Sulphur Springs News

ERCOT Thursday asked residents, businesses, and government agencies to conserve energy between 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm voluntarily. The Texas power grid operator warns that extreme temperatures, high forecasted demand, and low reserves of wind-generated electricity could strain the grid. ERCOT’s predictions expect the grid to handle the surge, but …

Zavier RollersonA Paris police officer sent to a disturbance in the 300 block of 18th SW, was advised that a suspect, Zavier Rollerson, was found in the backseat of a victim’s car and when confronted, began to have a medical event. Paris EMS was on scene treating the suspect. Rollerson …

Hopkins County Deputies arrested Deontae Rayshaad Earl Harper on a warrant for Bond Forfeiture on a charge of Fraudulent Use or Possession of items of Identification. They disclosed no information about the offense or bond amount; he is in the Hopkins County Jail. Deputies arrested Romance Julius Murphy on a …

Mugshot not availableVan Zandt County Deputies have arrested a Modesto, California, cold-case murder suspect. They are accusing 76-year-old Ray Lewis Stafford of killing 15-year-old Susan Robin Bender in 1986. He was found at his home near Wills Point and taken into custody. He’s being held in the Van Zandt County …

Shreveport Police issued a regionwide alert for a murder suspect. They are accusing Richard Spencer of fatally shooting his girlfriend during an argument. Spencer was last driving a black 2010 Mazda 3 sedan with a loud exhaust and silver rims, Louisiana tags 271 DNC. He’s considered armed and dangerous and …

  SHERMAN, Texas – U.S. attorney Damien M. Diggs of the Eastern District of Texas announced that an Allen man, convicted of multiple federal violations related to a fraud scheme that included the murder of a Carrollton man, has been sentenced to life in federal prison. Keith Todd Ashley, 51, …

After Thursday, only nine counties in Northeast Texas do not have burn bans. They are Camp, Collin, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River, Titus, and Wood.

Mario Edwardo Lozano Wednesday afternoon, officers accompanied Lamar County Probation Department members to a residence in the 1200 block of Cooper St. on a Probation Violation warrant. Officers contacted Mario Edwardo Lozano as he tried to flee the place. They arrested Lozano and found marijuana, drug paraphernalia, narcotics, and one …

The Texas Tribune reports that the state attorney general’s office dealt a blow to Franklin County, which has been searching for ways to keep solar farms away. Some residents in Franklin have been fighting proposals for solar development because they don’t want to see trees cut down, grasslands scraped, or …

A new Texas law, effective September 1, requires that public school students caught with e-cigarettes on or near campus will be required to take an alternative education program. They must pass an assessment at the end of the course to be eligible to return to the classroom. If the alternative …