Not actual plane involved in crash A small twin-engine plane made a harrowing emergency landing north of Sulphur Springs Sunday morning. Authorities say the pilot, from out of town, was taking the plane out for a test drive after repairs when mechanical problems occurred. The pilot tried to make it …
Read More »Upcoming Productions for Sulphur Community Players
Opening this coming weekend–four performances starring two different couples in A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters, the story of childhood friends Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner. Their lifelong correspondence begins when both are children with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards. The pair continues to communicate throughout their lives, and …
Read More »Denton ISD Proposes Health & Wellness Clinic
The Denton ISD Board of Trustees is constructing a district-owned Employee & Family Health & Wellness Clinic. Potential sites could include any of the district’s vacated buildings, such as the Old Denton High School field house or Calhoun Middle School. The facility could be up and running by August this …
Read More »Drug Bust In Yantis
Wood County Dupities arrested three people and seized 1.6 pounds of methamphetamine following a traffic stop near Yantis Saturday. Deputies then seized an additional 3.5 grams of methamphetamine during a search just off CR 1858. Those arrested have been charged with Manufacturing and delivering a controlled substance. They have not …
Read More »Parolee Arrested In Sulphur Springs
Reportedly a man wanted by the Bureau of Pardons and Paroles was at a motel in Sulphur Springs, but when officers showed up to investigate, the man had fled his room. So instead, they found 34-year Thomas Joseph Lynch, of no fixed address, in another room and arrested him for …
Read More »Hopkins County Genealogical Society
Invited are members and non-members to the monthly meeting of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society on Thursday at 7:00 pm at the Sulphur Springs Public Library at 611 North Davis Street. The featured speaker will be Lee Green, who has an impressive collection of Caddo Indian artifacts found in Hopkins …
Read More »Former Quitman City Employee Charged
A former City of Quitman, a water department clerk, accused of embezzling money from the department, was scheduled for a court hearing Friday. Instead, she waived her arraignment, and a trial date is now March 10. Amber Highnote worked for the Water Department from 2017 – 2021. Officials say the …
Read More »Titus County Jail Booking
Reco Hawkins Deputies arrested 49-year-old Reco Hawkins of Mt. Pleasant for Possession of more than four but less than 200 grams of Controlled Substance, a warrant for Violation of Probation for Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Class C misdemeanor warrants. He’s in the Titus County Jail.
Read More »Grand Saline FD Fires Captain
The Grand Saline Fire Department has issued a press release concerning Patrick Rowe, charged with sexual assault of a child and the online solicitation of a minor. As a result, the department terminated him from his position as a fire captain. The Grand Saline Police Department said the investigation is …
Read More »Plans To Marry 14-Year-Old Ends In Arrest
Henderson County authorities arrested a man who they say had arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl in Athens and marry her. Investigators staked out the store where they were to meet up, and 22-year-old Joseph Melton of Cedar Hill was seen entering the store and immediately going to the bathroom …
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