Sulphur Springs News

TEXAS LOTTERY URGES CAUTION IN GIFTING TICKETS TO CHILDREN The agency joins lotteries and community organizations worldwide in the 2023 Gift Responsibly Campaign. AUSTIN – During the holiday season, lottery products stand out as a popular gift choice, but the Texas Lottery emphasizes the importance of not gifting them to children. …

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Transfer of $8.5 Billion to State Highway and Rainy Day Funds.   (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he has completed the transfer of about $3.06 billion into the State Highway Fund (SHF) and $5.46 billion to the Economic Stabilization Fund, ESF, commonly known …

For twenty-six years, the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has had one goal: to improve healthcare in Hopkins County. We have come a long way, baby! The Foundation has funded millions of dollars of medical equipment, projects, and technology through the local hospital and hospital district. The Foundation has saved …

Briana Lafrance Brisker | Shaquishala Sharnae Wooten Thursday, a Paris business reported shoplifting amounting to over $100.00 but less than $750.00 in the 3800 block of Lamar Avenue. Two suspects intentionally scanned items with a false retail tag before attempting to leave the store. Officers arrested them after being stopped …

Judge Eddie Northcutt sentenced Gerald Lee Adams, 61, of Sulphur Springs, to seven years in prison in connection with a vehicle crash that resulted in the deaths of four people in December 2022. Reportedly, Adams was traveling northbound on State Highway 19 when he failed to control his speed and …

The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation appreciates Chad’s Media’s support. In particular, the videos and coverage of the Gala help highlight the Foundation’s work and its impact on the local community. Surrounded by Chad’s Media employees are, in the middle, Chad Kopal, owner of Chad’s Media, and Gala Chairs John …

Smith County prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty for a Tyler man accused of killing two dentists when he became angry over his dentures. Smith County indicted 41-year-old Steven Alexander Smith on a capital murder of multiple persons charge in connection with the incident.

Officials dismissed the charges against a former Athens ISD bus driver in connection with a fatal crash his bus had with a freight train in 2019. The crash killed 13-year-old Christopher Bonilla and seriously injured nine-year-old Joselyne Torres.