Weekend Sports Update: Football; Volleyball; Cross Country
Owens on Football After Friday night’s Wildcats scrimmage loss to Liberty-Eylau, Wildcats Fotoball Coach Greg Owens said it look like the Wildcats first scrimmage. He said things were sloppy, especially right at first. He said the Leopard’s speed exposed lots of Wildcats’ weaknesses. On Saturday, Wildcats’ coaches used the video to work on correcting things with players. Coach Owens said he liked where the...
North Hopkins ISD To Conduct Tax “Swap” Ratification Election
According to Superintendent Darin Jolly, in an effort to maximize state funding, North Hopkins Independent School District is seeking to pass a Tax “Swap” Ratification Election. The purpose of the election is to allow the district to move $0.13 from the Interest and Sinking (I&S) (debt payment) tax rate to the Maintenance and Operations (M&O) tax rate. This move causes the $0.13 to generate more money from the state for the...
Lila Mae Robinson
Mrs. Lila Mae Robinson, age 82 of Winnsboro, passed away on Saturday, August 26th, 2017 in Mt. Vernon. She was born on November 29th, 1934 in Simpsonville to the late Walter Overstreet and Irene Overstreet and was a member of Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Lila Mae was a devoted mother and housewife while raising her only son, David. After David grew up, Lila Mae was employed for 25 years by Irving ISD as a teacher’s...
Hopkins County EMT’s and AMBUS in Rockport
The most recent update from Hopkins County AMBUS crew and EMS Director Brent Smith received by KSST: “Its been about 16 hours since I was able to update you last. Yesterday morning on Saturday when around daybreak, is when our crew was briefed and tasked to attach in a convoy with an IRAT (Incident Response Assessment Team) with DPS, TxDOT, 20 Coach Buses and a compliment of 2 ambulances to make entry into “ground...
Martha Ross
Graveside service for Martha Ross, age 76, of Wills Point, Texas will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Shiloh Cemetery with Charles Rawlinson officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Ms. Ross, passed away Friday, August 25, 2017, in Venus, Texas. Martha Ann Ross was born on February 14, 1941 in Commerce, Texas to Egbert Eugene and Nina Florence (Stone) Boss. She married Ivy Ross in Commerce on June 23,...
Forney Man Charged with Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon in Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Parking Lot
A disturbance in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office parking lot resulted in the arrest of David Allen Calhoun, 52, of Forney. Calhoun is charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Family Violence and is being held on a $200,000 bond. Advised of a disturbance in the front parking lot at the Sheriff’s Office, Communications Supervisor David Ray detained Calhoun until deputies arrived to make the arrest. Calhoun assaulted a...
Exiting I-30 Through Ditch Leads to Meth Arrest
A Dodge SUV exited I-30 by driving through the ditch on Sunday afternoon, August 27, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. A Cumby Police Officer, parked stationary at the 112-mile marker, noted the indiscretion. The officer initiated a traffic stop. The drive identified himself as Johnny Ray Cason, 26, of Lewisville but stated he did not have his driver’s license with him. The officer ordered the man out of the vehicle and performed a pat-down for...
Townsend Named Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert
On August 25th, 2017 Meredith Townsend the SSISD secondary instructional technology specialist was announced today as a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert joining the more than 6,700 educators in the MIE Expert program worldwide. Each year, Microsoft selects innovative educators to share ideas, try new approaches and learn from each other as a global community dedicated to improving student outcomes through technology....
