Testimony in the murder trial of 20 year old Tilton Isaiah Mapps of Greenville is scheduled to get underway today in Hopkins County District Court.  Mapps is accused of killing Jonathan Young in Pacific Park in June of 2015.

    Bond has been increased for a Pickton man already being held in the Hopkins County jail on burglary charges. Authorities served 33 year old Clayton Matthew Hykel  with a Kaufman County  warrant for Assault Family Violence and that bond was set at $200,000. A new charge of possession …

    A Wood County man is being held in the Hopkins County jail on multiple charges. 36 year old HB Spears II is being held on a total of $35,000 bond on Wood County warrants for Failure to Appear and Possession of a controlled substance.  Bond was denied on …

    Two East Texas inmates have died while in custody at county jails.   47 year old Jay McEvers of Canton was found unresponsive in his single occupancy cell at the Van Zandt County jail and was later pronounced dead. Wood County jailers discovered 69 year old Robert Sharp of …

    A  Hunt County grand jury has indicted  Ricky Lee Trenton Overly of Campbell on a murder charge in connection with the death of 4 year old Carson Rodriguez. The grand jury also handed down an indictment on the murder count that will be unsealed during arraignment.  Overly had …

    A Quinlan man has been sentenced to prison in connection with a shooting that occurred in December.  28 year old John Curtis Bostick pleaded guilty to 2 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 2 years in prison, with credit for 233 days already …

    A Texas State Trooper attempted to make a traffic stop for a defective tail light in Texarkana Saturday, and that led to an hour and 15 minute chase on Hwy 67 and I-30  that finally ended in Arkansas when the trooper shot out a tire of the suspect’s …

    Bond has been set at $568,000 for an East Texas man on multiple charges after he was arrested by Gregg County authorities.  27 year old Dontray Veon Nelson of Henderson is accused of evading arrest/detention with previous conviction, theft of firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm by a …

    A New Jersey man was stabbed to death a party in Henderson County and an East Texas man has been arrested on murder charges. Athens police say 27 year old Mark Groendyk was transported to a local hospital by a private vehicle and then flown to ETMC in …

      Press Release From Wood County Sheriff Jim Brown While conducting routine 30 minute security checks of the separation cells in the Wood County Jail THursday, detention officers discovered an inmate who was unresponsive.  The inmate is identified as Robert Sharp, W/M, 69 years of age, of Holly …