Health Care Foundation Lights of Life Campaign And Gala Chairs Announced
by Meredith Caddell, Executive Director, Hopkins County Health Care Foundation On behalf of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Board of Directors, it gives me tremendous pleasure to announce that the 2018-2019 Lights of Life Campaign & Gala Chairs will be Tanner & Holly Ragan. The Ragans have a longstanding commitment to this community and are truly the perfect choice to lead the efforts of the Lights of Life Campaign. ...
Hopkins County Deputies, SPCA Seize Approximately 50 Dogs, Find Approximately 50 Dead Dogs in Freezer at Northern Hopkins County Residence
Between 48 and 50 live dogs were found in a house and outbuildings and approximately 50 dead animals including litters, puppies, grown dogs and animal tissue stored in a freezer were found at a residence located just off FM 2285 north of Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County, according to Hopkins County Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford. Animal cruelty charges are being filed Thursday against the home and animal owners. The...
Video Update: Dietze, Harper Named Top Grads SSHS Class of 2018
Thursday morning, May 10, 2018, Sulphur Springs High School Principal Derek Driver introduced the Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2018. Peyton Dietze, with a 4.28 Grade Point Average (GPA), was named Valedictorian and Sarah Harper, with a 4.25 GPA, was named Salutatorian. Peyton, daughter of Jason and Jill Dietze, will attend Baylor University and major in Accounting. She has served as Class President her Sophomore,...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Receive Major Awards at All-Sports Banquet
Major awards were all shared at the 2017-2018 Sulphur Springs Wildcat All-Sports Banquet Monday night (May 7). Football, baseball and track athlete Ryan Humphries and football player and powerlifter D’Idrec Dugan were co-winners of the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Wildcat. Track, volleyball and basketball player Imani Taylor and Volleyball and basketball player Kaylee Jefferson shared the Forrest Gregg MVP Award for a Lady Cat....
New Faces for Sulphur Springs City Council Following Election
It was a busy day for city staff and election judges as they accommodated registered voters, poll watchers, and those who thought they had lost something, like Charles Oxford, as observed while this writer waited to vote, who spent several minutes looking at and around voting machines and the judges’ table during the time others were present to vote in the City of Sulphur Springs municipal election. By early afternoon, the elevator at...
Video Presentation: Walker Notes His 15 Years on City Council and Future Growth For the City
Friday morning, Clay Walker, Place 2 Sulphur Springs City Councilman, told KSST News that the past 15 years on the city council has been filled with the good, the bad, and the ugly, but not much ugly. Walker has served in his last council meeting. Saturday, May 5th, either Sara Gibson or Jimmy Lucas will be elected Councilperson Place 2 and will be sworn in at the June meeting. He calls his time of service as a good and exciting time....
Moore Appointed to Sulphur Springs City Council Place 6
Doug Moore was appointed to Sulphur Springs City Council Place 6 Tuesday night during the May regular session of the council. City Attorney Jim McLeroy addressed the council regarding the proper procedure to fill the vacancy on the council created by the resignation of Councilman Dan Froneberger. McLeroy noted the Section 2 of the city charter: “If a vacancy occurs in the council the remaining members of the council, by a majority...
Video Presentation: Claws for a Cause 2018
Another successful year for Rotary Club’s Claws for a...
Wildcats, Tri-Champions of District 16-5A Will be 3rd Seed as Bi-District Begins Thursday
The Tri-Champions of District 16-5A met at Mount Pleasant on Saturday to determine the #1, #2 and #3 seeds for the upcoming playoffs. The Wildcats dropped two games and will be the district’s #3 seed. Texas High defeated the Wildcats and Hallsville to claim the #1 seed. Hallsville lost to Texas High but defeated the Wildcats to claim the #2 seed. In the first game Saturday, Texas High shut out the Wildcats, 5-0. Tyler Armstrong...
Lady Cats Advance to Area
The Lady Cats’ softball team won their bi-district series with Lovejoy two games to nothing with a 15-1 rout at Lady Cat Park on Friday night. The Lady Cats won at Lovejoy Thursday night, 15-4. Friday the Lady Cats scored in every inning. They led 4-0 after one inning, 6-0 after two innings, 10-1 after three innings and 15-1 after four innings. The game was called after four and a half innings due to the ten run rule. Kate...
