Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaway #4
KSST has Texas Ranger Baseball tickets available for the Saturday May 8th, 2021 game against the Mariners. 6:05 first pitch. Screen Shot of the App for a Texas Ranger Home Game This years tickets will be offered in a digital format. To be a winner, you will need to download and install the Offical MLB Ball Park App for your smart device. Think of the app as a digital wallet for your tickets. How to Win Like KSST and this post on...
Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young Discusses Football Work in School Athletic Period
Monday morning (May 3), Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young talked about what’s taking place for the Wildcats in their school athletic period in lieu of formal spring football. Coach Young says he is utilizing the athletic period to install the Wildcats’ offense. He estimates that about 85% of it has been introduced. Coach Young says he is also noting how much recall returning players have. He says...
SSISD Spring Strings Program Concert Slated May 6
The Sulphur Springs Strings Program Spring Concert is slated May 6, at 7 p.m. at Hopkins County Civic Center. “We will be performing music from the Legend of Zelda games! The beginners will perform, then the intermediate class, then the high schoolers,” said Strings Instructor Hannah Kirby. “Everyone is welcome to attend and support our Sulphur Springs String Orchestra Program!” The SSISD String Orchestra...
Leadership Institute Campaign School-Press Release
2021 Leadership Institute Campaign School A MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Dear Friend, Since you’re a Texan, you’ll get this. It’s one of the biggest projects I’ve worked on at the Leadership Institute (LI) … so, of course, it’s in Texas. What do I mean? This summer, the LI will offer the Texas Campaign School Tour: 32 campaign workshops across Texas, from El Paso to Houston and Amarillo to Brownsville – with 28 stops in...
Wildcats Are Making Up For No Spring Football With Work in School Athletic Periods
The Wildcats Football Team is forgoing formal spring football in pads but the coaching staff is making up for it with spring like football fundamentals and drills minus pads during the daily school athletic period. By having no Spring Football, the Wildcats will get an extra week on practice in August (starting now 8/2) and they will be able to have two scrimmages instead of one. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens says the Wildcats...
Chamber Connection – May 5
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo By Butch Burney I had never tasted a deep fried avocado before, but I won’t soon forget the one I had Saturday at the Cinco de Mayo celebration downtown. It was lightly breaded and fried, covered with shredded chicken, queso, onions and jalapenos. And no, I did not ride the mechanical bull after devouring that. If you missed the Cinco de Mayo celebration of food, music and Mexican culture on the...
TWC Releases Guidance on Overpayments Related To Identity Theft
May 4, 2021 News Release Austin – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is issuing guidance to individuals who receive notices of overpayment due to identity theft, to clarify the best way to respond to such instances. Identity theft is on the rise, and scammers are targeting Texans, using stolen information to attempt to gain further information. While TWC identifies and locks down most fraudulent applications, it is possible in...
Lady Cats Softball Area Series Date and Location Again Revised
Another change has been made to the Lady Cats Area round playoff against Crandall. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo said Tuesday afternoon (May 4) that game 1 of the series will now take place on Thursday and it will be occurring at Nevada Community starting at 7:30 p.m. Game 2 is now taking place at Nevada Community on Friday at 7:30 P.M. Game 3, if necessary, will take place at the series’s original location of Royse City at...
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Purchases Panda Warmers For The Labor And Delivery Unit
Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation News Panda Warmer By Shannon Barker, Executive Director, Hopkins County Healthcare Foundation Sulphur Springs, Texas, May 3, 2021 – It’s 6 weeks post Gala Unmasked and the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation is delighted to announce the purchase of 5 new iRes Bedded Panda Warmers for the CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs Labor and Delivery Unit. Members of the Health Care...
Showing Appreciation To Teachers
Sulphur Springs ISD Education Foundation may not have been able to assist educators in the manner they are used to, they couldn’t let the week pass without showing appreciation to teachers for all their extra work to help school go flow as normally as possible, especially during the extraordinary circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. “Normally, we would award Innovative Teaching Grants to teachers during the school...
