Advice From FEMA Deployed Medical Staff
KSST had the opportunity to speak with several members of a FEMA deployed COVID relief team this past week. Team members are from as far as six states away. They are here to provide critical support for a northeast Texas hospital that is being overrun with patients. Among them are nurses and respiratory therapists. As members of a Federal program, they are not allowed to speak on any specifics. We did ask them about any personal...
Lady Cats Volleyball Hopes to Keep Momentum Versus Rains Tonight
The Lady Cats volleyball team will be playing something of a familiar foe later today when they travel to Rains, TX. Yesterday, on Thursday, Aug. 19, Coach Bailey Dorner’s squad took part in the Wills Point tournament that saw them face and defeat three separate teams in day one of tourney action; first Kaufman, then Caddo Mills, and finally, the team Sulphur Springs will be playing again tonight: the Rains Lady Cats. The battle...
Blood Drive on September 11, 2021
The American legion Hopkins County Tx Post 66 and VFW Post 8560 will be holding a blood drive on 09/11/2021 from 0900 (9am) till 1400 (2pm) at Brookshires in Sulphur Springs, TX. There will be 9/11 t shirts for donors who scheduled online or simply walk up. Contact American legion post commander Andy Lowen at (903) 355-3733 or the American Legion Post at jag@9034401873 for more information or questions.
Construction To Begin Monday At Main Street Theatre
One of the longtime cultural fixtures just off Celebration Square will soon get a face lift. If all goes according to schedule construction will begin Monday. A rework of the front and back walls of Main Street Theater, which have deteriorated over time, is required. This repair project is necessary for the safety of patrons and passersby. This will assure Main Street Theater can continue bringing live theater arts to the local...
National Radio Day Celebrates the Good Things That Radio Delivers
KSST 1230 AM was born in downtown Sulphur Springs, Texas on March 1, 1947. The station will turn 75 years old on March 1, 2022. Today, the KSST studio also houses KRVA 107.1 FM. We thank you for your listenership! We couldn’t pass up this chance to bring attention to National Radio Day, an observance within the United States annually on August 20th. National Radio Day simply reminds all Americans of the many good things and...
Clerk Issues Reminder Regarding Mark And Brand Expirations
All marks, brands, and tattoos currently registered with the Hopkins County Clerk will expire on August 30, 2021, in accordance with Texas Agriculture Code 144.044. The owners of the marks and brands will have from August 31, 2021 to February 28, 2022, to renew them. Any previously recorded marks and brands which have not been re-registered by the deadine of February 28, 2022, will be considered unclaimed and eligible for registration...
Pleasant Grove Tops Sulphur Springs in Final Scrimmage Before Fall 2021 Season
The Wildcats football team showed a lot of fight in their second and final scrimmage before the fall 2021 season, but fell to the visiting Pleasant Grove Hawks 21-7 on Aug. 19, 2021 at Gerald Prim Stadium. Things did not start as Coach Greg Owens would have liked, as the Hawks got the ball to start the scrimmage and proceeded to go an an eight play, 71 yard drive that ended with a 1-yard rushing touchdown to put Pleasant Grove ahead...
Every Nine Hours Someone Dies From Drunk Driving in Texas
EVERY NINE HOURS SOMEONE DIES FROM DRUNK DRIVING IN TEXASTxDOT urges Texans to consider the tragic impact before getting behind the wheel after drinkingNEWS [email protected](512) 463-8700 Download Video Aug. 19, 2021 AUSTIN – No parent should ever receive the kind of devastating news that two Bryan police officers delivered to Pam Todaro one early Saturday morning. At 6:45 a.m. on August 9, 2014 they...
Lady Cats Volleyball Sweeps Competition in Day One of Wills Point Tournament
Thursday turned out to not only be a busy day for the Lady Cats volleyball team, but a winning one too. The Lady Cats, coached by Bailey Dorner, were set for an action-packed day on Thursday, Aug. 19 when they took part in the Wills Point tournament. The volleyball team played three games on Thursday, with two being back-to-back; first against Kaufman, followed immediately by Caddo Mills, and lastly Rains at 1 P.M. Getting the action...
Preparing for Fall Semester at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Campus
GETTING READY Student Advisor Stephanie Pinckard, left, of the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center observes as Arianna Runion of Emory prepares for testing so she can be ready for the fall semester which begins August 30. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Steph and Runion student preparing for fall semester at the PJC
