Twogether In Texas, Annual 4-H Achievement Banquet Coming Up This Month
Aug03

Twogether In Texas, Annual 4-H Achievement Banquet Coming Up This Month

Johanna Hicks, Extension Agent By Johanna Hicks, Family and Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Are you engaged to be married? Are you seriously dating? Are you married, but need a boost? If you said ‘yes’ to any of these, then I have a great opportunity for you. Twogether in Texas Marriage Education workshop is being offered on Saturday, August 13, 8:30 a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M...

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4 Jailed In Hopkins County On Felony Warrants
Aug02

4 Jailed In Hopkins County On Felony Warrants

At least 4 people were jailed in Hopkins County on felony warrants from July 26 to Aug. 1, 2022, according to arrest and jail reports. Brandon Nicholas Carrell During an undercover investigation by Sulphur Springs Police Special Crimes Unit, a quantity of methamphetamine was purchased from Brandon Nicholas Carrell, SCU Lt. Mark Estes alleged in arrest reports. SCU then obtained a warrant for the 40-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s...

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Chamber Connection – Aug. 3: Time For The Annual Chamber Photography Contest
Aug02

Chamber Connection – Aug. 3: Time For The Annual Chamber Photography Contest

Next Business Before Hours Coming Up This Friday At Chamber, Jettribe Mid-America WaterX Championship Is This Weekend At Coleman Park Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas By Butch Burney, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce It’s time once again for the Chamber of Commerce’s annual photography contest! The photography contest is open to anyone who resides in Hopkins County. We have seven...

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SSPD: Van Sickle Street Search Warrant Yields Meth, THC Marijuana, 3 Arrests
Aug01

SSPD: Van Sickle Street Search Warrant Yields Meth, THC Marijuana, 3 Arrests

Como Traffic Stop Results In 1 Felony Arrest When Sulphur Springs Police and Special Crimes Unit investigators executed a search warrant at a Van Sickle Street address at 5 p.m. Sunday, they found suspected methamphetamine, THC, marijuana and drug paraphernalia and took three people into custody, according to arrest reports. In an unrelated incident, a Brashear man was accused Sunday of trying to discard meth pipe under a car during a...

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CHRISTUS Introduces Newest Resource — A Mobile Athletic Training Room
Aug01

CHRISTUS Introduces Newest Resource — A Mobile Athletic Training Room

Approximately 40-50 attended a special ribbon cutting ceremony Monday morning, Aug. 1, 2022, to introduce CHRISTUS’ newest resource — a Mobile Athletic Training Room or MATR (pronounced mater), a specially equipped trailer designed to assist at athletic meets and games. The unit will add to the services available to student athletes who are injured during athletic events or practices. Mobile Athlete Training Room Holding the...

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Annual Joint Meeting Of Genealogical & Historical Societies
Aug01

Annual Joint Meeting Of Genealogical & Historical Societies

The Hopkins County Genealogical Society’s annual joint meeting with the Hopkins County Historical Society will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 18, 2022, in the Winifred Building inside Heritage Park, located at 416 North Jackson Street in Sulphur Springs, Texas. (Masks are optional). Paula Altenbaumer will be portraying Hopkins County historical pioneer woman Elizabeth M. Ashcroft, widow of Dr. Levi Henderson Ashcroft and...

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A Mineola Man Led Police On Chase Going The Wrong Direction On I-30
Aug01

A Mineola Man Led Police On Chase Going The Wrong Direction On I-30

A 75-year-old Mineola man led police on a vehicle pursuit while traveling the wrong direction on I-30 early Saturday morning, according to police reports. A Texarkana man was jailed Friday on a warrant. I-30 pursuit Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Matt Glenn responded to a report of a pickup traveling east into oncoming traffic on the westbound side of Interstate 30 at 1:41 a.m. Saturday, July 30, 2022. Glenn spotted the truck being...

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Trading Post for August 2, 2022
Aug01

Trading Post for August 2, 2022

Seven Great Pyrenees puppies for sale. Five boys and two girls. Call or leave a message at 972-841-9642. Puppies are ready for their new homes. Lots of big Yellow squash $1 each; green bell peppers 2/$1; a few zucchini and hot peppers available; frozen blueberries $5/lb or end-of-season You-pick $3/lb. All from our family farm east of Sulphur Springs; No herbicides or pesticides used. Also have a tub of white-lavender violets $2....

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Meal A Day Menu – Aug. 1-5, 2022
Jul31

Meal A Day Menu – Aug. 1-5, 2022

Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of Aug. 1-5, 2022 includes: Monday – Ham and Potato Casserole, Corn and Normandy Vegetables.Tuesday – Chicken Spaghetti, Italian Vegetables and Garlic Sticks. Wednesday – Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and a...

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Warrant Service Reveals Fake Money And Meth
Jul30

Warrant Service Reveals Fake Money And Meth

Deputies went to a Nicholson Street address to serve a warrant and ended up finding not only the wanted man but also fake money and meth. Alexander Guzman-Thomas Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Scott Davis and Deputy Josh Davis received information that Alexander Guzman-Thomas could be found at a Nicholson Street residence Friday evening. After confirming the warrant for the 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s arrest,...

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