Coach From Port Neches-Grove Rumored To Take Over At SSISD
Coach Faircloth confirmed as new head coach. Tonight’s agenda for the SSISD school board includes an agenda item to discuss and possibly approve the position of new athletic director and head football coach. The person rumored to be up for that position is Brian Faircloth from the Port Neches-Grove who is the winningest coach from that program with a record of 102-51. His team has been to the playoffs 12 out of the last 13...
Jerry Wilhite
Funeral services for Jerry Wilhite, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. at Murray Orwosky Chapel with Jerry Savage and Buster Sides officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with military honors. Hopkins County Marine Corps League members Garry Hall, Derb Goodman, Larry Vickers, Mike Thompson, Bobby Ulman and Bob Kerr will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are...
Eric Posey
Eric Posey, age 55, of Sulphur Springs passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2021 in Tyler, TX. No services are planned. Eric was born on January 29, 1966 in Sulphur Springs to Daniel and Lillian Jane (Williams) Posey. He worked a a manager of Dollar General. He was a member League Street Church of Christ. He is survived by his parents, Daniel and Jane Posey of Sulphur Springs; sister, Michelle Ingram and husband, Jeff of Tyler. He...
Emergency Sirens Will Be Tested Today
Emergency sirens will be tested in Sulphur Springs today, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. The test will be conducted by the Sulphur Springs Emergency Management office. The test will be conducted at noon. The test is to gauge the reliability of the emergency warning system and is conducted to find any potential flaws in the system so they can be corrected prior to a real emergency situation. Recent tests have shown the emergency sires to be a...
Ella Byrd Reirdon Brown
Funeral services for Ella Byrd Reirdon Brown, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at West Oaks Funeral Home chapel with Bradley Edge and Chris Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Chris Brown, James McMahan, Jake Morrill, Landon Burke, Steve Littlefield, and Kevin Brewer serving as pallbearers. Jett Morrill, Dorsey Reirdon, Joe Reirdon, Henry Woodruff,...
William Cross
Graveside service for William Cross, age 82 of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 11:00A.M. on Tuesday, January 11, 2021 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Rev. Jim Moore officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, January 10, 2022 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Cross passed away on January 7, 2022 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs, TX. William was born on March 24, 1939 in Cumby, TX...
Linda Sue Bell
Graveside service for Linda Sue Bell, age 77, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday,January 9, 2022, at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Bro. C.J. Duffey officiating and Mike Phillips,Dustin Ballard, Neil Johnson, Tommy Hinton, Paul Lloyd, Dickie Scroggins serving as pallbearers. Therewill be no formal visitation. Linda passed away January 5, 2022, at Carriage House Manor in SulphurSprings. She was born on May 13,...
Hopkins County Set To Approve BT Solterra Solar Chapter 381 Agreement On Monday
Hopkins County Commissioners Court will meet Monday morning, January 10, 2022 to discuss and approve the reinvestment zone for BT Solerra Solar, LLC, a $140 million solar project planned in the Saltillo area. Also on the agenda is the approval of a 381 agreement with the solar company which will stipulate the level of tax-refund to the solar company as well as any PILOT payments to the county. KSST News attempted to get details of the...
Randy Ancil Roberts
Graveside services for Randy Ancil Roberts, age 64 of Yantis, Texas, will be held at 2pm Sunday January 9, 2022, at Shooks Chapel Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Texas, with Brother Mike Fletcher officiating and Jack Newsom Jr and Garrett Lockhart assisting. Mr. Roberts passed away on Tuesday January 4, 2022, at Faith Presbyterian Hospice in Dallas. Garrett Lockhart, Hunter Crowson, Chuck Grant, Catan Runyan, Jay Jones, Anthony Haley,...
Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel Plan Program
Members of local retired school personnel from Hopkins and Rains counties plan to meet on Tuesday, January 11, 2022 to hear an informative presentation by Dr. Millie Nylan detailing her work with inmates at the Hopkins County Jail. The program starts at 10:00 am and will be presented at The ROC located at 115 Putman St. in Sulphur Springs. Her work is a local initiative, focused on teaching inmates the educational skills they need in...
