Reds, Whites, and Brews Downtown-May 6th-Benefits Local Animal Shelters
In the continued search of the City of Sulphur Springs for an organization to manage and produce the “Reds, Whites, and Brews” event on Main Street and Celebration Plaza each May, the City has turned to a new organization, the Buried Bones Foundation. City Manager Marc Maxwell said the city does not wish to run an event but to provide a venue and have another staff, plan, and promote the event. He believes Buried Bones is...
Local EMS Willing to Accept Ambulance Bus from State
Hopkins County EMS, which is still owned by the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital District, presented a proposal to it’s governing board earlier this week to accept another ambulance. The proposal paves the way for the local EMS to house, maintain, and operate one of the State of Texas’ “Ambus” vehicles. This vehicle is a special EMS unit that can transport or care for up to 20 patients at once, at least ten...
Hospital District Plans to Protect Archives
During a meeting earlier in the week of the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital District, a plan was set in motion to protect and preserve the archives held at the hospital for many years. Karen Strickland, past long-term employee, addressed the board with her concerns of the fate of all of the treasure trove of information that she had help collect over the years. Scrapbooks of newspaper articles, as well as other documents pertaining...
Sulphur Springs Woman Confirmed as Murder Victim
April 25, 2017 – Lana Canada, recently known as Lana McAree, has been confirmed as the victim in the Dallas high rise office building shooting, according to the medical examiner’s report. Lana, mother of 7, recently married Dennis Canada in March of this year. Her daughter, Bailey Haggerty, is a pitcher for the Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats. On Monday, 60-year-old Matthew Kempf, of Allen, fatally shot Canada, his...
Douglas School Rangers’ Tickets Winners
Some very excited students received 4 tickets each to a Texas Rangers game this weekend. The giveaway, sponsored by KSST, was in response to an attendance incentive initiative held at Douglas Intermediate School. Holly Folmar, principal for the 5th grade campus, chose the winners from 4 of the classes on the campus. Each winning student received 4 tickets to go to the game and bring along friends and family. Each of the remaining...
Tradin’ Post, Wednesday, April 19th, 2017:
Various Farm Equipment: disc, two wheeler, larger disc, hay loader, and singer sewing machine. Buy it ALL for $400. 903-243-2998 Ask for Ivan.
*Updated* Keeping Track of Miles & Points
Offer of 10 more upgrades: One of the best ways to enhance your travel experience is through the various awards and loyalty programs. There are countless airline, hotel, and credit card programs that offer upgrades, enhancements and points or miles. Keeping up with all of the different loyalty programs can sometimes be cumbersome. Recently I discovered AwardWallet and have tried it out for a few months. AwardWallet is basically a...
Royal Caribbean Plans to Send Another Ship to Galveston
Royal Caribbean is scheduled to send one of their classic ships to Galveston. The Vision of the Seas will join another Royal Caribbean ship, the Liberty of the Seas that already is in Galveston. Although the Vision was built in 1998 and was the first of the “Vision” series of ships, it recently went through a massive revitalization including upgrades to every stateroom as well as updates to all of the public spaces as...
Tradin’ Post, Thursday, April 13th, 2017:
Sofa and Love Seat for sale: Price is negotiable 903 885 6480
Royal Caribbean Releases Big Discounts on Summer Cruises
Now is the time to book a Summer Cruise if you haven’t done so already! Royal Caribbean has just released discounts on 11 different ships with over 50 sailings during the summer months. Even more sailings are included on different sailing all the way through spring of 2018. A quick check showed $500 per person off of one sailing on a 7-night Alaska cruise (outside stateroom). You must email for details as these lower rates...
