CHRISTUS Athletic Trainers Offer Insights to Effective Recovery for Student Athletes
(Sulphur Springs, Texas) – August signals a return to competition for student-athletes across Texas putting a renewed emphasis on making sure competitors are taking care of their bodies in the days between competition, particularly during hot weather. Carson Powell, sports medicine coordinator at CHRISTUS Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, says it’s typical for athletes to feel aches and pains two to three days after...
New Extension Agent Starts October 1st
August 14, 2023 – The new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Family and Community Health agent for Hopkins County was officially welcomed by the Commissioners Court on Monday. Lisa Sprague, center, starts October 1st, 2023 Johanna Hicks, former Family and Community Health agent for Hopkins County was on hand to welcome Lisa Sprague. Hicks retired after nearly three decades serving East Texas residents. She officially...
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Supports Meal-A-Day
August 14, 2023 – The Hopkins County Commissioners Court unanimously voted to support the Hopkins County based Meal-A-Day program. Director Dietlin accepts the Proclamation at Commissioners Court Monday. Meal-A-Day Director Amanda Dietlin was on hand to receive the proclamation and a check for over two thousand dollars. Dietline made a brief presentation and answered several questions from commissioners regarding where the funds...
Paris District Road Report for week of August 14, 2023
Paris — Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting Aug. 14, 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...
Mexican National Sentenced for Child Exploitation
Hopkins County Man Sentenced for Child Exploitation Violations PLANO, Texas – A Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Hugo Enrique Menchaca, 42, pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography and misuse of a Social Security number and was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison...
Seattle Investor Arrested on Warrant
August 11, 2023 – Akeem Lamar D. Bailey-Rich, age 29 years-old, was arrested on a warrant this week in Sulphur Springs. Akeem Lamar D. Bailey-Rich, 2023 Sulphur Springs Police performed a traffic stop on Bailey-Rich’s Pontiac around 1AM. The stop took place on the east loop near Interstate 30. A records check showed an outstanding warrant for: 1 46.04(E) UNL POSS FIREARM BY FELON A search of court records shows the felony...
Dinner Bell Menu For August 16, 2023
Alliance Bank is a very supportive entity in Sulphur Springs by being a Community Partner four times a year. This is the third event in 2023. Dinner Bell appreciates the Alliance Bank and its staff which give graciously to the area. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30 on Wednesday. MENU...
Covington Violates Parole, Back in Hopkins County Jail
August 10, 2023 – VALERIE NICHOLE COVINGTON was arrested this week for violating her parole. The 20 year-old sulphur Springs resident, who lists herself as unemployed, was taken into custody at a Milligan St address without incident. VALERIE NICHOLE COVINGTON, 2023 Covington was arrested in August 2021 at a Helm Lane apartment. She had an outstanding warrant for surety off bond on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty...
Bond for Baldwin Deemed Insufficient
August 9, 2023 – 45 year-old Christopher Lynn Baldwin of Sulphur Springs was arrested this week on a warrant for insufficient bond. Baldwin was located at his Precinct 2 address by Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies. His bond is now set at $500,000. Baldwin was charged in 2022 with indecency with a child. Christopher Lynn Baldwin, 2023 HCSO Deputy arrested Christopher Lynn Baldwin around 3 p.m. Dec. 22, 2022, at his State Highway...
Jimmy David Goldsmith
Jimmy David Goldsmith, age 79, passed away Monday, August 7, 2023, surrounded by his family at Carriage House Manor. Jimmy was born on July 2, 1944, in Sulphur Springs the son of Jimmy Lee Goldsmith and Juanita Elizabeth Brown Goldsmith. He married Linda Horne on April 19, 1963, in Sulphur Springs and she survives. Jimmy was a truck driver for over 50 years retiring from Ballard Trucking. He also owned a dairy at one time and raised...
