Wildcats Baseball Start Time Moved to 6 p.m. Weather a Concern
The weather is a concern but right now Wildcats’ baseball is still on for Eagle Stadium for Tuesday night against Longview. The start time has been moved up to 6 p.m. It’s Senior Night. Four seniors, Tyler Follis, Cole Cooper, Garrett Jones and Logan Merrell, will be recognized. Again first pitch Tuesday has been moved up to 6 p.m. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack is keeping a close eye on the weather. The Wildcats...
Blackmon Enters Day Two at State Golf Tourney
Wildcats’ golfer Brody Blackmon shot a 74 on the first day of the State Class 5A Golf Tournament at Wolfdancer Golf Club in Lost Pines near Bastrop on Monday. Blackmon is tied for eighth place and he’s eight strokes out of first place. However Blackmon is only three shots out of second place and he had the second best score out of our region. Round two takes place Tuesday. Blackmon came into the tournament having won both...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down April Indictments
Sixty-five indictments, 14 sealed, were handed down Monday afternoon by a Hopkins County Grand Jury. A wide range of indictments were included in the afternoon’s work. Many of the arrest reports can be found at ksstradio.com. Just enter their names in the search feature. Jesus Avila was indicted for sexual abuse of a child continuous. Avila, 39, of Saltillo was arrested for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under the age of...
Jessie Mae Childs-Thomas
A Celebration of Life service for Jessie Mae Childs-Thomas, age 82, of Sulphur Springs, have been scheduled for 11:00 am, Saturday, April 30, 2016 at MLK Church of Christ with Bro. Delante Jackson and Bro. Borris Sims officiating. Robert Lee Franklin, Robert Charles Timmons, Bill Barrett, Reginald Thomas, Jeramie McGill and Demetrius Pryor will be serving as pallbearers and Larry Donnell Childs, Anthony Wayne Williams, Aundre Glenn,...
AgriLife Entomologists Urge Protection Against Mosquito Born Diseases
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologists are informing Texans on how to protect themselves from the mosquito vectors that spread Zika and other diseases. “The ongoing outbreak of the Zika virus has spread throughout most of South America, Central America and the Caribbean,” said Sonja Swiger, AgriLife Extension entomologist, Stephenville. “The effects this virus will have on the United States are not entirely known, but...
One Last Hurdle; Two Doctors Moving to Metroplex; Appointments to New Board: Memorial Hospital Board Met Monday Night
“Beyond patience,” is the description Memorial Hospital CEO Michael McAndrew uses for not only his feeling but that of others as each day moves Hopkins County’s lone hospital and CHRISTUS closer to partnership. Tuesday morning’s email may have presented the best news yet as only one obstacle stands in the way and an email that McAndrew had yet to study when KSST interviewed him regarding the Monday night hospital board meeting may...
Harvey Snider
Funeral arrangements for Harvey Snider, age 77 of Royse City are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Harvey passed away Monday, April 25, 2016 at Hunt Regional Medical Center.
Gary Owens
Funeral services for Gary William Owens, age 66 of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Chris McLarry, Leldon McKinney and Leon Stone officiating. Interment will follow at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Kameron Smith, Richard McLarry, Greg McLarry, Chris McLarry, Paul Stone, Sean McLarry, David McKinney, Bridger Loyd, Chaisen Chamness, Clint Buckley, Louis Love,...
Margaret Jane Jones Hellmann
Margaret Jane Jones Hellmann (Mimi) died at home in Plano, Texas on April 17, 2016, just three days short of her 71st birthday, after a lengthy battle with a rare Parkinson-related disease. Jane was born in Kansas City on April 20, 1945 to Harry and Alice Jones and was the oldest of three children. She loved reminiscing about growing up in small town Richmond, Missouri with her cousins and much loved brothers, Bob and Ernie. Jane...
