Room Transformations At Bowie Primary Enhance Reading, Math Classes
Oct22

Room Transformations At Bowie Primary Enhance Reading, Math Classes

“Room transformations” at Bowie Primary provide fun, interactive means for students to learn reading and math lessons. If it looks like students are playing a lot more in class, they are, but they’re having fun learning too. Bowie Primary teachers this year were encouraged to “transform” their classrooms to enrich students’ understanding of math and reading lessons. Bowie staff were inspired by...

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Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees Approve 6 Staff Changes
Oct22

Sulphur Springs ISD Trustees Approve 6 Staff Changes

Sulphur Springs Independent School District administrators will be tasked with finding two teachers and a payroll coordinator in the near future. SSHS will need an auto tech teacher starting in the spring semester. Troy Emerson turned in his notice of resignation, effective at the end of the semester. High school will also be losing math and robotics teacher Ruston Pennington at the end of the school year. Pennington notified...

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Sulphur Springs Man Allegedly Caught With Stolen Car
Oct22

Sulphur Springs Man Allegedly Caught With Stolen Car

Sulphur Springs Police reportedly caught a 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man with a car that’d just been reported stolen early Tuesday morning, according to arrest reports. Trondamion Andrzhel Cleveland A Mitsubishi Galant was reported stolen from the 600 block of Ingram Street at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22. A short time later, Trondamion Andrzhel Cleveland was reportedly located in the 700 block of Calvert Street with the...

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11 Texas Wineries Featured At Main Street Uncorked
Oct21

11 Texas Wineries Featured At Main Street Uncorked

Main Street Uncorked 2019 Downtown remained busy Saturday with patrons visiting Main Street Uncorked, a wine tasting event in which allowed participants to sample the flavors available from nearly a dozen different Texas wineries and shop or eat downtown. Music from live band played and many congregated at tables placed near the stage, for people to relax in the pleasantly cooler fall temperatures. Booths offered treats, candles,...

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Investigation, 4 Arrests Expected to Clear Over A Dozen Burglary, Theft Cases
Oct21

Investigation, 4 Arrests Expected to Clear Over A Dozen Burglary, Theft Cases

Sulphur Springs Police Department, 125 South Davis St. Sulphur Springs police anticipate clearing more than a dozen rimes reported over the last 6 weeks by the end of the week, and filing additional charges against four teens taken into custody in the last four days. The investigation came to a head with the arrest of 17-year-old Chanin Arwon Holiness Thursday; and Jumierquai Davison, Clarence Ofield III and Kelley Waterhouse Jr....

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3 Sulphur Springs Teens Stopped In Stolen SUV
Oct21

3 Sulphur Springs Teens Stopped In Stolen SUV

Jumierquai Davison, Clarence Ofield III and Kelley Durayl Waterhouse Jr. Three 18-year-old Sulphur Springs men stopped early Sunday morning in a stolen sport utility vehicle allegedly compounded their legal troubles when they ran from police, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs police reportedly conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Durango at 12:57 a.m. Oct. 20 on Mockingbird Lane. After weaving through parking lots, the...

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North Hopkins ISD Board Of Trustees Candidate Profiles
Oct20

North Hopkins ISD Board Of Trustees Candidate Profiles

Voters within North Hopkins ISD will be asked to select up to three of the seven candidates on their Nov. 5 ballots to serve on North Hopkins ISD Board of Trustees. KSST asked each of the candidates to provide a photo and answer the same questions about themselves to share with the voters. Below are their answers, in their own words, in the order in which they were received by KSST. Sherry Smiddy Name: Sherry SmiddyOccupation, brief...

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Early Voting Begins Monday In Cumby Mayor, NHISD School Board, Cumby ISD Bond And Constitutional Amendment Elections
Oct19

Early Voting Begins Monday In Cumby Mayor, NHISD School Board, Cumby ISD Bond And Constitutional Amendment Elections

Early voting by personal appearance begins Monday, Oct. 21, in the Constitutional Amendments, Cumby ISD, North Hopkins ISD and Cumby mayoral elections. Early voting begins Monday in three local elections — the North Hopkins Independent School District Board of Trustees, City of Cumby Mayor and Cumby ISD bond — as well as for 10 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. All Texas voters are asked to cast ballots for 10...

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1 Lot of Johnson’s Baby Powder Recalled
Oct19

1 Lot of Johnson’s Baby Powder Recalled

Lot #22318RB of Johnson’s Baby Powder is being recalled by the company due to he presence of sub-trace levels of chrysotile asbestos contamination on FDA test. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. has issued a voluntary recall in the United States for Lot #22318RB of Johnson’s Baby Powder. The recall is in response to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration test indicating the presence of sub-trace levels of chrysotile asbestos...

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Conley Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison On 4 Aggravated Sexual Assault of A Child
Oct19

Conley Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison On 4 Aggravated Sexual Assault of A Child

 A jury Friday sentenced 53-year-old Johnny Ray Conley of Cooper to 75 years in prison on each of the four aggravated sexual assault of a child charges. The same jury found Conley guilty of all four charges Thursday night, after at least 5 hours of deliberations. “Today, a Hopkins County jury sent a message that this community does not tolerate pedophiles. The jury, as well as Judge [Eddie] Northcutt, have ensured that this...

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