Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Assaulted
September 25, 2017 – Warrant service by Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies led to two arrests at a home on County Road 1441 Saturday morning. A woman at the residence is accused of biting, kicking and hitting Sheriff’s Sgt. Amanda Weatherford. Later a search of the house led to discovery of over four grams of methamphetamine. 34-year old Brandy Dawn Loven of Winnsboro was charged with assaulting a public servant and...
Erratic Driver Sentenced to Two Years in TDJC
Sep 23, 2017 – Friday in Eighth Judicial District Court, Nelson Mitchell Privette, 20 of Winnsboro was sentenced to two years in Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Privette was driving erratically, weaving in and out of traffic, on State Highway 11E in January of this year. He stopped his antics near the Highway 11E/FM 3019 intersection when his vehicle hit another head-on. The accident resulted in a man and wife being flown...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report September 13-19, 2017
September 13th Deputies went out on an Arrest/Warrant Service to Parrish St. near Hawkins; at approximately 1:35 a.m. Deputies searched the area, but were unable to make contact with the individual. Deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle on CR 2263 near Mineola; at approximately 2:20 a.m. Deputies searched the area, but were unable to locate the vehicle. Deputies were dispatched to FM 17 near Alba, at approximately 2:21 a.m., in...
LC Pruiett
LC Pruiett, age 83, of Winnsboro, formerly of Pickton, Sulphur Springs, Midland & Emory, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Winnsboro. LC was born on May 7, 1934, in Lamesa, TX to Walter Henry and Martha Madry Pruiett. LC was born during hard times, one of 15 children, who were all very close. They were raised during times when the children all had to pick cotton, or other...
United Way Begins 2017-2018 Campaign, “Help Starts at Home”
Wednesday at the Southwest Dairy Museum, Hopkins County United Way 2017-2018 Campaign, “Help Starts at Home”, began with the annual workers’ luncheon. The goal for 2017-2018 is $175,000. Funds received during the drive will be allocated to: Boy Scouts of America, Circle Ten Council, $3,500 CANHelp, $11,000 East Texas Council on Alcohol/Drug Abuse, $1,000 Heritage Christian Counseling Center, $9,000 Hopkins County 4-H, $2,700 Hopkins...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report September 6-12, 2017
September 6th Deputies were dispatched to Loop 564 near Mineola, at approximately 2:37 a.m., in reference to an alarm. Deputies checked the building and it was secure. Deputies were dispatched to PR 5556 near Alba, at approximately 3:45 a.m., in reference to suspicious circumstances. Deputies searched the area, but were unable to locate any activity. Deputies were dispatched to FM 17 near Alba, at approximately 4:45 a.m., in reference...
Montez Temple
Montez Temple, age 93 of Winnsboro, passed away on Friday, September 8th, 2017 in Winnsboro. She was born on June 21st, 1924 in Seagraves to the late Ebenezer Wilcox and Luria Olie Jane Wilcox. She was a member of the Winnsboro Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ and spent her life as homemaker wife and mother. She was preceded in death by Her Parents and a Son, Larry Powell. She is survived by, Husband, Bobby Temple of Winnsboro;...
Anna Mae Stephens
Anna Mae Stephens of Winnsboro Texas passed away September 9, 2017 in Mt Vernon Texas at the age of 92. The oldest of three, Anna Mae was born July 23, 1925 in Olathe, Kansas to the late Charles and Edith Radcliff. She was raised in Chillicothe, Missouri graduating from Chillicothe High School. Upon graduation, she went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. She married Cpl. Donald Vernon Stephens on February 27, 1945 in Our...
Bessie Justiss Cason
Bessie Justiss Cason was born at the cotton gin at Snow Hill, TX, on February 7, 1915. She graduated in the class of 1934 and was the oldest living alumni of Dangerfield High School. She attended Abilene Christian College (now Abilene Christian University) in Abilene, TX. She married Olin Eugene Cason on November 17, 1946, and they lived their entire married life in Dangerfield and Atlanta, TX. She loved being a homemaker and was a...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report August 30-September 5, 2017
August 30th Deputies spoke with the reporting party at approximately 8:23 a.m., in reference to a dog bite that occurred on CR 3495 near Hawkins. The owner of the dog was advised of the quarantine protocol. Deputies were dispatched to CR 3802 near Hawkins, at approximately 10:16 a.m., in reference to a burglary. Actors, or actors unknown, stole several items from the reporting party’s residence. This case has been forwarded to...
