“Updated” Second Arrest Made in Sunday Night Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Tuesday morning Sulphur Springs Police made a second arrest related to a disturbance in the 400 block of Van Sickle Street Sunday night. Charlie James Williams, 30, brother of Lucas Wayne Williams, 24, is in Hopkins County Jail. Lucas Williams is currently held on two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Charlie Williams is being charged with one count of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Lucas Williams is being...
Investigation Continues into Saturday Double Stabbing
The investigation continues into the cause of a double stabbing early Saturday morning that resulted in two brothers being flown to medical hospitals in two separate cities and the suspect walking a couple of blocks to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office to surrender to custody. Lead Investigator David Gilmore told KSST news that he is awaiting an opportunity to interview the two victims who remain in the hospitals. Both are...
Dorothy Compton Easley
Graveside services for Dorothy Compton Easley, age 83, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Restlawn Memorial Park with family serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., prior to service time at West Oaks Funeral Home. Mrs. Easley passed away Monday, October 31, 2016 at Rock Creek Health and Rehab. She was born to Doyle and Jean Douglass Compton on April 19, 1933 in Ft. Worth, TX. ...
Early Voting Open 7 a.m. Until 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday
Early voting is open 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday of this week. Wednesday and Friday the early voting place at 128 Jefferson Street in Sulphur Springs will be open 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Although Saturday and Sunday saw a light voter turnout, 541 cast ballots on Monday, October 31. Sample ballots are found on the Hopkins County website. Parking at the new Jefferson Street Parking lot, accessed off Rosemont Street, is being...
County Schools Qualify for State at Regional Cross Country
Once again Hopkins County showed its’ strength in cross country at the regional meet Saturday at Lynn Creek Park in Grand Prairie. In boys Class 1A, Saltillo was first in the region. Miller Grove was second and Sulphur Bluff fourth. Saltillo was paced by Dakota Patridge in fifth place. Lyle Bench was 6th, ,Walker McGill 9th, Branson McGill 11th, Adam Valenzuela 13th, Trevor Moore 19th and Hendrick Rios 22nd. Miller Grove was led...
New Traffic Flow at Highway 19/I-30 Overpass Begins November 3rd
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that changes are in store for the overpass at the intersection of Interstate Highway 30 and State Highways 19 and 11. The overpass is currently two-lane; with a center left-turn lane and traffic signals at each end of the overpass to control traffic flow onto SH 19, SH 11 and frontage roads. Beginning Nov. 3, the overpass will carry four lanes of traffic, two in each...
Alice Myers
Mrs. Alice Myers, age 89 of Winnsboro, went to be with Jesus on Monday, October 31st, 2016. She was born on December 30th, 1926 in Wood County, TX to the late Ulysses Jordan and Zora Ingram Jordan. She was a seamstress and pattern maker, and was preceded in death by her parents; grandma and grandpa Whitworth that raised her; loving husband of 34 years, F.C. Myers; sisters, Mary Marrs and Bobby Long; granddaughter, Lesley Myers. She is...
Elizabeth Williams
Funeral services for Elizabeth Williams (Sis) will be held Wednesday November 2 at the Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10am to 11am with memorial beginning at 11am. Burial will be afterwards at Turner Cemetery in Emory. Elizabeth Marie Armstrong Williams was born December 22, 1914 to Russell Martin Armstrong and Mattie Ann Hutchins. She passed from this life on October 29, 2016, at age 101. She went by the...
Early Vote Light Over Weekend; Continues This Week
A light voter turnout over the weekend brings early vote total to 4,830 for the first seven days. Saturday saw 446 and Sunday recorded 223 early votes cast. Early voting continues through the end of the week. Sample ballots are found on the Hopkins County website. Parking at the new Jefferson Street Parking lot, accessed off Rosemont Street, is being used by many voters. The General Election is Tuesday, November 8. KSST will broadcast...
“Updated” Baseball Bat Used in Aggravated Assault Sunday
Sunday night around 11 p.m. Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call in the street in near Easy Street Apartments on the 400 block of Van Sickle Street. There they found one individual with a laceration above the left eye and the second victim had a stab wound. Both victims were transported to CHRISTUS Mother Francis Sulphur Springs Emergency Room for treatment. The individual with the...
