Couple Charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Arrested in Hopkins County
February 27, 2023 – Eric Wayne Caviness and Anna Carol Caviness were arrested in Hopkins County and each jailed on a separate warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies stopped the blue Chevrolet Cruze for a defective licence plate light on I-30 near mile marker 139. A records check showed each occupant to have a outstanding warrant. They were arrested and transported to Hopkins County jail...
Jim Chapman Lake and White Oak Creek Mitigation Area Master Plan 2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYU.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FORT WORTH DISTRICTP. O. BOX 17300FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102-0300 February 15th, 2023 PUBLIC NOTICEOPEN HOUSE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT JIM CHAPMAN LAKE AND WHITE OAK CREEK MITIGATION AREA MASTER PLAN 2023 JIM CHAPMAN LAKE, SULPHUR RIVER BASIN HOPKINS, DELTA, BOWIE, CASS,MORRIS, AND TITUS COUNTIES, TEXAS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, hereby informs...
2023 CTE Month Feature 2: Digital Communications
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 Audio/Video Production can take Jordan...
Wildcats Basketball Faces Dallas Pinkston in Regional Quarterfinals
February 26, 2023 – Coach Brandon Shaver and his team are thrilled following Friday’s second-round win. Friday, Feb. 24 in Royse City, the Wildcats dispatched Wilmer-Hutchins 56-44 for an Area championship. That win Friday marks the second straight year under Shaver that men’s basketball has clinched a ticket to the Regional Quarterfinals. It’s also the fourth time in six seasons that Sulphur Springs heads to...
2023 CTE Month Feature 1: Applied Agricultural Engineering
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 applied agricultural engineering can take...
NETLA Friday Show Kicks Off With Poultry
The NETLA Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show 2023 Poultry Contest lead Friday’s activities. Youth filled the arena with pens, buckets, boxes and other containers filled with the chickens the students raised. As the judging of the chickens commenced, cattle was being brought in the other end of the arena in preparation for their time to be judged. Local Hopkins County Extension Agent Mario Villarino was on hand to oversee the...
SSISD Jazz Band Delivers the Musical Goods at CraversTX
February 24, 2023 – The SSISD Wildcat Jazz Band played a set at Craverstx Community Garden on Thursday night. Spectators filled the seats, and others stood around the fire pit. There was a good crowd despite some cooler February weather. Everyone was welcome to sample authentic King Cake and New Orleans Punch. Spencer Emmert, Director of Bands at SSISD, had little to do during the set. His band was at ease and well rehearsed. A...
Man Accused of Multiple Felony Assaults on Spouse
February 23, 2023 – William Shawn Bloyed, a 38 year-old Cumby Tx resident was arrested and charged with multiple counts of felony assault. Those charges include assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated sexual assault, and assault impeding breathing. One count of aggravated kidnapping was also included. Bloyed’s criminal record shows he has been convicted of family violence in the past. The victim of this round of alleged...
Wake Village Man Caught With Acid Has Bad Trip Through Cumby
February 23, 2023 – A Cumby police officer observed a black Dodge pickup truck with a defective license plate light on Interstate 30 westbound near mile marker 112 around midnight February 22, 2023 and initiated a traffic stop. The driver continued into the rest area before stopping in the roadside park. The sole occupant of the vehicle was a white male from Wake Village, Texas identified as Todd Michael Parker. A strong odor of...
Hopkins County Hopeful to Receive Federal Funds For Road Repairs
A proclamation issued this week by Texas Governor Greg Abbott includes Hopkins County along with 23 other Texas counties in amending the disaster proclamatin issued on February 4, 2023. This proclamation simply includes Hopkins county in the disaster declaration which will now be sent to the federal level in hopes of receiving FEMA funds for moneatary assistance to Texas and would now include Hopkins County. County Judge Robert Newsom...
