It’s Official: Lady Cats Basketball Face North Forney at Rockwall Heath Gym Monday; Game Broadcast on KSST
We now have solid information on the Lady Cats’ basketball team’s bi-district playoff game with North Forney. The game will take place Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Rockwall Heath Gym. The Lady Cats will not be playing a warm up game. They wrapped up their second straight district championship Tuesday night with a 49-34 win over Mt. Pleasant in Wildcats Gym. The Lady Cats were unbeaten in district play at 12-0. Mt....
ONCOR Restores Power
Electrical power was restored at 11:50 a.m. Thursday following a brief power outage created by a faulty switch. Larry Willis, ONCOR Area Manager stated that they have bypassed the switch to restore service. He stated that when the switch is replaced there will be a brief power outage at that time. An electrical power outage Thursday morning affected the west side of the city of Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs High School, the Early...
“Updated” Faulty Switch Creates Electrical Power Outage on Sulphur Springs West Side
Electrical power was restored at 11:50 a.m. Thursday following a brief power outage created by a faulty switch. Larry Willis, ONCOR Area Manager stated that they have bypassed the switch to restore service. He stated that when the switch is replaced there will be a brief power outage at that time. An electrical power outage Thursday morning affected the west side of the city of Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs High School, the Early...
Waste Water Treatment Plant’s $18.2-Million Makeover Underway
The City of Sulphur Springs is increasing the capacity of the waste-water treatment plant in an $18.2 million dollar project which is designed for the next 20-years of growth based on population. City Utilities Director Robert Lee stated the project will double the capacity but will not change the flow capacity, which is adequate, to the plant. He states the project is a necessary one. Lee stated that several food industries in the...
“Updated” Faulty Switch Creates Electrical Power Outage on Sulphur Springs West Side
Electrical power was restored at 11:50 a.m. Thursday following a brief power outage created by a faulty switch. Larry Willis, ONCOR Area Manager stated that they have bypassed the switch to restore service. He stated that when the switch is replaced there will be a brief power outage at that time. An electrical power outage Thursday morning affected the west side of the city of Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs High School, the Early...
Charges and Bonds Set for Slough, Maxwell
February 9, 2017 – In the pickup pulling a trailer with John Samuel Maxwell, 35 of Paris, was Tara Diann Slough, 40 of Mt Vernon, and a juvenile. As the Hopkins County Deputy stopped the vehicle, Maxwell exited and began working with the trailer. The Deputy made him get back in the truck, which he did for a brief time. Maxwell fled on foot and that resulted in an almost 24-hour hunt for him (see previous stories here, here,...
Chamber Connection February 9, 2017
Who is ready for something DELICIOUS? “An Evening in the Woods,” dinner and community awards will be held at the Hopkins County Civic Center on Thursday, February 16th at 6:30 p.m. We are excited to announce that our dinner is being provided by Coffee Off the Square and includes smoked pork tenderloin with orange glaze, roast beef with gravy, green beans with bacon and almonds, build your own baked potato, green salad, rolls, S’mores...
Thursday Forecast
High: 58; Low: 43: Wind: North becoming southeast in afternoon around 5 mph
Bobbie Jean Ellison
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Ellison, age 94, of Sulphur Springs, formerly of Winnsboro, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Carriage House in Sulphur Springs. She was born on June 6, 1922 in Winnsboro to the late Robert Allen and Minnie Graham Allen. Bobbie graduated from Pickton High School, she then worked the make-up counter at Martin Drug, and later worked as a secretary alongside her husband at Western Commercial...
