Carriage House Manor Sponsors Lights Of Life Gala
The Tanton family, who own Carriage House Manor, are long-time supporters of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation. Arvis and Sheila Tanton (center) are joined by their daughters, Sharla Campbell (left) and Shandra Dunn (third from right) and grandchildren for a check presentation recognizing their sponsorship of the 17th Annual Lights of Life Gala. Accepting the check is Volunteer Gala Chair Whitney Vaughan...
Meal-A-Day Menu And Senior Citizen Center Calendar March 6-8, 2023
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of March 6-8, 2023 includes: MONDAY, March 6- BBQ Rope Sausage, Corn Bread, and Broccoli TUESDAY, March 7- Cabbage Roll Casserole, Mashed Potatoes and Carrots WEDNESDAY, March 8- Tater Tot Casserole, Ranch...
Miller Grove FFA NETLA International & County Results
County Show Results Lambs: Kallie Mabe: 4th place ———- Jr. Showmanship Will Sallee: 3rd place & 6th place Goats: Paislie Reiber: 5th place Shealee Reiber: 4th place Chloe Ivy: 6th place Janie Alberts: 7th place Titus Bessonett: 2nd place Caddie Ivy: 3rd place Olivia Kelley: 1st place & 8th place——————- Jr. Showmanship Ethan George:11th place Swine: Danielle Garrett: 1st...
Woman Slaps Her Nursing Home Bound Mother
March 1, 2023 – GOLDEN, LAQUANTA CELISSE was arrested and charged with assault of an elderly person. The incident occurred at an assisted care facility in Sulphur Springs, TX. The alleged victim is her mother. Around 10am, Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched to a Sulphur Springs care home on a report of a disturbance. Staff reported 37 year-old Golden was visiting her mother at the facility, and had slapped her in the face....
8 Individuals Arrested During Wood County Bust
Feb. 28, 2023- A large scale marijuana grow farm was busted last week in Wood County, 8 individuals were arrested during the bust. Wood County Sheriffs seized nearly a ton of marijuana at the site. Search warrants were executed at multiple sites resulting in the arrest of two Russian nationals and three Bolivian nationals, as well as three East Texans according to the Wood County Sheriff. On Thursday, the sheriff’s office...
Parnell Violates Probation: Back in Hopkins County Jail
February 28, 2023 – Bryer Ray Parnell turned himself in to authorities and was arrested on a warrant for a probation violation. He was taken into custody without incident. His bond is currently set at $150,000. The Como, Tx man reached an agreement with Hopkins County and plead guilty February 23, 2021 to theft of a firearm. As part of that agreement, three pending controlled substance charges were dropped. Parnell received a...
2023 CTE Final Feature: Family and Community Services
Editor’s Note: February is Career and Technical Education Month, a public awareness campaign to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country. To help Sulphur Springs High School celebrate CTE Month 2023, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. Students interested in family and community services can take...
Three Arrested In Deer Poaching Ring Bust
Feb. 28, 2023- State game wardens have concluded a 3 year-long poaching ring investigation spreading across four separate states and have arrested three individuals. The three arrested so far are Carson Don Bottoms, 21, of Longview, Drake Anthony Cannon, 24, of Mount Pleasant, and an unamed juvenile. Capt. Shawn Hervey said the arrests followed a three-year long investigation into deer poaching in East Texas as well as in Oklahoma,...
Representative Slaton Files HB 2889 Providing Property Tax Relief to Families
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Yesterday, Representative Slaton filed HB 2889, which provides Texas families with property tax relief based on the size of their family. The bill will help promote couples getting married, staying married, and having or adopting children. A couple who marries and stays married would receive a ten-percent property tax credit. A family of four or more biological or adopted children would receive a forty-percent tax...
Department Of Public Safety License Fraud
Feb. 28, 2023- The Texas Department of Public Safety was tricked into shipping at least 3,000 Texas driver’s licenses to a Chinese organized crime group that targeted Asian Texans. The criminal organization was then selling the licenses, obtained using the personal information of Texas drivers, to people in the country illegally, DPS Director Steve McCraw said. The thieves used the state’s government portal, Texas.gov to fraud the DPS...
