Police Raid Local Motel; Arrest Two
September 19, 2023 – Maddison Sprague and Silas Mitchell were arrested at a local motel Monday morning after the Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit executed a search warrant. Maddison Kay Sprague, 2023 Silas Gracen Mitchell aka Reckless, 2023 In the morning hours the Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit and Patrol officers executed a Felony arrest of a local Fentanyl dealer. SCU had secured felony arrest warrants and executed...
Casey Ross
Funeral service for Casey Ross, age 82 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. Bill Ladd officiating. Interment willfollow at Old Tarrant Cemetery with Phil Ross, Chad Ross, Chaysosn Ross, Chris Ross, Charlie Ross,and Bruce Hammargren serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the directors of City National Bank. Visitation will be held one...
Trading Post for September 18, 2023
In-home Elderly Caregiver looking for work in Sulphur Springs Area. Experienced, will provide references. Has provided washing, cleaning, laundry, cooking, and transportation to clients. Email me at [email protected] Okra, cut daily, for $3 a pound. Also selling frozen blueberries ($5 a pound), squash ($1 each), bell peppers (2 for $1) from our farm east of Sulphur Springs. No herbicides or pesticides used. For more info, please...
Linda Faulks
Funeral service for Linda Faulks, age 69, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held on Wednesday,September 20, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. at Murray Orwosky Funeral Home with Bro. David Howardofficiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Dylan Dillehay, Colton Faulks, MikeDuplechan, Ashton Crump, Nick Atkinson and Easton Silman serving as pallbearers. A visitation will beheld on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 from 6:00 P.M. to...
Dan Jenkins
January 1, 1954 — September 16, 2023Funeral service for Dan Jenkins, age 69, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Dr. Ron Jenkins officiating. Interment will follow the service at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Jeremy Jenkins, Paul Jenkins, Chris Jenkins, and Jacob Mazoch serving as pallbearers. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Josh Jenkins and...
Road Work Slated on SH 78 in Fannin County
September 17, 2023 – PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that a project to improve a portion of State Highway 78 north of Bonham in Fannin County will begin Oct. 7, weather permitting. The contractor, Highway 19 Construction LLC, Sulphur Springs, Texas, was granted 240 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $2.6 million. The target completion date for this...
Paris District Road Report for week of September 18, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Sept. 18, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure or other unforeseen issues. Motorists are advised to remain alert and pay special attention to all signs, barricades and traffic controls, and reduce their speed as they approach and travel through work zones. They should also avoid distractions such...
The Next Hopkins County Genealogical Society Meeting Will Feature an Interesting Talk on Early Anglo-Americans in Spanish Texas
Our speaker for September is Bill Covington, a public school classroom teacher by profession, having spent 28 years in both the Dallas and Waxahachie Independent School Districts. He is a native of Fort Worth, TX, and he resides in Cedar Hill, TX with his wife, June. They have three grown children and one granddaughter. Mr. Covington will be speaking on the “Early Anglo-Americans in Spanish Texas”. This is a particularly...
Local Woman Given Second Chance; Arrested for Theft
September 16, 2023 – A 29 year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested at a South Broadway retailer on Friday. When she failed to scan all her items in the self check out area, she was given another chance to scan them all. Kendall Nicole Parks, 2023 When loss prevention noticed Parks had not scanned all her items and intentionally placed those items into bags, staff froze her register. Self checkout staff then explained to her...
Party on Forrest Lane Lands 4 in Jail
September 15, 2023 – Officers from the Sulphur Springs Police Department were dispatched to a Forrest Lane address on Thursday around 6:30 PM. They would attempt to serve a warrant on the resident, Kortney Michelle Flanigan. Once inside the residence, multiple individuals were observed. They also observed drug paraphernalia, marijuana, and baggies containing meth residue. Because of the proximity of the residence to a public...
