Wildcats Powerlifters Begin Season
The Wildcats new powerlifting coach is Jacob Alford. Coach Alford was a powerlifter in high school at Lindale and was a state qualifier his senior year. He says things have been going great since team members began to lift right after the end of the football season. He’s noticed they’ve gotten a lot stronger. Coach Alford says he’s had a lot of lifters participate and he’ll be able to choose between 18 and 20...
PJC Biomedical Students Tour MD Anderson Cancer Center
Six students in the biomedical and laboratory sciences program at Paris Junior College recently traveled to Houston to visit the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Accompanying PJC Science Division Chair Jack Brown on the trip were Marin Ivers, Kimberly Cox, Cameron Copeland, Cheyenne King, Wesley Giddens, and Michael Edenhoffer. They were among some 425 students on the tour who are interested in transferring into the MD...
Republican Candidates for Commissioner Precinct 1 Address PEG
Candidates for the Republican primary spoke Thursday night in a forum sponsored by the Political Enlightenment Group or PEG. Candidates who were present but had no opposition in the primary election were introduced. However four Republican candidates for Commissioner Precinct 1 and three of the four Republican candidates for the office of sheriff addressed those present in Heritage Hall located next to Best Western Motel in Sulphur...
Symphony League Elects New Officers and Appoints Two to Board
Sharla Campbell and Adam Whitson were appointed to the Sulphur Springs Symphony League Board of Directors during the first meeting of the League in 2016. Both Campbell and Whitson volunteered with the Symphony League during the annual auction. New officers for 2016 are President Linda Galligher, Vice President Maleta Reynolds, Treasurer Carol Bridges, and Secretary Kayla Price. The Symphony League is a non-profit organization that...
Wildcats Open Season With Tie
The Wildcats’ soccer team opened the regular season with a 1-1 tie with Carrollton Newman Smith in a Forney tournament Thursday. The Wildcats, 0-0-1 for the season, will play host Forney at 9:45 a.m. Friday and then College Station at 4:45 p.m. Friday. The tournament continues on Saturday.
Moises Galvan
A funeral service of Christian burial for Moises Galvan, age 35 of Dike, will be conducted at 12:00 noon, Saturday, January 9, 2016 at St. James Catholic Church with Father Juan Carlos Sardinas officiating. Interment will follow at Richland Cemetery with Gabriel Galvan, Mike Galvan, Joel Reyes, Jose Martinez, Sam Barcenas, Calletano Jr. Hernandez, Andrew Morales and Eduardo Castaneda serving as pallbearers. A visitation will be...
Stanley Joslin
Stanley Joslin, age 64 of Sulphur Springs, TX, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. Arrangements are pending with West Oaks Funeral Home.
Workforce Draws Specific Industries
Rain has delayed the building of the parking lot at Diversified Storage System, a company locating to Sulphur Springs. Diversified Storage Systems, located at 46 Pioneer Parkway, will build process systems for handling powder such as cement. The company will employ fabrication welders, engineers and others, according to Roger Feagley, Executive Director of the Economic Development Corporation. KSST News sat down with Feagley Thursday...
Yates Trial Begins Monday, January 11
Monday afternoon a jury was picked in Eighth Judicial District Court for a trial that will begin Monday, January 11 and continue through Wednesday or Thursday, according to Clay Harrison, Assistant District Attorney. Stanton Wayne Yates, 30, will be tried for five (5) counts of engaging in organized criminal activity with a range of punishment from probation to 99 years or life. The District Attorney’s office anticipates calling...
