PJC Holds GED Graduation Ceremony
Nearly 50 students were recognized recently during a ceremony held by the Paris Junior College Adult Education Department. The keynote speaker, Blake Moore, is a graduate himself of the Adult Education Program at PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. Born and raised in Sulphur Springs, Moore obtained his GED certificate from the PJC program and now works full-time at an auto parts store while he majors in psychology, taking classes at the...
Jackson Lee Sanders
Jackson Lee Sanders, age 2, of Winnsboro, TX passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017. He was born April 28, 2015 in Mount Pleasant, TX to Lanna Arrington Sanders and Cory Ray Sanders. When Jackson was not with his mama, he was serving as the cheerful “greeter” at the auto parts store or helping his daddy take hay to the cows. If Jackson was not by Lanna or Cory’s side, he was playing with Bai; he loved his Sissy and she was a patient and...
Meth in His Shoe
A bag of marijuana and digital scales with methamphetamine residue was not all Robert Charles Mathews, 33, 0f Winnsboro had in his possession when stopped by a Hopkins County deputy on FM 3019 at CR 2396. Mathews was nervous when stopped and was told to exit the vehicle. A pat down followed for the safety of the officer. When the contraband was found in the vehicle following consent to search, Mathews said he had nothing else in his...
Frances Kenny
Mrs. Frances Kenny, age 92 of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 in Winnsboro. She was born on January 9th, 1925 in Wood County to the late Jim Turner and Gussie Mae McKern Turner. She was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Joe Turner; sister, Mildred Adams; two infant siblings; and two great grandchildren, Madison and Nicholas Norton. Mrs. Kenny is survived by...
Nurses Week at Christus Mother Francis Hospital
Visiting the KSST Morning Show on May 9, 2017 during National Nurses Week were a trio of health professionals from Christus Mother Francis Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Tanna Lampp Holland , an 11-year employee, is Case Manager and Coordinator of Medical/Surgical Pediatrics. ICU Director Susan McGrady started as an ICU nurse 24 years ago. Sherry Moore, center, Director of Marketing and Chaplaincy is actually not a nurse but began her...
Jennifer Crist
Jennifer Crist, age 57 of Pickton, passed away on Saturday, May 6th, 2017 in Tyler. She was born on June 5th, 1959 in Princefredrick to the late Hammen Weems and Marie Weems. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Vernon Christ. She is survived by, sons, Johnny Ray Peckham, George Peckham, Jr. and Charlie Peckham; daughters, Etheena Sanders, Linda Geffers, Elizabeth Peckham, Sebrena Peckham and...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 26-May 2, 2017
April 26th Deputies were dispatched to CR 2560 in Mineola, at approximately 8:26 a.m., in reference to the reporting party’s vehicle being burned. The reporting party stated he did not know what caused the fire. At 11:25 p.m., on N. Beulah St. in Hawkins, a deputy pulled a driver over for an obscured license plate. Once he made contact with the driver, he smelled the marijuana, which gave him probable cause to search the vehicle....
Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 19-25
April 19th Deputies were dispatched to CR 3120 in Quitman at 2:06 a.m. on a theft call. The reporting party stated that a noise from outside of the residence woke him from his sleep. He walked outside and saw a man running from his shed toward a vehicle parked on the roadway. He checked his shed and noticed his leaf blower was missing. This has been forwarded to investigators for follow-up. Deputies were dispatched to CR 4540 in...
Lodema Cox
Mrs. Lodema Cox, age 89 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, April 27th, 2017 in Winnsboro. She was born on July 26th, 1927 in Wood County to the late William Busby and Bertha Collins Busby. She was a homemaker and a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, William Edger Cox; two sisters, seven brothers and one grandson, Arnold Lee Crofford, She is survived by, daughters, Glenda...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down 81 Indictments in April, 2017
A total of 81 indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Monday afternoon, April 24, 2017. Not all are listed below awaiting the arrest of the indicted. Those who have been arrested and indicted include: David Allen Woolverton, Jr., 35 of Como for seven counts of Prohibited Sexual Conduct. The conduct with a family member began in 2011 and has continued until the arrest. Woolverton had been charged with one count for...
