Sulphur Springs News

    A new scam with callers claiming to be U.S. Marshals has been reported in parts of East Texas. The scammers tell people they failed to appear for a federal summons or jury duty, and if they don’t pay a fee, they will be jailed. The scammers have people’s …

  Authorities are investigating a Thursday morning burglary at the Attorney General’s office in Longview. Investigators say computers and personal items were taken during the break-in. There have been no arrests in the incident and the investigation is continuing  

    Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced that a Texas pilot has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and arson charges. Theodore Robert Wright, III, 32, formerly of Kemah, Texas, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell to conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to commit …

    The Annie Sims Elementary School 4th Grade Honors Choir performed a variety of Christmas songs including “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” for the staff of the Mt. Pleasant ISD Administration Building Friday at Noon. The employees loved hearing from the …

‘Ten Worst Toys’ list includes swords, drones, fidget spinners (USA TODAY) Superheroes may be a hit at the box office, but some of the spun off from the movie franchises aren’t finding fans among consumer safety advocates. The Wonder Woman Battle-Action Sword and the Spider-Man Official Movie Spider-Drone are among …

Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On this day we remember and honor the 2,403 citizens of the United States who Japan killed in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. “December 7, 1941 – a date,” President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously proclaimed, “which …

Silas Hornback | Glen Maxey | Eric Pokorski Angela Collins Wednesday Paris Police arrested Silas Hornback, 31, on an outstanding felony motion to revoke probation warrant. They arrested Glen Maxey, 52, on an outstanding parole violation warrant. Officers detained Eric Pokorski, 41, for the same type of parole violation. Also …

  Edmeeshia Louise Swanson Hopkins County Jail A 29-year-old Lubbock woman was arrested at the Hopkins County Courthouse for possession of more than four but less than 400 grams of a controlled substance. She was also charged with a Lubbock warrant for prostitution. Her bonds total $58,000.      

  Jaylon Michael Williams Hopkins County Jail A 31-year-old Sulphur Springs man had his bond revoked. Jaylon Michael Williams had allegedly violated the terms of his bond on a charge of Assault Family Violence by Impeding Breathing. He must now post a $10,000 cash bond to be released from jail.

A State Trooper was assisting Linden Police Department by directing traffic to the scene of the wreck last night when a vehicle ignored the trooper’s direction to stop. It drove past him instead. The trooper pursued the vehicle, which pulled over. The trooper got out to speak to the driver, …