA flag at half-mast in remembrance of those killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Many services and observations were held Wednesday across the country for the nearly 3,000 people who died Sept. 11, 2001 as a result of the terrorist attacks on this nation. A full generation of children have been born and gone through school without ever knowing what this country was like before the terrorist attacks 18 years ago....
5 Percent Cost Of Living Increase Approved For All Full-Time County Employees
Hopkins County Commissioners Court All full-time Hopkins County employees and elected officials will benefit from a 5 percent cost of living increase in pay in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The pay increase was factored into the 2019-2020 county budget, which was approved by Hopkins County Commissioner Court at their regular meeting Monday morning. Commissioners first approved the 5 percent increase for elected officials, then the budget...
County Budget Includes Cost Of Living Increase For County Employees
Fire department shift officers to receive small bump in pay to get scale closer to that of starting deputies Hopkins County Courthouse Hopkins County Commissioners Court is expected to approve the county budget and tax rates as proposed. The proposed tax rate will remain the same for the third consecutive year, and the budget will be very similar to last year’s thanks to conservative planning, according to Hopkins County Judge...
Pickton Man Taken In Custody In Bell County On 3 Hopkins County Warrants
Christian Kirby Collins A 26-year-old Pickton man was jailed in Bell County on three Hopkins County warrants, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was alerted that Christian Kirby Collins was at their jail. A transport deputy was sent to Bell County jail, where he took Collins into custody at 11:29 a.m. Sept. 3. Collins was transported to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center. Collins was booked into the...
Debbie Mitchell: Proposed County Property Tax Rate To Remain Same for 2019-2020
State officials urge agencies to take ‘aggressive action’ to stop FM 71 flooding The regular portion of Tuesday’s Hopkins County Commissioners Court meeting took only about 10 minutes, just long enough to hold a brief public hearing for the county property tax rate, and for commissioners to approve one line item transfer and acknowledge a resolution made by Sen. Bob Hall. The commissioners court then entered into an...
Former Hopkins County Jailer Sentenced On Improper Sexual Activity With An Inmate Charge
Former Hopkins County corrections officer Sinead Nicole Hagan, 28, was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 27, to 60-days in jail, then 10 years deferred adjudication for having improper sexual activity with a person in custody. Sinead Nicole Hagan In early January the sheriff’s office received and followed up on an allegation that Hagan had a sexual encounter with an inmate while a corrections officer at Hopkins County jail. The Texas...
