Sulphur Springs News

Christopher Lusk An officer reported to the Adult Probation office Wednesday afternoon and arrested Christopher Lusk on an outstanding warrant for a Motion to Adjudicate guilt from the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office. The Warrant was for Evading Arrest with a vehicle and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Lusk was arrested …

Alberto Trevino, III During a ceremonial check presentation, TWC will award six job training grants to local career and technical education programs. TWC Commissioner Representing Labor, Alberto Trevino, III, will present Thursday, August 24, at 2:00 pm, at Texarkana College Campus in the McCulloch Industrial Technology Center. That is at …

  Brenna Davis, 14, a ninth-grade student at Clayton, Oklahoma, was killed in an ATV wreck Tuesday night. The teen was driving a 2016 Polaris when the vehicle went off the road and rolled over onto the girl, pinning her. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lamar County Judge Brandon Bell defended a ten percent pay increase to all Lamar County elected officials and a $3,500 raise to county employees. His comments came at this week’s commissioner’s meeting. Bell explained the 3.5% state-mandated cap on tax revenues, which requires a public vote on budgets that exceed …

U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs announced that the Eastern District of Texas convicted Corey Johnson, 40, of Jefferson, of federal sex trafficking violations. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking before U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell. According to information …

  Seth Estes Vanover – Smith Co SO A former Longview Police Officer pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to entice a child for sexual activity. Seth Estes Vanover, 51, from Diana, faces a mandatory minimum penalty of ten years to life in prison and a potential life term …

In Texas, attaching or displaying a license plate on a vehicle with a covering, coating, protective substance, or other material that alters or blocks the license plate’s letters, numbers, or color is illegal. A new Texas House bill will make the punishment for doing those things even more harsh. House …

  Samantha Hawthorne A Paris Police Officer recognized Samantha Hawthorne Tuesday afternoon around 2:45 in the 1000 block of Clarksville. Hawthorne had an active warrant for her arrest for Criminal Trespassing, which originated on June 29 in the 2400 block of Cypress St. They arrested and placed her in the …

By Butch Burney Everyone tired of 100-plus-degree weather, raise your hand. Keep them raised if you’re ready for stew! The weather is guaranteed to be more relaxed on the fourth Thursday of October when we will celebrate the 54th Annual Hopkins County Stew Festival, presented by Alliance Bank. T-shirts are …

Wood County Deputies captured two of the three suspects that were the subject of a search near Hawkins and Jarvis Christian University Monday night. They were Jerome Allen Stevenson of Big Sandy and Shae Lynn Robinson of Holly Lake Ranch. Stevenson allegedly started a small fire to aid in his …