After The Storm … Who to Contact For Tree Care Help
By Mario Villarino, DVM, Ph.D., Hopkins County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Defective trees often cause damage when catastrophes occur in urban areas. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, after a natural disaster there may be many tree care and removal companies offering their services. It is important to know how to choose the right person or company for the job. An arborist is a person trained in...
ATT Wireless Outage
Reports of poor or non-existent ATT Wireless service in the Sulphur Springs area are the result of a tower issues. Details on the outage are scarce, but KSST has received a report that the interruption may resolve by tomorrow at 2PM. Towers around the region are affected.
Fort Worth Man Arrested For Theft Of Trailer From A Local Apartment Complex
Rusty Allen Fisher A Fort Worth man was taken into custody Wednesday night on a felony theft charge, after he was caught with a trailer allegedly stolen from a local apartment complex, according to arrest reports. At 9:30 p.m. March 27, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper William Gillentine reported stopping a Chevrolet Trailblazer on State Highway 11, after noticing the trailer it was pulling did not have any trailer or brake...
Ladycat Softball Coach Reviews Win
Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo Gets Good Pitching and Timely Hitting in Lindale Win Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo said his senior pitcher Bailey Haggerty doesn’t get enough credit for what she does. He added she may even be taken for granted because she accomplishes things without a lot of flash or hoopla. Coach Carrillo gave Haggerty plenty of credit Wednesday morning (March 27) as she threw a three hit shutout at...
Wildcat Baseball Coach Comments on Season
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack Wants His Team to Get Up Off the Mat After Tuesday (March 26) night’s 11-3 loss to Royse City, Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack told his team a story he had heard about famous boxer Muhammad Ali. He told them that once when Ali had been knocked down unto the mat, he looked around and thought, the champion doesn’t need to be down on the mat. So he got up and continued to fight....
KSST is Giving Away Texas Rangers Baseball Tickets! – March 31st, 2019
KSST is giving away eight tickets (4 tickets to 2 lucky winners) to the Sunday, March 31st, 2019 Texas Ranger Game. The Rangers will be facing the Chicago Cubs.
Wildcat Baseball Suffers Tough Loss
Wildcats Have an Evening to Forget at Wildcat Park The Wildcats’ baseball team had a very tough night at home Tuesday night (March 26) as the Royse City Bulldogs left town with a lopsided, 11-3 win. The Bulldogs pounded out 18 hits while the Wildcats could only get 5. Still for most of the night, the Wildcats kept hanging around. Going into the top of the seventh inning, the Wildcats only trailed, 5-3. Royse City removed all the...
Ladycat Softball Wins Against Lindale
Lady Cats Softball 4, Lindale 0 Strong Pitching Carries Lady Cats to Win Over Lindale Lady Cats pitcher Bailey Haggerty threw a complete game 3 hit shutout to lead the Lady Cats to a 4-0 win over Lindale on the road Tuesday evening (March 26). Haggerty also struck out one and walked three. The Lady Cats had seven hits and did not have any errors. Kate Womack provided the only run Haggerty would need when she hit a home run to give the...
Basic Tips To Prevent Poultry Diseases
By Mario Villarino, DVM, Ph.D., Hopkins County Extension Agent for Ag and NR Animal disease prevention is responsibility of all members of the farming community. Poultry flocks represent a special challenge as far as public and animal health is concerned because smaller flocks are usually kept without veterinary care or sometimes maintained by people with limited experience. Also, even when those flocks are small in backyard flocks...
Upcoming Agrilife Extension Events
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Department of Transportation are sponsoring a Car Seat Checkup event on Wednesday, April 3, on the Lowe’s Parking Lot in Sulphur Springs, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Technicians will be on hand to check for proper installation, size, and condition of the child’s car seat. A new child safety seat will be provided at no charge if there are problems with the current seat. ...
