Katie Baker
Funeral services for Katie Baker, age 87, of Como will be held Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 3:00 P.M. at Winnsboro House of Praise, with Brother Gary Hampton, officiating. Interment will follow at Black Oak Cemetery with Joshua Sutterfield, Gary Baker, Ronny Roberts, Jay Foster, and Kevin Foster serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time. Mrs. Baker passed away Monday, November 21, 2016 at Hospice...
Wildcats Defeat Lindale; At Home Tuesday Against Wills Point
The Wildcats’ basketball team got a huge contribution of 30 points from guard Keaston Willis as the Wildcats improved their season record to 2-0 with a 65-34 win at Lindale Monday night. Willis hit four of the Wildcats 8 successful three-point shots during the game. The Wildcats also played stifling defense allowing the Eagles only an average of 8.5 points per quarter. Lindale played the Wildcats pretty close until early in the...
Wildcats Return to Hardwood Monday Night in Lindale
After an absence of almost a week, the Wildcats’ basketball team will return to action for a regular season game Monday night. The 1-0 Wildcats will play at Lindale. Freshmen play at 5 p.m., then the JV team at around 6:15 p.m. with the varsity game expected to start at around 7:30 p.m. The game is a special one for Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta. He will be facing a Lindale team whose head coach Scott Albritton,...
Lady Cats Defeat Hugo; Face Paris Tuesday
Lady Cats Basketball Coach Jeff Chapman discussed his team’s 51-40 win over Hugo, Oklahoma on the road Friday night on KSST Radio and Channel 18 TV’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show. Coach Chapman said Hugo was an athletic team that had been practicing for quite some time and had had six scrimmages. Friday’s game however was their season opener. Coach Chapman said Hugo creates a special atmosphere with rabid fans and...
Hopkins County Mourns Passing of Bobby McDonald
Hopkins County mourns the passing of Bobby McDonald, who blogged Hopkins County features on Front Porch News Texas. Funeral services have not been set. McDonald died Monday afternoon, November 21, 2016 following complications from emergency surgery to remove his appendix on November 8th. A family member noted to KSST News that McDonald loved and promoted Hopkins County. He grew up in rural Hopkins County. His father, Pete McDonald...
Trenis Turner
Memorial Services for Trenis Turner, age 73 of Sulphur Springs, will be held Sunday, November 27, 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Turner passed away on Friday, November 18, 2016 at his residence. He was born June 03, 1943, to Forrest Newman and Nora Ethel (Herron) Turner in Dallas, Texas. He was a book store owner and served in the US Marines. Trenis married Margaret Ruth Tennyson on March 2,...
KCS Holiday Express Makes Stops in Area Cities
Kansas City Southern’s Holiday Express will arrive in Greenville at Stonewall Street Under Johnson Street Overpass at 4 p.m. November 26 and in Winnsboro Between Walnut and Main Street (Behind the Old Depot) November 27 at 4 p.m. The 16th annual Holiday Express will distribute a total of $153,290 in gift cards to The Salvation Army at stops along the Holiday Express route that begins in Wylie, Texas November 5th and ends in Kansas...
Fay Burns
Funeral services for Fay Burns, age 91, of Sulphur Springs will be held Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with Jim Thompson officiating. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with James Humphrey, Brian Dodd, Landon Dodd, Hesston Humphrey, Kyle Dodd, and Nathan Keller serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 6-8 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home....
Three Structure Fires in County Under Investigation
Three structure fires, including one Monday morning, are under investigation by the Hopkins County Fire Marshall’s office. A fire Saturday morning on Main Street in Cumby, a house fire in the middle of the night in the Birch Creek area, and a house fire Monday morning on CR 3512 just off FM 69N required the services of both county firemen and volunteer firemen. The fire Monday morning was contained to one room. County Fire Chief Andy...
