Friday, February 21,  is the deadline for people over the age of 65, the sick or disabled, or those who will be out of the county, to apply to vote by mail in the upcoming Texas Primary. The application must be turned in to the county election office. Early voting …

  Deputies arrested 25-year-old James Jerrell Robinson in Titus County on a local warrant for theft. He was also charged on two Lamar County warrants for theft, and a Bowie County warrant for Burglary of a Building. Titus County arrested 26-year-old Juan Luis Gil, Jr., of Mt Pleasant, for Assault …

Rodney Lee Harrison A joint investigation by Sulphur Springs Police, Hopkins County Deputies, CPS, and McKinney Police resulted in the arrest of 50-year-old Rodney Lee Harrison on warrants for sex crimes involving two young children in Sulphur Springs and Pickton. Officials arrested him in McKinney and transported him to the …

Joseph Stephens Hunt County Jail Joseph Stephens, of Greenville, entered into a plea bargain with Hunt County prosecutors and has pleaded guilty to murdering his son, Demontre Diquincy Washington, in February of 2019. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. As part of the plea bargain, charges of Tampering …

Paula Tanner Chad Tanner Jury selection is June 22 in Hunt County for two people accused of theft of more than $2,500 but less than $30,000 from Commerce-E-Corps. Chad Lee Tanner and Paula Michele Tanner pleaded not guilty in the case. The Hunt County Office of Homeland Security conducted the …

Tyrone Jamaal Williams Hunt County Jail The man charged with the Capital murder of a mother and daughter near Commerce wants new lawyers to represent him in the case. Tyrone Jamaal Williams wants to dismiss the attorney team from the West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases program. Williams …

Mugshot Not Available A traffic stop by a Quitman Police Officer resulted in the arrest of a teenager on narcotics and weapons charges. The A-17-year-old male reportedly had possession of a gun and a quantity of methamphetamine. A K-9 at the scene alerted to more drugs in the vehicle. The …

Bond is $180,000 for an East Texas man who was in a motor vehicle crash and assaulted two EMTs who were treating him at the scene. Officials charged Eddie Davion Zarazua, of Longview, with three counts of assaulting emergency medical service responders, possession of marijuana, and felony drug trafficking.

The local chapter of the Master Gardeners of Texas AgriLife Extension Service is offering FREE short courses to help local gardeners. The first class will be on vegetable gardens and will be conducted by local expert Donna James on Thursday evening, February 20, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at …

During the year 2020, The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is highlighting a business each week. Please join in congratulating this Business of the Week for February 20, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Inpatient Rehab.