Sulphur Springs News

  Tammie Dawn Tholl Bowie County A Northeast Texas woman has pleaded not guilty in Bowie County to felony DWI and murder. Authorities accused 42-year-old Tammy Dawn Tholl of being drunk when she ran over and killed 56-year-old Mark Anthony Murray in Wake Village. Tholl allegedly left the scene of the …

On December 02, at approximately 3:50 pm, Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on SL-571 in Rusk County. Reportedly the driver of a 2012 Jeep Patriot, driven by a female juvenile, was traveling south on SL-571 while at the same time a 2005 Nissan Armada, driven by Floryan Mandoljano, 30, …

Paris ISD Employees Receive GROWL Award Paris ISD principals named employees and students for the October GROWL Award “Getting Results from Outstanding Wildcat Leaders” Customer Service Award – “U – Understanding.” Winners are Dacey Dingman at Head Start, Teresa Mitchell at Givens, Nevaeh Rhodes at Justiss, Peggy Ross at Aikin, …

‘Flu-pocalypse’ predicted due to ineffective flu shots.   (CBS News) Health officials say there is a potentially rough flu season ahead. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 7,000 cases of influenza have been confirmed in the U.S. so far, which is more than double the …

Today is National Microwave Oven Day. On this day we say thank you to American engineer Percy Spencer and his accidental invention. He was self-taught. The story goes that while working with an active radar in 1945, Percy noticed a candy bar in his pocket was melting. He was inspired to …

Billy Foster Tuesday morning, Paris Police worked a welfare concern in the 3800 block of Lamar. Officers arrested Billy Foster, 26, on two misdemeanor offenses. Once at the municipal jail Foster became resistant to officers and struck one of the officers in the face with his head causing a small …

  George Bergin Hopkins County Jail The man arrested by Hopkins County Deputies after a roundup of several hundred heads of malnourished and neglected cattle was initiated by SPCA, has been identified as 61-year-old George Lawrence Bergin of Sulphur Springs. The cows, calves, and bulls were living on at least six …

  A Mexican national has been arrested after he was stopped by a Hopkins County Deputy on I-30 for a traffic violation and ten suspected illegal immigrants were found in his vehicle. The men claimed they were being moved to a new location so they could work off a debt …

  Longtime Hopkins County Clerk Debbie Shirley has announced that she will not seek another term and will retire in December of 2018. Shirley has served Hopkins County for 44 years. Meanwhile, Deputy Clerk Tracy Orr Smith has announced she will seek the GOP nomination for the clerk’s post in …

  Kristal Lynne Bragg Upshur County Jail A 43-year-old East Texas woman has entered into a plea bargain on felony drug charges. Kristal Lynne Bragg, of Gilmer, pleaded guilty to possession of more than four but less than 200 grams of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 20 years behind bars. …