Video Story: Saturday’s Crawfish Festival
Despite rainfall before the event of .32″ (at KSST studios), die-hard crawfish fans turned out for the event. See video story below. Heavier rain followed throughout the day. Before the end of the storms over 1.5″ fell in most parts of the city and...
SSHS Sports Banquet Honors Announced
Wildcats’ baseball and track athlete Mason Buck won the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat and volleyball and basketball players Tori Moore and Sheretta Hill shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat at the 2016-2017 Sulphur Springs Wildcat All-Sports Banquet Monday night. Basketball player Dane Rutherford and football and baseball athlete Easton Silman shared the James Cameron Fighting Heart Award for a Wildcat and...
Additional Charges for Chester
Following a lengthy investigation, the Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Special Crimes Unit served four warrants on an inmate in Hopkins County Jail Monday, May 2, 2017 around 1 p.m. It was found that the female had been selling large amounts of suspected methamphetamine prior to her arrest last week. Haylee Brooke Chester, 21, was served with one Felony 1, and three Felony 2 charges. Chester’s additional charges include Manufacture...
Shanda Renee Vaughn Beck
Memorial service for Shanda Vaughn Beck, 52, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. B.J. Teer and Bro. Tommy Hall officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., prior to service. Shanda passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017 at Christus Mother Frances in Sulphur Springs. She was born on August 27,...
North Hopkins Wins Warm-up; Begin Bi-District Friday 4:30 p.m.
Three North Hopkins pitchers combined to shut out Wolfe City, 1-0 in a playoff warm up game at North Hopkins Monday afternoon. T he Panthers Colby Cameron started and got the win throwing four innings allowing only one hit while striking out three and walking one. Chase Williams threw one inning allowing no hits and walking one. Wyatt Wharton got a save pitching the final two innings allowing only one hit with four strikeouts and one...
Reception Honors Superintendent Lamb
Monday afternoon in the Administration Building Board Room, Sulphur Springs ISD Board members, administrative staff, and others honored Superintendent Michael Lamb for five years of service to the local school district. The informal reception provided and opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of the district during the past five years. Lamb was presented his five year pin by School Board President Leesa Tolliver.
TxDOT Centennial Northeast Texas Celebration at Paris May 8, 2017
PARIS – This year marks a centennial milestone of achievement for the Texas Department of Transportation and its employees statewide. To celebrate the agency’s first 100 years of service to Texas, the nine-county Paris District in Northeast Texas will host a Centennial Open House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 8 at the Love Civic Center in Paris. The event will feature a traveling historic exhibit with a refurbished 1918 Liberty Truck,...
Sophomore Baier Qualifies for State 300-Meter Hurdles
Sophomore Lady Cats’ track athlete Abbi Baier qualified for the state meet in the 300-meter hurdles at the regional meet Saturday at UTA Stadium in Arlington. Baier, was seeded fourth in the field for the final on Saturday but took second. Lady Cats Coach Triston Abron said Baier just beat out a Royse City hurdler to earn the state berth. The state meet takes place May 12-13 in Austin. Coach Abron believes Baier is the first...
