CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Partners With NETX Public Health District To Offer Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccinations
Sulphur Springs, Texas, February 7, 2022 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs will be partnering with Northeast Texas Public Health District to provide COVID vaccinations for children ages 5 through 11. The vaccine clinic will be held in the MMU tent located in the parking lot north of the hospital (between Dr. Arnecke and Podiatry offices) from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. during the week of February 7. The second vaccine in...
Monday Game Day Brings Senior Night for Lady Cats Basketball, Golf and Baseball Spring Openers
Monday, Feb. 7 is a busy one for Sulphur Springs sports. Four different squads are in action for this Monday game day. Both golf teams had their usual early start, but today are in Rockwall for the Regional Preview to begin their seasons. Lady Cats golf had a solid fall season, placing third in all four of their fall competitions, including a contest at home in mid-October. Hosting a tournament on Oc. 18, both men and women’s...
2022 CTE Month Feature 1: Pharmacy Technician Certification Program
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 2022, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. One will be featured each week during CTE Month. Six students are...
Brashear Man Accused Of Tampering With Evidence, 5 Others Jailed On Controlled Substance Related Charges
A 56-year-old Brashear man was arrested Friday night on a tampering with evidence charge. Five others were also jailed Feb. 1-4, 2022 on controlled substance and related charges, according to arrest reports. FM 499 Traffic Stop Jerry Steven Dodd Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Isaac Foley reported seeing Jerry Steve Dodd backing a Chevrolet 2500 pickup out of a driveway onto FM 499 in Cumby at 7:07 p.m. Feb. 4, 2022. The...
Long Range Facilities Planning Presentation, Personnel Policy On Special Feb. 7 SSISD Board Meeting
A special Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees meeting has been called for noon Monday. The SSSISD Board agenda includes only three items, a presentation, policy change and executive session to consider personnel matters. SSISD logo The board is slated to hear from Dr. Lizzy Johnson, who will present a recommendation from the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee. Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams is scheduled to present for...
Weather-Related Schedule Changes
Oncor Still Working To Restore Power In Some Areas The sun is beginning to peek out from the clouds, melting some snow and ice, but temperatures remained below freezing late Friday morning. Hopkins County residents, along with those across North Texas, are still cautioned to be remain home if they can to avoid the patches of ice that remain on roadways. With temperatures only expected to be above freezing for a few hours, and...
Wildcats and Lady Cats New 4A Districts Announced
On Thursday, Feb. 3 the UIL announced the new districts for Texas. Wildcats football now play in District 8-4A of Division I and play Anna, Mabank, Nevada Community, Paris and Kaufman. The new district for football has Sulphur Springs play two schools from East Texas (Paris, Mabank) and three more from the outskirts of the DFW metroplex in Anna, Kaufman and Nevada Community. For non-football sports such as basketball, the Wildcats and...
16 SSHS Students To Attend BPA State Leadership Conference
Sixteen top students from Sulphur Springs High School will be attending the Business Professionals of America 2022 State Leadership Conference, in Fort Worth, Texas, March 2-5, 2022. Twelve qualified outright and two others were named as alternates to state based on their performance at the Regional Leadership Conference . Alternate Mackenzie Posey, however, had been bumped up as a qualifier in the administrative support category when...
Oncor Working To Restore Power To 24,500 Customers, Including 507 In Hopkins County
Oncor damage assessment, vegetation management and power restoration personnel have been working since the winter storm’s arrival. Out-of-state utility partners are also supporting restoration efforts. Snow falling on pine trees on Feb. 3, 2022 Freezing temperatures and hazardous road conditions are challenging crews, but work will continue 24 hours a day as long as weather conditions allow. Increased ice and wind impacts are expected...
Ice Covers Much Of Farmers Electric Cooperative Service Area
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 Approximately 2,269 Farmers Electric Cooperative members were without power at 8 a.m.on Thursday after a large winter storm covered much of northeast Texas with ice beginning lateWednesday and into this morning. Ice caused many trees to fall into the powerlines during theovernight hours, which has caused widespread problems across the service area.Most of the outages are near the Hunt and Hopkins County line in...
