News

June, 2022

• 23 June

  East Texas Man Guilty Of Using Stolen Valor

    Derek Robert Hamm TYLER, Texas– U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced that a Tyler man pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas. Derek Robert Hamm, 38, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, violating the Stolen Valor Act, using a fraudulent military discharge certificate, and being …
• 23 June

  Fatal Van Zandt County Crash

  Thursday morning at 2:13, a traffic accident claimed the life of Austin J. Moore, 28, of Wills Point. Paramedics took Tatum M. Reed, 22, of Canton, to a Tyler hospital in critical condition. They overcorrected after traveling off the road on FM 17 about two miles south of Grand Saline …
• 23 June

  Murder Suspects Transported Back To Hopkins County

  Diamonte Jakeli Paynes Aleigha Denise Coble They have extradited to Hopkins County two murder suspects arrested by Hopkins County Deputies and a Texas Ranger in St. Louis. Authorities are accusing 27-year-old Diamonte Jakeli Paynes of Fort Worth and 20-year-old Aleigha Denise Coble of Colbert, Oklahoma, of killing 35-year-old Giovanni Alexis …
• 23 June

  PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Holds Robotics Coding Camp

  Paris Junior College – Sulphur Springs Center The Paris Junior College Robotics Coding Camp has been conducted this week at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center. Sixteen sixth, seventh and eighth graders participated, with PJC computer science instructor Cedric Crawford the camp instructor. Below, seventh grader Kayden Pierce has completed building his …
• 23 June

  Hopkins County Commissioners Meeting, Work Session Agendas 06.27

     TIME: 9:00 A.M. DATE: Monday, June 27, 2022 PLACE: The Commissioners’ Courtroom Is On The First Floor Of The Hopkins County Courthouse, 118 Church St., Sulphur Springs, TX.   Invocation Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag  AMERICAN FLAG: TEXAS FLAG: “Honor The Texas Flag; I Pledge Allegiance To Thee, Texas, …
• 23 June

  Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Hosts 3rd Annual Designer Handbag Bingo

  The Hopkins County Health Care (HCHC) Foundation is making plans for the ever-popular Designer Handbag Bingo. Tickets and sponsorships are now available for this event on Thursday, August 4, at the Hopkins County Civic Center, with doors opening at 5:00 pm and bingo play starting at 6:00 pm. This event …
• 23 June

  Paris Police Report For Thursday (Jun 23)

  Mark Curtis Smith Paris Police stopped a vehicle in the 200-block of Graham St at 1:38 Wednesday afternoon for an expired registration violation. The driver, Mark Curtis Smith, 62, of Paris, had an outstanding felony Lamar County bond surrender warrant. Officers arrested Smith and placed him in the Lamar County …
• 23 June

  Marshall Police Find Teen Dead

  A 17-year-old female was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon in Marshall after being found unresponsive in a car. Marshall Police and Fire Department responded after someone called about the female. Paramedics transported her to CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center in Marshall, where she was pronounced dead.
• 23 June

  Countys Added To Burn Bans

  The Marion County Judge banned all outdoor burning throughout the county due to the continued hot, dry conditions. In addition, Panola County’s Judge declared a threat of wildfires, and a burn ban is in effect county-wide for the next seven days. Van Zandt County enact a burn ban. Judge Robert D. …
• 23 June

  Texas Power Grid Holding During Heat Wave

  v The triple-digit temperatures are showing no sign of slowing, but, so far, the Texas power grid is holding up. Professor Michael Webber at the University of Texas says we’re getting bailed out by green energy. At times, wind and solar power supply 40 percent of the power that the …