A court sentenced three East Texans for their roles in an international drug trafficking operation. Sentenced was 36-year-old Rodolfo Javier Falcon of Camp County to 30 years in prison. He agreed to forfeit $5 million in drug proceeds; 41-year-old Eleazar Martinez Reyes of Camp County received 87 months and forfeiture …

Hopkins County Emergency Management reports that there are now only six patients in the COVID Unit of Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs. The Texas DSHS COVID Dashboard shows 175 active cases and a total of 103 deaths from the virus. There have been 2,664 recoveries from the virus.

Chacey Poynter Hunt County SO The Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas will review the case of a Hunt County woman sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her husband, a University Park Fire Department Captain. Attorneys for Chacey Poynter of Royse City claim in their appeal that …

State Rep Bryan Slaton Representative Bryan Slaton, who represents Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties in the state legislature, has filed a bill to ensure individuals’ right in hospitals and other facilities to be visited by their immediate family and religious clergy during their end-of-life care. Slaton said the bill …

The Texas DSHS COVID Dashboard shows there are currently 381 cases of Coronavirus in Titus County. There have been 82 fatalities from the disease and an estimated 3,155 recoveries from the virus.

Marie Tippit photo Murray Orwosky FH The widow of the Dallas police officer killed by Lee Harvey Oswald about 45 minutes after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination has died at the age of 92. According to her son, Marie Tippit, the wife of Officer J.D. Tippit, died at the Christus …

Message to the Community From the Sulphur Springs ISD Under our Governor’s Executive Order GA-34, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has updated its Public Health Planning Guidance, requiring school districts to continue to comply with masking requirements unless they evoke an exception. The University Interscholastic League has issued the same …

  High school students in Lamar County are learning life-long lessons through a program offered by the Texas Workforce Commission through the Lamar County Shared Services Arrangement. Students are taught a state-based curriculum in preparing them for the workforce that includes job skills, problem-solving skills, team building, and money management. …

Acting US Attorney For Eastern District Of Texas Nicholas J. Ganjei BEAUMONT, Texas: In connection with the Social Security Administration’s March 4 National “Slam the Scam” day, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas reminds the public to be vigilant of Social Security scam calls. “For the …

  In January, the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce announced that Lezley Brown would be resigning her position at the Chamber in the middle of April. The Board of Directors began their selection process and has chosen their final candidate. Butch Burney will assume the role of President/CEO of the …