Cooking Through the Seasons Presented Friday Night
Dinner Tonight – Cooking Through the Seasons Grab your friends and join us for food and fun at the Dinner Tonight “Cooking Through the Seasons” cooking show, presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service on Friday, May 20, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the ROC (Recreation Outreach Center), 115 Putman Street, Sulphur Springs. Presenters will focus on the various seasons of the year – New Year’s resolutions and making...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Reschedule Tuesday Games
No games were planned for Wednesday for either the Wildcats’ baseball team or the Lady Cats’ softball team. Here’s the latest. Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo plans to play the Lady Cats home game against Hallsville, originally scheduled for Tuesday evening, at Texas A&M-Commerce Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The college field has artificial turf all over. Coach Carrillo hopes to play Pine Tree on Senior Night as...
Sallie Tubb Watson
Funeral services for Sallie Tubb Watson, age 78 of Dike will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Noel Bailey officiating. Interment will follow at Connor Cemetery with Brian Clem, Dustin Clem, Jason Horton, Billy Horton, Tony Horton and Chase Freeman serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearer is Robert Henry. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 21, 2016 at...
What to do When the Pound is Closed
The Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter operates five days out of the week, Monday through Friday. During Saturday and Sunday, however, the Shelter is closed and the officers off duty until Monday begins again. If anyone is in need of contacting the Shelter, they may call and leave a message. The Shelter records all messages and the officers play these messages when returning to feed the animals during the weekend. Any messages that are...
Thunderstorms Move through Area Overnight; River Flood Warning
A line of thunderstorms moved through the Hopkins County area early Wednesday morning. KSST began broadcasting radar reports shortly after 2 a.m. as the first thunderstorm with a threat of hail moved across the northern segment of the county. Then at 3:07 a.m. a dangerous thunderstorm advisory was issued as high winds, small hail, and heavy rains marched across the county specifically in the Tira, Dike, Arbala, and Como areas. The...
Plenti Card Comes to Sulphur Springs
The Joe’s Exxon station, located on 1234 S Broadway ST, is now offering customers the Plenti card program. The Plenti Card allows card-holders to collect points through purchases in order to earn discounts and savings when buying gas and other products. “Depending on how many points you collect, it will show me if you want to take a certain amount off on your next purchase,” Manager Kushal Aryal said. “Whenever...
Sulphur Bluff Bears Second, Lady Bears Fifth at District Track Meet
Last week the Sulphur Bluff Bears and Lady Bears’ track teams competed at their district track meet at Union Hill. The Bears finished second and the Lady Bears fifth. 14 Bears and all 5 members of the Lady Bears’ team qualified for an area meet at Mt. Pleasant on Wednesday. For the Lady Bears, Makayla Covington was first in pole vault, second in the 200-meter dash and second in triple jump. Tori Dorner was sixth in the...
Seven SSHS Senior Band Members Sign Letters of Intent to Major in Music
Seven Sulphur Springs High School Band seniors have signed letters of intent to attend universities and major in music. Six signed with Texas A & M University-Commerce and one with Dallas Baptist University. Fine Arts and Band Director Charles McCauley praised the seven male students for their dedication and for the honor they brought to the band program, the school, the community, and their families. Each of the seven will major...
“update”Game Day: Rain Soaked Fields
This Tuesday game day report is a weather report as much as anything. Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said he expects Eagle Stadium to be ready to play on for tonight’s 7 p.m. game against Hallsville if it doesn’t get any more rain on it. He changed his mind Tuesday after lunch. The Wildcats are chasing Hallsville as the Bobcats are in the fourth and final playoff spot in the district. The Wildcats are 4-6 in...
