Sulphur Springs News

Wednesday before noon, April 5, dispatch received a call from Paris Regional Health Center advising that an unknown male subject was in the Emergency Room with a stab wound. Paris Officer met a 24-year-old male victim who was reluctant to give information other than unknown subjects who had attempted to …

On Thursday, April 5, at approximately 4:09 am, Greenville Police responded to the Economy Inn at 5103 Interstate 30 after a woman called 911 and reported that she had shot a man. Officers found a man there suffering from gunshot wounds. They transported him to Hunt Regional Medical Center and …

The Texas House Transportation Committee unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would eliminate temporary paper license plates in Texas. Instead, the bill would require a switch to metal plates to stop widespread problems with fraudulent paper tags often sold illegally online. According to law enforcement officials, they often purchase fake …

Construction of the basketball pavilion at Pacific Park in Sulphur Springs is underway. The piers have been drilled and poured. Work on the foundation is underway. When the pavilion is complete, crews will demolish the old basketball courts and grade the park’s interior. They will then install irrigation and sod.

The Annual Sulphur Springs Spring Cleanup will be April 24–29 from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. It will be at the usual location a quarter mile east of Flowserve. It is open to city residents only. Bring your water bill and driver’s license. Do not bring any chemicals, wet paint, …

The man accused of killing two sisters in a Texas A&M-Commerce dorm room has had his charges upgraded to Capital Murder. Jacques Dshawn Smith allegedly fatally shot Deja and Abbaney Matts in February 2020. Deja was a student at the university, and Abbaney had reportedly dated Smith. The trial is …

Michelle Denise FreudigerA Wood County Justice of the Peace set bond at $100,000 for Michelle Denise Freudiger of Winnsboro. She’s charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon for allegedly shooting her husband in the face. He was transported to a hospital in Tyler after the shooting, but his condition …

The Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center in Winnsboro will celebrate its 25th anniversary today of providing help to nearly 11,000 children who have been the  victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. From 2 – 5PM the public invited to an Open House and Celebration at the Winnsboro office with …

As storms roared through parts of Northeast Texas Wednesday, a large Oak Tree was uprooted and fell onto the roof of the historic Law’s Chapel Methodist Church in Atlanta. That caused the roof to collapse into the chapel area. They reported significant damage but no injuries. The church has been …

Wills Point ISD is the latest East Texas school district to consider the move to a four-day school week. A petition was signed by more than 400 teachers and parents of the community and presented to board members asking the district to consider the proposal. Twenty-one East Texas school districts …