NEWS ARCHIVES 2007

August 2007

• Aug 31, 2007 - Design specialists look at downtown and come up with an eclectic mix of bright ideas
• Aug 31, 2007 - EMS officials say they’re not asking for donations 
• Aug 31, 2007 - Cold case file resurrected, solved by sheriff’s officers
• Aug 30, 2007 - Consultants will discuss ideas for downtown tonight
• Aug 30, 2007 - Cumby police seize almost 24 lbs. of cocaine
• Aug 29, 2007 - EPA issues administrative order to local dairy operation
• Aug 29, 2007 - A brush with infamy: Hopkins County man remembers a wild ride – and Bonnie and Clyde
• Aug 29, 2007 - Beef, Chicken or Duck: Annual stew contest, fourth edition of popular ‘Duck Downs’ race set for Saturday, Sept. 15
• Aug 29, 2007 - Firemen taking to the streets to raise money for MDA
• Aug 28, 2007 - As large as he wants to be – Lovett does it his way
• Aug 28, 2007 - Local couple charged with injuring infant
• Aug 28, 2007 - Pilgrim Bank set to acquire Community Bank
• Aug 28, 2007 - Teacher accused of relationship with student in 2004 sentenced
• Aug 27, 2007 - Hopkins County man in ICU; says he was stabbed in robbery try
• Aug 26, 2007 - You’d Better Watch Out: Police to help direct traffic at ECLC, keep an eye out for speeders during first week of school
• Aug 26, 2007 - Traffic signals on SH 19 getting the green light
• Aug 26, 2007 - Prayers, pigskin highlight ‘1000 Youth March’ Friday
• Aug 26, 2007 - Parent orientation rescheduled at Douglas
• Aug 24, 2007 - FEMA reps ‘confident’ county will qualify for federal assistance
• Aug 24, 2007 - State, Extension service collecting hazardous waste in Sept.
• Aug 23, 2007 - DPS stop uncovers more than $15,000 in cash
• Aug 23, 2007 - Greenview Memories: Sinclair donates markers commemorating sites in long-standing community
• Aug 22, 2007 - Investigatore hopes tip leads to mailbox bashers
• Aug 22, 2007 - Veterans Memorial plan garners city panel’s support
• Aug 22, 2007 - Downtown board OKs City National expansion
• Aug 21, 2007 - Almost $10,000 seized after marijuana found in car trunk
• Aug 21, 2007 - Ambitious plan for downtown square unveiled today
• Aug 20, 2007 - Cumby’s superintendent asked to leave campus, put on administrative leave
• Aug 20, 2007 - Commissioner Beth Wisenbaker offers public apology for outburst
• Aug 19, 2007 - Music Memos
• Aug 19, 2007 - Miss America joins Southwest Dairy Farmers to promote the health benefits of drinking milk 
• Aug 17, 2007 - Investigators warn Internet trading scam more widespread than initially reported
• Aug 17, 2007 - Truck-trailer fire closes I-30
• Aug 17, 2007 - Medical dispatch shifts to Hopkins Co. EMS
• Aug 16, 2007 - Annual sales tax holiday gives back-to-school shoppers a break
• Aug 16, 2007 - Investigators warns of scam involving Auto Trader, the Internet and bad cashier’s checks
• Aug 15, 2007 - SSVFD adopts ‘Baby Moses’ policy 
• Aug 15, 2007 - Aug. 24 is deadline to enter Hopkins Co. stew cookoff   
• Aug 15, 2007 - SSISD board addresses budget issues
• Aug 14, 2007 - Newspaper subscription solicitation scam hits town
• Aug 14, 2007 - SSISD lunch prices increasing for first time since 2003
• Aug 14, 2007 - 2007 was a ‘berry’ good year out at the Jarvis family farm
• Aug 13, 2007 - Sulphur Springs, Yantis school board trustees to meet tonight
• Aug 13, 2007 - Commissioners approve direct deposit for county employees
• Aug 12, 2007 - ‘One Day Crusade’ making Sulphur Springs its 6th stop
• Aug 12, 2007 - Fewer folks heading for local watering holes
• Aug 12, 2007 - SSMS cheerleaders bring home Camp Champion trophy from Arlington
• Aug 10, 2007 - $2.4 million project to widen, strengthen  FM 1567 under way
• Aug 10, 2007 - July fire at Helm Lane apartment complex ruled accidental
• Aug 10, 2007 - Pickton-Pine Forest VFD fundraiser nets about $4,3000 to help obtain a new rescue truck 
• Aug 10, 2007 - Boys and Girls Club begins move to the old Houston School campus
• Aug 9, 2007 - Entry dealine nears for Relay softball tourney
• Aug 9, 2007 - Local woman sustains minor injuries escaping morning house fire on Arbala Road
• Aug 9, 2007 - Hopkins’ Hispanic residents up 41.5 percent since 2000
• Aug 8, 2007 - Local man charged in liquor store robbery
• Aug 8, 2007 - CIP plan to focus on biggest infrastructure headache
• Aug 8, 2007 - City tax rate unchanged in proposed budget
• Aug 8, 2007 - City firemen, paramedics, police officers recognized for July 10 ‘act of heroism’
• Aug 7, 2007 - Two plead guilty, sentenced in connection with 2004 drug bust
• Aug 6, 2007 - Wingstop partner: Sulphur Spgs. store one of their high priorities
• Aug 6, 2007 - Four churches broken into over the weekend; Crime Stoppers offering reward
• Aug 6, 2007 - Young singers of four counties to compete in ‘Idol’ contest
• Aug 6, 2007 - Chris Bohjalian: “The Double Blind” author explains how old photographs, Jay Gatsby and a bike ride make for great fiction 
• Aug 5, 2007 - County judge issues disaster declaration, seeks federal aid
• Aug 5, 2007 - Back to School Bash
• Aug 5, 2007 - Tactical team uses tear gas to get man out of home
• Aug 5, 2007 - New group plans survey on housing, community needs
• Aug 3, 2007 - Boys and Girls Club kids, staff throw surprise fairy tale ‘wedding’ for their director
• Aug 3, 2007 - Three die in Rains County collision
• Aug 3, 2007 - Local fire departments to benefit from Saturday cook-off, concert
• Aug 2, 2007 - Local Scouts marking 100th anniversary Saturday with show in Mt. Pleasant
• Aug 2, 2007 - Installation of flashing lights in crosswalk begins
• Aug 2, 2007 - Estimated $12,000 in stolen property recovered by HSCO
• Aug 1, 2007 - Two arrested, $17,000 seized in money laundering case
• Aug 1, 2007 - Report: Wingstop franchise coming to Sulphur Springs
• Aug 1, 2007 - Man, 34, accused of conning elderly woman
• Aug 1, 2007 - SSISD planning budget in face of tax cuts