Track Coaches Review Opportunity for Three at Regionals This Weekend
Three SSHS thin-clads will travel to the regional track meet at UT Arlington this weekend. Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said distance runner Jacob Gatewood had a really great couple of days at the the area track meet in Whitehouse last week. Gatewood took first in both the 3200-meter run and the 1600-meter run. Gatewood also was able to top athletes from Pine Tree and from Lufkin that he had never been able to defeat before in his...
Graduate Medical Education Opens with Local Family Medicine Residency Program
In April the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) awarded accreditation to a new Family Medicine Residency program that will be located here in Sulphur Springs. Residency training is required after medical school to prepare young physicians to enter the specialty of their choice. During residency, young physicians gain clinical experience under supervision. Residents are gradually afforded more independence and...
Yellow Flowers in the Pasture
Yellow flowers in the pasture As our cold days are moving out, we start seeing the flowering of many weeds turning into yellow flowers. As I was starting my working week, several friends and producers ask me about “this little yellow flower that grows everywhere”. Diligently, I went into finding of such as pesky flower and found not one but several weeds flowering with yellow blooms in the countryside. From the many yellowing flowers...
Golf, Volleyball Out at PJC in Cost Saving Move
The Paris Junior College Board of Regents voted to discontinue the golf and volleyball athletic programs Monday evening due to financial constraints. Revenues to support athletic programs have declined significantly over the last three years and the revenue stream no longer will support eight sports. Eliminating the programs will save the College $350,000 annually, according to PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. In other actions, the Board...
“Updated” Blackmon Seventh at State Golf Tourney
Wildcats’ golfer Brody Blackmon finished seventh at the State Class 5A Golf Tournament. Blackmon fired another 74 on day two Tuesday to finish with a total of 148. He was 13 strokes behind the leader. Blackmon was tied for eighth place after his 74 on day one Monday. Blackmon has signed a letter of intent to play golf at Ole Miss. On his resume this year are Regional Champion and District Champion. Blackmon won both of those...
Lobos Gain Victory Over Wildcats in Seventh
The Longview Lobos broke a 2-2 tie with four runs in the top of the seventh on their way to a 6-3 win over the Wildcats’ baseball team at Eagle Stadium Tuesday night. The Lobos had no hits in the big inning but they received three walks and the Wildcats committed three errors. The Wildcats got one of the runs back in the bottom of the seventh but they came up short as they left the bases loaded. Ryan Humphries took the pitching...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch; KSST Following Radar Now
KSST weather watch staff is currently at the studios tracking the line of storms on radar as they move toward Hopkins County. We will interupt programming from time to time until the storms arrive in the county and then we will go full time with radar and called in reports. As you have severe weather, call KSST at 903-885-3111. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 113 UNTIL 5 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WHICH...
Harvey Gene Snider
Funeral services for Harvey Gene Snider, age 77 of Royse City will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Community Baptist Church in Royse City, with Rev David Burns officiating and Rev Lesley Joslin assisting. Interment will follow at Royse City Cemetery with Justin Keeton, Randy Snider, Ronnie Snider, Tom Duncan, Taylor Snider, Chris Tharp and Drew Waters serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held...
Flood Warning Issued for South Sulphur River
A flood warning for the South Sulphur River between Delta and Hopkins Counties will be in effect from 3 a.m. Wednesday morning until 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. the river was at 14.63 feet. Flood stage is 16 feet. The river is forecast to rise above flood stage Wednesday after midnight and continue to rise to a crest near 17.5 feet by Wednesday afternoon. The river should fall below...
