54 year old former North Lamar Education Foundation Treasurer Leah Pursifull has been sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years probation after pleading guilty to embezzlement from the foundation. Pursifull was also ordered to pay more than $141,000 in restitution to the organization.  Pursifull was ordered …

A 47-year-old Carrollton, Texas man has been found guilty of child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas. Oscar Figueroa was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 15, 2015 and charged with coercion and enticement of minors.  Figueroa was found guilty today following a four day trial …

  Texas A&M University-Commerce is honored to host Lalo Alcaraz, a nationally known Chicano artist, writer and cartoonist, on Monday, April 4. The event will be at 6 p.m. in the Hall of Languages, room 203, on the campus of A&M-Commerce. Admission is free, and the event is open to …

    TSCRA Special Ranger Toney Hurley arrested a Fannin County man for allegedly paying for cattle at the Sulphur Springs Sale Barn with a bad check. 45 year old Timothy Randall Mayo of Bonham was transported back to the Hopkins County jail where he was booked on 3rd degree …

    Special Crimes Unit Officers arrested two Sulphur Springs men on felony drug charges. 23 year old Miles Anthony Hutchings and 34 year old Joe Perez, Junior were charged with manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance in a Drug Free Zone. Bond was set for each man at …

  A man called the #1 methamphetamine dealer in Franklin County was convicted Thursday on three counts of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. Scott Everett Shine was sentenced by a Franklin County jury to life in prison on each charge. Shines must serve at least 30 years in prison before …

  Two men have been arrested by Mt. Pleasant police in connection with the recent burglaries of vehicles and buildings. 38 year old Damon Jones of Mount Pleasant was caught breaking into a vehicle in the 700 block of 16th Street. He was charged with burglary and possession of a …

  Authorities are continuing to search for the male driver of a dark blue or black compact hatchback sedan involved in a hit and run near Wills Point. The incident left one person critically injured. Police say the car may have sustained damage to the front end.

    by Meredith Caddell  Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament—April 8th @ SS Country Club…Register NOW! Registration forms are available NOW for the 27th Annual Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament that will take place on Friday, April 8th at the beautifully redesigned Sulphur Springs Country Club.  If you would like …

    A  Sulphur Springs teen has been transported  to the Upshur County jail. 18 year old Brandon John Stowater  faces charges there of Burglary of a Habitation, Resisting Arrest, Failure to Identify and Theft. He also faces a Hopkins County warrant for violating his probation on drug charges.