Flight For Life, CHRISTUS Introduces Pilatus PC-12
Flight for Life and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Health System introduced the local community to the addition of a Fixed Wing Pilatus PC-12 critical care aircraft that has been placed in service recently. Fifty-six care flights have already been carried out since the plane was introduced. The fixed wing plane will join a fleet of helicopters operated by Flight for Life. Paul Harvey, CEO of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Sulphur Springs,...
Local EMS Willing to Accept Ambulance Bus from State
Hopkins County EMS, which is still owned by the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital District, presented a proposal to it’s governing board earlier this week to accept another ambulance. The proposal paves the way for the local EMS to house, maintain, and operate one of the State of Texas’ “Ambus” vehicles. This vehicle is a special EMS unit that can transport or care for up to 20 patients at once, at least ten...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down 81 Indictments in April, 2017
A total of 81 indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Monday afternoon, April 24, 2017. Not all are listed below awaiting the arrest of the indicted. Those who have been arrested and indicted include: David Allen Woolverton, Jr., 35 of Como for seven counts of Prohibited Sexual Conduct. The conduct with a family member began in 2011 and has continued until the arrest. Woolverton had been charged with one count for...
Hospital District Plans to Protect Archives
During a meeting earlier in the week of the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital District, a plan was set in motion to protect and preserve the archives held at the hospital for many years. Karen Strickland, past long-term employee, addressed the board with her concerns of the fate of all of the treasure trove of information that she had help collect over the years. Scrapbooks of newspaper articles, as well as other documents pertaining...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2017
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Northeast and North Central Texas until 1 p.m. April 26. This does include Hopkins County. The watch means that conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms. At this time, radar indicates thunderstorms in the Dallas metroplex as far east as Mesquite and Garland and moving into Rockwall County. The thunderstorms are moving east, northeast. KSST will continue to monitor the radar and...
Sulphur Springs Woman Confirmed as Murder Victim
April 25, 2017 – Lana Canada, recently known as Lana McAree, has been confirmed as the victim in the Dallas high rise office building shooting, according to the medical examiner’s report. Lana, mother of 7, recently married Dennis Canada in March of this year. Her daughter, Bailey Haggerty, is a pitcher for the Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats. On Monday, 60-year-old Matthew Kempf, of Allen, fatally shot Canada, his...
Man kills female supervisor, then himself at Dallas office tower near High Five
As reported from Dallas Morning News A man fatally shot his female supervisor, then killed himself Monday morning at an office tower in Lake Highlands, near the High Five. Dozens of officers — including a SWAT team — responded to the the building along LBJ Freeway, near Schroeder Road, as workers evacuated from the building about 10:45 a.m. Monday. Assistant police Chief Randall Blankenbaker said the man came into the office and shot...
Congratulations to Cumby Robotics, Third in World!
According to a weekend report by Lee Gifford, Science Department Chair at Cumby High School, the Cumby Robotics Teams at World Competition April 19-22, 2017 placed First in their division and claimed Third Place in World competition. This unprecedented win at VEX World Competition in Louisville, Kentucky for the Cumby team represents their involvement in the fast-growing need for innovators, thinkers and problem-solving leaders in...
Lady Cat Softball Bi-District Play-off Schedule
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo announced bi-district playoff information for the Lady Cats and Lovejoy series Saturday morning on KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18 TV’s Saturday Morning Coaches Show. Game one will be played Thursday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at Lady Cat Park. Game two will be at Lovejoy on Friday, April 28 at 7 p.m. The third game, if necessary, is scheduled for Saturday, April 29 at noon at Royse City. The...
UPRA Rodeo Parade
The UPRA Rodeo in Sulphur Springs April 21-22 attracted the attention of many from a video produced by a New Jersey news crew Friday night to the Parade conducted Saturday morning. The New Jersey news crew have been touring Middle America and week six of their tour brought them to the Civic Center Arena where they filmed various scenes from the rodeo and interviewed cowboys. The video was titled “God, Family, Horses” and...
