Heat Advisory Issued for Wednesday through Thursday
An extreme heat advisory has be issued for noon Wednesday until 8 p.m. Thursday. Temperatures will reach into the middle and upper 90’s with afternoon heat index values around 105. All of North Central and Northeastern Texas are included in the advisory including the Hopkins County area. Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas are also included. Heat exhaustion or heat stroke can quickly occur to anyone working or participating in...
Lights of Broadway Currently Undergoing TxDOT Study
For the next two weeks a traffic study focused on light timing and traffic patterns at the Broadway/I-30 overpass is being conducted by the Texas Department of Transportation, according to Tim McAlavy, Public Information Officer for TxDOT-Paris Region. The current study will be repeated again in the fall when school starts. Public comment to a KSST Poll reflects the original TxDOT plan for the intersection. In our recent unofficial...
Grand Jury Issues New Indictments in June
Indictments were handed down Monday by a Hopkins County Grand Jury. Among the indictments was a need to re-indict all the cases from the last grand jury in order to fix a technical issue. Along with the re-indictment were a number of new indictments. The 41 new indictments not sealed include: Michael Lyle Gall, 29, was indicted for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. In April of this year, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies...
3 Queen’s Contestants on KSST Radio
TRIO OF DAIRY FESTIVAL CONTESTANTS LAUREN HELM, ALEXIS HOWARD AND SADIE EVANS As their busiest week of preparation got started, three young ladies competing for the title of Dairy Festival Queen appeared on the Good Morning Show with Enola Gay. Contestants # 1,2 and 3 talked about their experiences with float building, cow milking and riding in the Parade, as well as putting the final touches on their talent presentations. Sadie Evans...
Endsley Named County Fire Chief
Andy Endsley has been named Hopkins County Fire Chief. Monday morning during the regular session of Commissioner’s Court, Endsley was unanimously chosen from among 12 applicants, six of which were interviewed, to fill the vacant position. In an interview with Endsley, who lives in the Brinker Community in Hopkins County, following his appointment, he said he has experience with Hopkins County Fire Department in the past. For seven...
Penson Wins State Freeze-Off Championship
Henry Penson took home the Texas State Championship Homemade Ice Cream Freeze-Off title but none of the Homemade Pecan Pie ice cream he had entered in the contest. Over 60 entries vied for titles in the Texas State Championship Ice Cream Freeze-Off-2016 Saturday and hundreds of people were present to consume the result. The annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce event takes place on the Walter Helm Memorial Grounds at the Regional...
Stalker Faces Curfew and Monitor If Released
Gary Wayne Green, 50, is in Hopkins County Jail Saturday on $50,000 bond, ordered to wear a leg monitor if released, and will be under a curfew from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m., again if released. Green was arrested by Sulphur Springs Detective David Gilmore after Green allegedly kicked in a door of a neighbor on Jackson Street. Green is accused of stalking the neighbor on at least three or more occasions according to information given KSST...
Deal Done; Local Hospital Name Now CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs
CHRISTUS Health, an international, faith-based, not-for-profit health system headquartered in Irving, Texas announced today that it has finalized an agreement with The Hopkins County Hospital District (Hopkins) for the ongoing management and operation of the hospital. The agreement could take effect as early as July1. The joining of the two prestigious health care organizations formed a new organization called CHRISTUS Hopkins Health...
Five Years and Counting; Search Continues for Melissa McVay Darling
June 10, 2016 marks the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Melissa McVay Darling. At 1:35 a.m. June 10, 2011, McVay walked out of the Choctaw Casino in Grant, Oklahoma with a white male companion, Jeremy Upchurch. Detective David Gilmore said he has been working the case and will continue to work the case until resolution. Gilmore said Upchurch, who has a criminal record, remains a person of interest in the case and there are...
Friday Morning Hot Air Balloon Media Flight
On Friday, June 10th several local media outlets were invited to fly over Sulphur Springs in hot air balloons! Six different balloons were inflated and sent up with pilots and a maximum of two passengers. KSST interns were sent up in “Spirit in the Sky”. The balloon was covered in beautiful colors that depicted birds, a large mask, a fish, and several other smaller creatures. The flight began in the Sulphur Springs...
