A Merry Christmas Starts with the Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade Friday December 6 at 7 pm
December 3, 2019 – Be along the parade route this Friday evening to watch the most fabulous lighted floats go by, see the marching bands and hear the Christmas music in the air! Of course, everyone can attend the Lions Club Christmas Parade free of charge! The title sponsor is Carriage House Manor, with numerous other sponsors helping provide the annual public festivity. Garrett Glass of Guaranty Bank and Trust is also a member...
Blue Santa Toy Drive Today!!
BLUE SANTA Local law enforcement has a heart for helping needy families at Christmas time! Join them in the Blue Santa Drive going on today, Tuesday December 3, on the parking lot of Lowe’s, 7am til 7pm. Toys, bicycles, cash and checks are being taken at the collection site by law enforcement officers on “Blue Santa” duty! Toys for ages 1-16 are needed, bicycles of all sizes, and of course money to purchase more...
Holiday Shop-at-Home Gets Boost by Vendors on Dec. 7 "Christmas Market on Main"
Marlene DeYong and Katie Moss Steelman are Main Street business owners. They both own and operate retail clothing shops in downtown Sulphur Springs, and they both employ practical and innovative ways to reach the shopping public, echoing the same message, “shop and spend with your local merchants in your home town!” Both Marlene’s Sass and Class and Simply Spoiled carry a broad inventory of ladies and...
Veterans Voices Program Reminds of Dec. 7 'National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day'
Tommy Allison, host of KSST’s ‘Veterans Voices’ weekly radio program, reminded his Monday morning listeners of the importance of December 7 in our national’s history. He related how on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Territory, without warning and without a declaration of war, killing 2,403 Americans, and...
Main Street Theater Will Present "A Christmas Carol-Adapted for Radio-on-Stage"
Enjoy live community theater at Main Street Theater downtown Sulphur Springs This holiday season, the Sulphur Springs Community Players will close the 2019 season with “A Christmas Carol: Radio-on-Stage” on the Main Street Theater stage. The classic work was adapted for radio-on-stage by Anthony Palmero. The work of this Audie-award winning radio dramatist, performer and educator features live performers voicing scripts...
Black Oak Cemetery Will Join in Wreaths Across America on December 14
A nationwide movement to pay homage to deceased veterans has come to Hopkins County. Last December, the first Wreaths Across America event in Sulphur Springs was organized by Dena Loyd and held at City Cemetery with a ceremony and a laying of over 500 wreaths on headstones of veterans buried there. The 2019 observance will be held on the same day across the nation, at 11am, and in Hopkins County at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery as...
Free Photography Showing at City Hall on Saturday November 30 at 1:30 pm
P H O T O G R A P H Y E X H I B I T R E C E P T I O N A Photography Exhibit featuring local submissions to the World Wide Photo Walk and other original photographs will be open to the public on Saturday November 30, 2019 at 1:30 pm inside Sulphur Springs City Hall on North Davis Street, downtown. Admission is free, everybody is welcome! Bring friends and family! This exhibit is the combined results from the World Wide Photo Walk &...
Meet Shelbi Cooper, Nurse Practitioner for Dr. Arneke’s Office, 115 Medical Circle (Morning Show Interview Added)
A career in the medical field had always been attractive to her as she grew up in Rains County, and fifteen years ago, Shelbi Cooper had achieved that milestone. She was working as a Registered Nurse in a major hospital in Dallas. But she wanted something more, and found it, with a specialty degree earned at Texas Women’s University as a Nurse Practitioner/Internal Medicine. For the past twelve years, Shelbi has been working as...
40th UPRA Rodeo Finals Wins in Talent, Stock, Attendance
Following three nights of exciting rodeo action in Sulphur Springs, the organizers of the 2019 Cinch UFR, or United Finals Rodeo, are wearing smiles due to the excellent stock and talent and great attendance all three nights. In fact, Saturday night’s performance in the Hopkins County Civic Center arena had a packed house. Both the animal and human athletes were “top notch” on all three nights, according to many...
