Sulphur Springs PD Press Release 

From the SSISD Administration Sulphur Springs ISD Administration must inform you that a community member was arrested at Sulphur Springs High School Thursday. The community member entered the high school student entrance during lunchtime, and the school administration intercepted and immediately removed them. The Sulphur Springs ISD Police Department was …

People are bracing for another spike in COVID cases, with the Omicron variant starting to take hold in North Texas. As a result, doctors are keeping a very close eye on it. While it’s too early to say for sure, many doctors believe while Omicron may be more contagious, it …

The Texas Public Utility Commission voted to enact reforms to improve the state’s electric grid’s reliability. Among them is implementing a new formula to determine how they price electricity as reserve power becomes scarce. They say another change will provide long-term incentives for investment in reliable power generation infrastructure. However, …

As is the case every year, scammers are out in full force this holiday season, stopping at nothing to extract your hard-earned money from you. The Better Business Bureau says one widespread scam this year involves finding what appears to be the perfect pet online. So before shopping at an …

Former Honey Grove teacher and softball coach Carley Price was indicted Thursday by a Fannin County grand jury on charges of improper relationship with a student and online solicitation of a minor. The alleged victim is a 15-year-old boy. She is currently out on bond. The Fannin County grand jury …

The CDC reports 46 new cases of COVID and two new hospital admissions for Hopkins County on Thursday. On Wednesday, the active case count of the virus was 90, and three people in Hopkins County died of the virus in the past 45 days while the CDC reported 46 new …

Mark Douglas Kelly Sulphur Springs Police arrested an 18-year-old Sulphur Springs man on a first-degree felony warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Mark Douglas Kelly is in the Hopkins County Jail on a $100,000 bond.

Jason Micael McCarthy Jason Michael McCarthy of Humble, Texas, was arrested in Hunt County on a charge of Continuous Sexual Assault of a Child. His bond is $20,000, but no other details are available. Robert Daniel Ruffin Hunt County arrested Robert Daniel Ruffin of Quinlan on three counts of Aggravated …

Billy Earl Baker The boyfriend of a Big Sandy woman has been found guilty in Florida of murdering her. A Florida grand jury indicted 52-year-old Billy Earl Baker of Lindale for killing 38-year-old Candice Wesson Cooper at a beach in the Florida Keys. The sentencing phase of his trial begins …