Ten Hopkins County 4-H Members Place at District Contests
Ten Hopkins County 4-H members recently participated in District 4-H contests, which included 4-H members from 22 counties in Northeast Texas. The contests took place at North Central Texas College in Gainesville. Below are the results: Intermediate Educational Presentations: – Savannah Allen, 1st place, Beef – Eric Bridges, 3rd place, Open Ag/Natural Resources – Trinity Sickles, 3rd...
Local Farm Bureau, Farmers Co-op and NETBIO Send Fencing Materials to Panhandle
Wildfires burned across the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado in early March, destroying homes, barns, fences, livestock, and tragically, several lives were lost. The fires charred more than 520,000 acres of land in the Panhandle and killed thousands of head of livestock. When word of the extent of the losses reached Sulphur Springs, the Hopkins/Rains County Farm Bureau and the Northeast Texas Farmers Co-op along with the...
KSST Donates Texas Rangers’ Tickets to Douglas Intermediate Students
KSST Radio in Sulphur Springs, TX donated tickets to nine Texas Rangers’ home games. Douglas Intermediate School will use the tickets to encourage student perfect attendance. As part of the Campus Improvement Program, Principal Holly Folmar hopes each student will attend each day and each hour of the day. “We keep track of each student, and each and every hour they attend our school.” said Folmar. A student that...
City Receives Gift of 4,900 Acres; Luminant Coal Mine To Become City Property
The City of Sulphur Springs will begin planning the use of a 4,900 acre gift and public input will be invited. Luminant will give the coal mine located southeast of the city to become city property. The idea for the gift was birthed when the late Roy Pelton wanted to a championship dog trials event held locally but there was not enough land area available. Pelton and the city contacted Troy Sellers with Luminant but he stated the...
Atmos Plans Controlled Release of Natural Gas Near Brashear
Atmos Energy is doing routine maintenance work on the company’s pipeline in Hopkins County beginning Monday, April 3. We wanted you to know in case you get calls or inquiries from the general public. There will be a controlled release of natural gas near Brashear. Atmos is notifying residents directly in the general area where the work is being performed. In addition, city officials in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County officials and 1st...
Three Commercial Chicken Houses Destroyed; Straight-Line Wind Blamed
Hopkins County–Three commercial chicken houses were destroyed and a number of chickens killed between 4 and 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in what is believed to be a straight line wind event limited to a small area on 20-30 acres in eastern Hopkins County. Three other commercial chicken houses were not damaged. The National Weather Service has been asked to review the damage on site and to review weather conditions as recorded at...
Bus Passengers Arrested for Money Laundering
When the Greyhound bus stopped at Pilot on State Highway 19 and I-30, plain clothes deputies with the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office boarded the bus. They made contact with Cesar Alejandro Amaya, 25, of Dallas and Albert Amaya, Jr., 29, of Red Oak. One was wanted on a drug warrant and the other was arrested with a large sum of money. Both were charged with Money Laundering. Hopkins County Dispatch notified the deputies that Cesar...
Eight Indicted for Injury to a Child With Intent Bodily Injury; March Grand Jury Indictments
Injury Child/Elderly/Disable With Intent Bodily Injury led the list of indictments handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Tuesday afternoon, March 29, 2017. A total of 39 indictments for various charges were handed down. Eight of the 39 were for Injury to a Child. Not all individuals indicted have been arrested. Those names are not published here. Indicted for Injury to a Child with Intent Bodily Injury were: Laci Marie Reichel,...
Rangers Opening Day Ticket Giveaway
Want a pair of tickets to the Texas Rangers Opening Day Game on April 3rd, 2017? Like this post, and like KSST on Facebook to enter. Listen to Afternoon Drive 4 – 6 PM Wednesday March 29th, 2017 to hear the winners. KSST is proud to bring you Ranger Baseball all season long. Passes can be picked up at the KSST Studios during business hours.
Sosa-Pintor Sentenced to Three Concurrent Terms of 240 Months in Federal Prision
Fernando Sosa-Pintor, 52, of Sulphur Springs was sentenced to three terms of 240 months each to run concurrently in Federal Prison Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Sosa-Pintor was found guilty of one count of possession of child pornography and two counts of distribution of child pornography on September 9, 2016. He had remained in the custody of U S Marshall’s until he was sentenced. Under federal statutes, Sosa-Pintor faced up to 20 years...
