Organizers of the Bob Wills Fiddle Festival, scheduled for November 6 and 7 in Greenville, have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Public and private funds fund the festival as a non-profit festival. They rescheduled it for October 29 and 30 of 2021.

Kalabe James Brown Titus County Jail Deputies arrested 19-year-old Kalabe James Brown, of Mt. Pleasant, for Possession of a Controlled Substance and two counts of Unauthorized Use of Vehicle. His bonds total $9,000. Titus County arrested 19-year-old Pedro Angel Ramirez, of Mt. Pleasant, for Evading Arrest with a Vehicle. He …

James Wilson Burks Upshur County Jail The former chief of the East Mountain Fire Department has pleaded guilty to misapplication of fiduciary property belonging to the department. Upshur County prosecutors say 45-year-old James Wilson Burks stole more than $40,000 and used it to gamble, buy items for his girlfriend, and …

  A Panola County grand jury has indicted a former Beckville coach for allegedly sending sexually explicit photos to  2 students over social media. Thirty-year-old Anthony D-Andre Moore of Carthage was arrested after the contents of the student’s phones were downloaded by officers.

  The largest Lotto Texas jackpot in more than a decade is over $36-million. The drawing is tonight, and it’s the largest since May 29, 2010. The advertised jackpot prize was $97 million. Right now, Wednesday’s jackpot is the fifth-largest lottery prize up for grabs in the world.

Trapped mosquitos in the Ridgecrest area of Greenville tested positive for West Nile Virus. Trucks will be spraying Wednesday, September 2, Thursday, September 3, and Friday, September 4, at 7:00 pm, weather permitting. The spraying will take about 3-4 hours, and they recommend that citizens stay indoors during this time. …

  Rodolfo Javier Falcon, 36, of Titus County, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute controlled substances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline M. Craven on August 20, 2020. Falcon agreed to forfeit $5 million in drug proceeds. Jose Armando Rosales-Bernal, 27, of Dallas County, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute controlled …

COVID Hot Topics   Local Health Authority for Hopkins County: Dr. Balkcom, MD Brynn Smith, RN, EMT-P Teresa Botello, EMT-P Jennifer Davis, RN 903-440-5902 lha@hchdems.com COVID is transmitted through droplets. Droplet Video COVID is prevented by preventing those droplets from infecting you and preventing you from infecting others. This is …