Sulphur Springs News

Dallas Cowboys great Michael Irvin spoke Wednesday about allegations made against him just before the Super Bowl. Irvin was removed from his TV assignments that week after a server at the Renaissance Phoenix Hotel & Spa claimed he harassed her and made inappropriate comments while in the lobby. Irvin emphatically …

A single-vehicle accident killed a woman in Wood County. A Camaro convertible driven by 55-year-old Ronald K. Vinson was headed north on Hwy 69 about four miles south of Alba when his passenger, 45-year-old Kristie A Maxwell of Bedford, fell out of the passenger side of the vehicle. They flew …

The Sulphur Springs City Council denied a rezoning request for ten acres of property at 2119 Main Street. The property owners wanted to change the zoning from a light commercial property to a light industrial property. Five council members voted yes, one voted no, and there was one abstention, but …

Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center Hopkins County Deputies arrested Bobby Kay Durham on a Cook County warrant for manufacturing and delivering a Simulated Controlled Substance. Durham also was wanted on a Montague County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance, a Bowie County warrant for theft of More than $2500 …

The 23rd Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra’s  Children’s Concert will be on Friday, March 10 at 1:00 PM at the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium. This is a free concert designed to introduce children to the orchestra. The public is invited to hear works by Telemann, Beethoven and Mozart conducted by …

MEMORANDUM  TO: CITY COUNCIL  FROM: CITY MANAGER, MARC MAXWELL  SUBJ: MANAGER’S REPORT  CLAIMS – We had one workers’ compensation claim in February for a police officer who received minor lacerations while making an arrest.  We had four liability claims in February. Two lawsuits were for damages to private fences when trees …

The Trinity County Sheriff’s Office asks for the public’s help locating a missing child. They issued a statewide Amber Alert for eight-year-old Haven Barker. They think she is in danger with her biological mother’s boyfriend, Charles “Chaz” Estep, and possibly her mother, Tamara Barker. They could be in a two-door …

Dulce Esmerelda Chavez On Tuesday morning at 6:29, a Paris Regional Health Center worker who was arriving at work noticed a gunshot victim exiting his vehicle and assisted him into the Hospital ER. ER treated the 57-Year-Old Hispanic Male from Paris for multiple gunshot wounds, and they expect he will …

The Center for Reproductive Rights has filed a lawsuit against Texas on behalf of five Texas women and two doctors. The suit alleges the women were denied abortions despite grave risks to their lives or fetuses. In addition, the lawsuit claims Texas denied the woman necessary and potentially life-saving obstetrical …

Tom Love, the founder and executive chair of Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, passed away Tuesday in his hometown of Oklahoma City. Love and wife and business partner Judy founded the family-owned and operated network of more than 600 Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores. He was 85.