Northeast Texas Children’s Museum Hosts July Events
Do you want to be a pirate? Are you Wild About Art? Would you like to come to a Tea Party? Creative and imaginative activities abound in July at the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum. Children can use their imagination as they go back in time for Time Travelers Week beginning July 5. Learning about the Caddo Indians that lived in Lamar County or making dinosaurs will be part of the week Other theme weeks in July include Outdoor...
Sulphur Springs City Council Meets Tuesday, July 5th
During Tuesday night, July 5th, session of the Sulphur Springs City Council, the council will consider adoption of a resolution directing public notice of intention to issue combination tax and surplus revenue certificates of obligation, consider rezoning property at 1326 West Avenue and take action on two first readings of ordinances authorizing execution of certain special warranty deeds conveying properties of the City of Sulphur...
Woman Arrested Twice in Three Days
Hopkins County Deputy Scott Davis observed a vehicle with defective headlamps, tail lamps, and license plate light traveling southbound on State Highway 19 Saturday evening. His traffic stop led to the arrest of the driver and two passengers in the auto that had been stolen out of Collin County and finding a large amount of money in the front left pocket of the auto. Anthony Wayne Sandlin, 35, of Lone Oak was the driver and passengers...
Independence Day Concert Picture Essay
The 25th Annual Independence Day Celebration Concert was held in Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs Saturday, July 2. The Concert was produced by the Sulphur Springs Symphony League and performed by the Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra. The following is a series of slideshows from the concert, featuring the crowds, the Alliance Bank Watermelon Eating Contest, the Orchestra and the Fireworks display. All photos were taken by KSST...
Heat Advisory in Effect for Area
Hopkins County and all of Northeast and North Central Texas are under a heat advisory until 8 p.m. Monday, July 4th. Temperatures each afternoon will range between 95 and 100 degrees with heat index values between 104 and 108 today and Monday. Heat exhaustion or heat stroke can quickly occur to anyone working or participating in outdoor activies. A heat advisory means that afternoon heat index values are expected to meet or exceed 105...
Hopkins County Celebrates 25th Annual Independence Day Concert
The 25th Annual Independence Day Celebration Concert was held on Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs July 2, 2016. The concert was produced by the Sulphur Springs Symphony League, who presented the Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Douglas Bakenhus conducted the orchestra, with Bill Owens as Guest Conductor. Before the orchestra kicked off the 240th anniversary of the United States of America, a watermelon eating contest was...
Diane J. Schwertner
Diane J. Schwertner passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2016 at Sulphur Springs Health and Rehab. She was born in Como, daughter of James and Lavada (Collins) Johnson. She married Daniel Adolph Schwertner in Hugo, OK on October 20, 1956. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband; daughter, Jan Bain of Winnsboro; and grandchildren, Melissa Doom and Brian Bain. She is preceded in death by two sisters, Kay Wallace and Dolores...
Ownership of Malnourished Horses Relinquished
An elderly person unable to care for the five horses the individual owned relinquished her rights to the horses to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning. The five horses were extremely malnourished but not beyond recovering good health, according to Kobe Hume, Animal Cruelty Investigator for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office. Hume received a call regarding the horses in the Cumby area late Friday afternoon. On...
New Paris Junior College Taxing District?
Paris Junior College currently serves a five county area and has one of the smallest taxing districts in the state of Texas. The area Paris Junior College serves is approximately 3,848 square miles while their taxing district is approximately 44 square miles. Only 1.14% of Paris Junior College’s service area pays taxes in support of the college. PJC has two satellite campuses, one in Sulphur Springs and one in Greenville, in...
