County 2019-2020 Holiday Calendar Approved
Jul17

County 2019-2020 Holiday Calendar Approved

Hopkins County employees will enjoy 12 days off during the 2019-2020 year, thanks to the calendar approved this week by Hopkins County Commissioners Court. The county courthouse will be closed on the approved holiday dates. The calendar fairly mirrors the past year’s calendar, with one exception, according to Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom. Veterans Day will no longer be a county holiday. With so many events scheduled on...

Read More
Commissioners Court Renews Inmate Housing Agreement With Rockwall County, Internet Contract
Jul15

Commissioners Court Renews Inmate Housing Agreement With Rockwall County, Internet Contract

Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning deeded their portion of an Oak Avenue property to the city, signed an agreement with Rockwall County to house inmates, and approved a new contract for internet and telephone service. Hopkins County Commissioner Court Monday morning signed over the county’s portion of ownership in the old Oak Avenue nursing home, so the property can be used by the city to construct a new senior...

Read More
Irving Man Arrested On I-30 In Hopkins County On Tarrant County Warrants
Jul13

Irving Man Arrested On I-30 In Hopkins County On Tarrant County Warrants

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Chris Sorley arrested two men following two different traffic stops Friday. Sorley reported stopping a Jeep Wrangler around noon Friday on Interstate 30 at mile marker 129 for not having two license plates. A records check using the Montana driver’s license given by the 36-year-old man, showed the man to be wanted in Tarrant County on two warrants for not paying child support, according...

Read More
58 Indictments Signed By Hopkins County Grand Jury
Jul01

58 Indictments Signed By Hopkins County Grand Jury

July 1, 2019 – The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the June 28 session signed 58 indictments. At least 40 people were named in the charges. Offenses ranged from aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, assault of a family or household member that impeded breathing or circulation an d hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon to driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 years of age in the vehicle, engaging in...

Read More
2 Hopkins County Residents Jailed On Felony Warrants
Jun29

2 Hopkins County Residents Jailed On Felony Warrants

June 29, 2019 – Deputies took two Hopkins County residents into custody Friday on unrelated felony warrants. Jana Marie Kirtley Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Alvin Jordan was made aware of a warrant for Jana Marie Kirtley’s arrest for violation of probation on a hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon charge. He learned the 53-year-old Sulphur Springs woman works at a Jackson Street nursing home,...

Read More
Sheriff’s Investigators Locate Man Who Missed Scheduled Court Appearance
Jun19

Sheriff’s Investigators Locate Man Who Missed Scheduled Court Appearance

Anthony Glenn Ewton Hopkins County Sheriff’s Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford and Investigator Dennis Findley were made aware Anthony Glenn Ewton, 52, of Sulphur Springs did not appear in the 8th Judicial District Court at 9 a.m. Tuesday as he was scheduled to do. Two warrants had been issued for Ewton’s arrest on the charges he failed to appear on. So, the sheriff’s investigators went to his last known address...

Read More
Truck, Train Collide North of I-30 At County Road 4719 Railroad Crossing
Jun18

Truck, Train Collide North of I-30 At County Road 4719 Railroad Crossing

One man was reportedly transported to the hospital to be checked out following a truck and train collision at the County Road 4719 railroad crossing Tuesday morning. Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, Cumby police, Hopkins County and Cumby firefighters were dispatched around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to what was reported as a truck and train crash just north of the north Interstate 30 service...

Read More
2 Commissioners, Sheriff Announce Plans to Seek Reelection
Jun17

2 Commissioners, Sheriff Announce Plans to Seek Reelection

June 19, 2019 – Two county commissioners and the county sheriff Monday morning announced their plans to seek reelection in 2020. Hopkins County Precinct 1 Commissioner Mickey Barker, Sheriff Lewis Tatum and Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley announced Monday morning their intent to run for reelection to their respective offices in the 2020 primaries. Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley plans to seek a third term as...

Read More
Wood County Sheriff’s Report June 5-June 11, 2019
Jun13

Wood County Sheriff’s Report June 5-June 11, 2019

June 5th Deputies went out on an arrest/warrant service to County Road 2298 at approximately 12:45 a.m. Deputies searched the area, but were not able to locate the individual. Deputies went out on an arrest/warrant service to Highway 154 at approximately 2:04 a.m. Deputies searched the area, but were not able to make contact with the individual. Deputies went out on an arrest/warrant service to County Road 4918 at approximately 2:28...

Read More
3 Arrested In Other Counties On Hopkins County Charges
Jun13

3 Arrested In Other Counties On Hopkins County Charges

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Hooten had a busy day Wednesday, picking up inmates held in jails in three different counties on Hopkins County charges. Zachary Michael Boyett Wednesday morning, Hooten transported Zachary Michael Boyett, 25, of Dallas from Dallas County jail to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center, where he was booked on a warrant for failure to comply with sex offender duty to register annually for life,...

Read More