Sulphur Springs News

    Christopher Scot Bridges Hunt County Jail A Josephine man has been arrested on multiple charges, including throwing a full can of gasoline on a Hunt County Deputy. Christopher Scot Bridges, 46, is being held in the Hunt County Detention Center in lieu of $85,000 on charges that include …

    After deliberating only 13 ½ minutes, a Hopkins County jury convicted Dana Lynn Gandy, aka Dana Lynn Haynesworth of felony theft. She had been charged with theft from  Walmart of less than $2500 with two prior convictions. She will be sentenced on November 28 after a pre-trial investigation. …

  The Hopkins County United Way Campaign reports that the total raised  to date is $150,000.33. While they still have more money to bring in, the campaign has  confidence it will receive the additional money needed to fully fund, as budgeted, the eighteen organizations this Campaign will help support in …

    LaTosha Childress Hopkins County Jail Two people were arrested on felony drug charges after Hopkins County Deputies conducted a traffic stop at the corner of Alabama and Jennings. The deputy reportedly saw items thrown from the vehicle which later was found to be a glass pipe and just …

Kristi Lynn Hooten Hopkins County Jail After a lengthy investigation by the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office, a Sulphur Springs insurance agent has been arrested for theft of property. Kristi Lynn Hooten, 40, the operator of “Connect Insurance,” allegedly created fake auto insurance cards from major companies but did not provide …

COST OF LIVING INDEX QUARTERLY UPDATE Among the 267 urban areas that participated in the third quarter 2017 Cost of Living Index, the after-tax cost for a professional/managerial standard of living ranged from more than twice the national average in New York (Manhattan) NY to more than 20 percent below …

Tuesday night around 9:40, a Trooper made a traffic stop eastbound on IH-20 in Smith County near the 559-mile marker. During the roadside interview, the vehicle, a maroon colored Volvo SUV, turned out was stolen from Cedar Park. The driver chose to evade law enforcement, traveling eastbound on IH-20. The …

    Chamber of Commerce hosts a Customer Service Lunch + Learn The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Lunch + Learn on Wednesday, November 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. This Lunch + Learn will focus on Customer Service initiatives including …

  The meeting of the UIL Executive Committee today concerning an allegedly ineligible player for the Sulphur Springs Wildcat Basketball team has been postponed. Superintendent Mike Lamb said he is having back problems and will be unable to make the trip to Austin for the meeting. Sulphur Springs ISD was …

  Tuesday was Constitutional Amendment Election Day Texas and all of the amendments passed. Winnsboro ISD voters overwhelmingly passed a $31.5 million bond issue and corresponding tax increase. The vote was 1007 to 308.