Profile: Johanna Hicks…Her Life Makes a “Dairy” Good Story!
Everyone in Hopkins County knows Johanna Hicks, Hopkins County Extension agent with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office which she shares locally with fellow agent Mario Villarino and office manager Barbara Sanders. Over the years, she has become a local food celebrity with her many Dairy Foods contests, cooking and tasting events. As a Dairy Festival board member, she helped create this year’s exciting “Whipped...
A “Salute to Excellence” For All Area Graduates of the Class of 2018!
The staff of KSST, Channel 18 TV and ksstradio.com salute the hard work and commitment to excellence that graduates of the area schools have shown as they prepare for their big day, graduation. It is our privilege to congratulate them and wish them unlimited success! There are 50 senior classmen who will receive diplomas at Como-Pickton High School graduation in the Eagles’ Heflin Field on Friday May 25 at 7:30pm. (in...
Capacity Attendance at Annual Reilly Springs Cemetery Memorial Day
More than 200 persons were present for Reilly Springs Cemetery Memorial Day services on the third Sunday in May at the quaint community where flags still fly and families still worship. Services were conducted in the sanctuary of the former Reilly Springs Methodist Church by members of the cemetery Board of Directors. Ted Boggs led the opening prayer, music and memories were presented by Bill Owens, Tonya Miller Ross brought the...
2018 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Schedule of Events…Make Time for Fun!
Hello everyone! The Festival Board of Directors doesn’t want you to miss anything during the 2018 Hopkins County Dairy Festival, so here’s the schedule. Be sure and purchase your Pageant tickets from any of the eight contestants. This year’s theme is “Party Til the Cows Come Home”. See you there! Monday May 21st Dairy Festival Queen’s Dinner at The Alcove at 6:00. Friday June 8th. at 12:00 noon is the...
Enjoying An End-of-School Tradition at Miller Grove ISD…With Lots of History and Pride
When Enola Gay arrived in front of the Miller Grove school, she parked her car and simply followed her nose as well as a steady flow of people heading toward the new school cafeteria. Most of the third-grade class were already enjoying their lunch tray of Hopkins County stew, cheese and crackers, and the older classes would be filing in soon for a decades-long tradition at the country school…the End of School Stew. It’s...
“Branded” Ranch Rodeo in it’s Tenth Year Helping Through Community Seeds and Cowboy Churches
The “Branded” Ranch Rodeo has become a local tradition because it offers great rodeo action and raises money for individuals and families in need in Hopkins, Hunt and Rains Counties. The non-for-profit rodeo puts it’s proceeds to use through Community Seeds, a non-profit outreach organization based in Lone Oak, Texas. Also, four Cowboy Churches get behind the event, providing teams and helping with food, music and...
The “9-1-1 Connection” and “Battle of the Badges” Burger Cookoff
Sulphur Springs Public Safety Director and Police Chief Jay Sanders and paramedics stopped by the KSST studios to invite everyone to a public event coming up Saturday May 19, 2018 from 10am til 2pm on the downtown Celebration Plaza. It’s a Public Safety Extravaganza by “The Team” which is made up of Sulphur Springs Police and Fire Departments along with Hopkins County Sheriff , Fire and EMS departments. Sanders...
Teams Needed for the New “Whipped” Challenge Food Contest for Dairy Festival 2018
In search of a new dairy food contest, local Extension Agent Johanna Hicks and food committee members who like the TV show “Chopped” decided to fashion a similar contest for this year’s Hopkins County Dairy Festival. It will be held on the morning of Saturday June 16, 2018 in an outdoor setting in front of the Civic Center sound stage. Space is limited to eight 4-person teams, and entry fee is $40 per team. Get your...
Tabernacle Baptist Church is Mission-Oriented…Local and Global
Pastor Mike Haun and the congregation of Tabernacle Baptist Church believe in supporting the work of Christian missions. To name just one, they sponsor a Bible distribution and teaching ministry in Papua, New Guinea conducted by the Jason Brewer missionary family, originally of Sulphur Springs, Texas. And practically in their “own back yard” is the Holy Highway Girls Home which the Tabernacle Baptist Church family...
Sheriff’s Posse Members Earn Certificates of Service, Refresher CPR Training During Monthly Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Hopkins County Sheriffs Posse was held on Tuesday May 9, 2018 in the Courtroom of the Sheriffs Office. Captain Frank Teiman conducted the meeting and approximately 18 members were present. A Five-Year Certificate of Service was presented to Jim Glenn, and a Fifteen Year Certificate of Service was presented to Enola Gay Mathews. A CPR Refresher Class was conducted by EMS Technician Carlton...
