North Lamar High School Sophomore Melody Shannon and Junior Brock Garrison competed at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference, March 3-5, in Houston.  The team placed second in Business Financial Plan and will advance to the national competition in June, in Atlanta, Georgia.  The …

    The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is urging drivers on Texas roadways to adhere to all traffic laws and use extra caution when driving during the weeks of Spring Break, when highway traffic can increase. “Safe driving practices and complying with traffic laws help drivers avoid dangerous …

    A National Weather Service SKYWARN classes will be held from 7 PM through 9 PM tonight( Monday 3/7) , at the Agri-Life Community Center in Emory. Another will be held tomorrow night at 7 in Sulphur Springs at City Hall in cooperation with the Sulphur Springs Police Department. …

    A new bond was set at $10,000 for a man jailed Sunday in Hopkins County. 42 year old Kerry Louis Bailey was booked into the jail for forfeiture of his previous bond on a charge of Evading Arrest and Detention with a vehicle.

    38 year old. David Robert Cherry is being held in the Hopkins County jail under a total of $45,000 bond. He was arrested for bond forfeiture on a previous arrest for Assault of a Public Servant

    New details have been released on the alleged fatal beating of an East Texas corrections officer by an inmate. A report showed that 38 year old Billy Joel Tracy, an inmate at the Telford Unit in New Boston didn’t have his handcuffs double locked by guard Timothy Davison. …

    The Jury panel summoned to report for the 62ND DISTRICT COURT on Monday, March 7, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. HAS BEEN CANCELLED.   If you have a question regarding your summons please call the District Clerk’s office at (903) 737-2427 and a clerk will be glad to help you.

      Wood County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a case of child abuse and injury to a child following notification by ETMC in Quitman of a two month old female child with multiple fractured bones. The first information was that the infant had four fractured ribs on each …

    A Sulphur Springs man on probation for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon has had that probation revoked. 21 year old Brandon Ray Timmons was sentenced to 3 years in prison. While on probation, he was arrested in December by the Special Crimes Unit for …

  Testimony in a new trial will begin Tuesday in Wood County District Court for a man convicted of murdering a woman and her son. Jason Payne was found guilty of fatally shooting Nichole Payne and her son Austin Wages at their home in Quitman, but the conviction was overturned …