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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has free heart calcium scans available to Hopkins County men between the ages of 40 and 60 with one or more of the following risk factors: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, diabetes, or a family history of heart disease. Call (903) 606-4019 to schedule. Low scores provide peace of mind while high scores are a saving grace, providing more time for treatment and lifesaving correction.
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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
A new law giving parents more rights over their child’s education is the target of a legal challenge by the ACLU. Senate bill 12 is called the Parental Bill of Rights and prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates in public schools, whether it’s in hiring or class discussion. The law is set to be implemented this fall.
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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
Billy Ray Autrey was arrested in Hopkins County for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. NO other information about the incident has been released. At last report he was being held in the county jail. Dustin Levi Tinsley was arrested for Assault on a Family or Household Member by Impeding Breath or Circulation. At last report he was being held in the Hopkins County jail.
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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
Governor Abbott appointed Gary Young as judge of the 62nd Judicial District Court in Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, and Lamar Counties for a term set to expire on December 31, 2026, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified. Gary Young of Paris is the Lamar County & District Attorney. He previously served as assistant district attorney for the Harris and Collin County District Attorney’s Offices.
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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
Long time Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Camp Gambill northwest of Paris will go solar at ceremonies Friday morning at 10am. The installation has been made possible through a $116,000 grant by Green Mountain Energy Sun Club. The major sustainability initiative at Camp Gambill will power up a new 116-panel solar array which will provide nearly 80% of the 54-acre camp’s energy needs.
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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
More details have been released about the double murder near Dekalb last week that claimed the lives of Donna Culpepper and Charles Beckham. Authorities say Beckham returned home from job at the Johnson prison unit in Winnsboro and caught Clyde Allen Stephens II of Houston burglarizing his home. Stephens then fatally shot Beckham. Culpepper later came to the home to go shopping with Beckham and was also murdered by Stephens, who then stole her car.
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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
An adult and a teen drowned at Wright Patman Lake in Bowie County on Saturday night. Authorities say 34-year-old Victor Lawson and 15-year-old Jayden Marshall were with a family group. Marshall attempted to swim from a sandbank when he began having difficulty swimming and called for help. Lawson jumped into the water to help the struggling teen, but both of them went underwater and didn’t resurface. There bodies were recovered just after 9pm.
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3 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
The Winnsboro ISD school board considered firing Winnsboro ISD Police Chief Heath Guy on Monday after he was placed on administrative leave recently. Chief Guy was reportedly put on leave because he didn’t notify the district about a Texas Rangers investigation into a former assistant coach . The school board did not come to any decisions about Guy at Monday’s meeting.
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4 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
A Lamar County jury has convicted a so-called vagrant “missionary” for Injury to a Child Causing Serious Bodily Injury and Injury to a Child Causing Serious Mental Injury. Court documents show a van belonging to 65-year-old Ramon Alverez was broken down, and passersby attempted to help when they found a girl who appeared to be about 5 living in the back of the van in deplorable condition. She was later found to be Alverez’s 10-year-old daughter and weighed less than 40 pounds.
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4 days ago | 
easttexasradio.com | Dave Kirkpatrick
TYLER, Texas – A Mineola man has been sentenced to 55 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Fransisco Gonzalez, also known as Kiko Gonzalez, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and was sentenced to 660 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle on June 23, 2025.
