Glenzell Hawkins
Graveside services for Glenzell Hawkins, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Greenview Cemetery with Pastor Vern Hawkins officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Dylan Thomas-Hicks, Robert Parker, Joseph Hicks, Michael Ferguson, Quinith Hicks and Ardell Hicks, Jr. A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Tapp Funeral Home. Glenzell was...
PJC Offers Summer Scholarship to Hopkins County Graduating Students
Graduating high school seniors are again receiving a great deal from Paris Junior College this summer — a scholarship covering tuition for one class in either Summer I or Summer II semesters. The summer tuition scholarship is available to those graduating from high schools in the PJC service area in Hopkins, Hunt, Delta, Fannin, Lamar, and Red River counties to set them on a path to finish more quickly at PJC. “A graduating high...
SSHS Annual Band Awards
Sulphur Springs High School Band presented annual awards at the 2016 Band Banquet this past weekend. The John Philip Sousa Award was presented to Zachary Herron and Timothy Ramos. Gillan Boyer received the Director’s Award. Aaron Randolph and Jose Lopez received the Louis Armstrong Award and Carlos Williams was presented the Rex Wilemon Legacy award. Outstanding musician awards were presented to Freshmen: Carissa Carter, Jaci Glenn,...
Whitney A. Miller
Whitney A. Miller of Plano, Texas passed away on May 8th, 2016, at the age of 74. He was born March 1, 1942 to Manton and Melverne Baker Miller of Cooper, TX. He grew up in Cooper working behind his dad’s soda fountain at Miller’s Pharmacy. Whitney was recruited to play basketball at East Texas State University and became known as the “East Texas Jumping Jack.” He was also on the Lion Track team, member of Kappa Alpha and voted All...
“Updated” Memorial Kiosk Vandalized
Tuesday morning, Chief of Police Jay Sanders told KSST News that a suspect has been identified. He believes the matter will be resolved later today (May 10, 2016). The pillars surrounding the kiosk at the Hopkins County Veterans’ Memorial at Celebration Plaza were vandalized with a sketch of a human face and the word ROMEO and other scratching. Monday, Sulphur Springs police are reviewing video from the area to determine the...
Tornado Watch for Delta and Lamar Counties Until 9 p.m.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 155 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: COOKE DELTA FANNIN GRAYSON LAMAR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…BONHAM…COOPER…DENISON… GAINESVILLE…PARIS AND SHERMAN. HOPKINS COUNTY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH AT THIS...
Commissioners’ Court Accepts Grant, Pursues Volkswagen Funds, and Seeks Fire Department Equipment Solutions
During their Monday, May 9, 2016, regular meeting, Hopkins County Commissioners Court voted to agree to a $315,000 state grant for repair of specific roadways that were damaged or destroyed in flooding that occurred in December, 2015. The state grant will be utilized along with funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in making repairs. The county received state grant funds earlier in 2015 for summer flood damage and...
SSHS Anglers Hook And Reel Their Way To State Tourney
Members of the Sulphur Springs High School Fishing Club will be heading to the Texas High School Bass Association state tournament held at Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Texas-Louisiana Border. State qualifiers are Matt Reynolds, Braden “Katfish” Katchinska, Sam Scott, and Skylar Long. State Competition will be held June 17-19. First started as the SSISD Fishing Club at the Sulphur Springs Middle School, it has now spread to...
Install the New ksstradio.com Smartphone App Update
KSST is upgrading our LiveStream Service. This means new Smartphone Apps are on their way. The Android app is now ready for download. The iPhone app should be ready this week. Here are the steps to download the Android App. First, uninstall the old app. Next, on your smartphone using your search engine—Google, Yahoo, etc—go to ksstradio.com. At ksstradio.com using the Navigation go to ksstradio stream. Scroll down to “You can...
