“Updated” One Dead, Two Injured in Delta County Accident
One person is dead and two are injured after a fiery head on collision in Delta County shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday. The accident occurred on Highway 19 North past the twin bridges near the South Sulphur River and the Hopkins Delta County Line. A dump truck was in collision with a car. The deceased has been identified as 61-year old Vivian Yvonne Brewer of Cooper. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Judge Bud Skinner. Husband of...
“Updated” Hudson Found Guilty; Sentenced to 20 Years
District Attorney Will Ramsay asked a Hopkins County jury to sentence Chase Craig Hudson to 20 years in the state penitentiary for injury to an elderly person, a Felony. D A Ramsay was given his request but not until Wednesday afernooon following lengthy testimony by several witnesses called by the state. Among those witnesses was Sulphur Springs Police Criminal Investigator and SWAT Team leader Rusty Stillwagoner, who testified that...
2014-15 Lights of Life Campaign Funds Increase Services at Memorial Hospital!
A new EMS 1st Response Vehicle Has Arrived, Additional Telemedicine Units Increase Patient Services & Flex Coils Improve Imaging! Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 11:45am, Memorial Hospital Main Entrance, – The Health Care Foundation board of directors, Brian & Leesa Toliver, 2014-2015 Lights of Life Chairs, Michael McAndrew, CEO Memorial Hospital and Brent Smith, EMS Director celebrate the arrival of the new first response...
The Principal Is In
New Sulphur Springs High School Principal Derek Driver was at his new post Monday morning. He was hired on June 22 but was given some time to handle previous commitments. Driver comes from Itasca, a Class 2A school south of Fort Worth. Driver calls coming to Sulphur Springs a great opportunity for him and a chance of impact a lot more kids. He wants to continue the traditions of Sulphur Springs, in and out of the...
“Updated” Child Endangerment, Theft, Controlled Substance Charges Filed on Pair in Hopkins County
A 30-year old Terrell woman and a 37-year old Rockwall man were arrested early Thursday morning at a Hopkins County resident south of Como where they were staying in connection with a Kaufman County theft case. Lydia Ellen Campbell has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, theft over $1500 and child endangerment before JP B.J. Teer who set bonds totaling $55,000. After his wife had a magistrate’s hearing...
Wildcat Season Ticket Renewal Begins Monday
Wildcat Football Season ticket renewal sales are set for Monday, August 10th and Tuesday August 10th. Purchased tickets may be exchanged for unpurchased/not renewed tickets Wednesday August 12th. All remaining season tickets will go on sale to the public Thursday, August 13 and Friday August 14. The ticket office in the High School Conference Center will be open 8:45 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. each day. The office...
Dike Volunteer Fire Department Responds Quickly to Grass Fire!
Dike Volunteer Fire Department responded to put out a potentially large grass fire. Once again, area volunteers put down their work and rushed to fight a fire. This fire call was to a hay field north of Dike, TX. Speculation at the scene indicated the fire was started by a tractor mower. Units from Hopkins County Fire Department and Brinker Volunteer Fire Departments also responded. The fire was put out quickly and no one was...
City Council Requests Study For Signal Light at State Hwy 19 and FM 2285
During the regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night, the council voted to request that TXDOT conduct a study for a signal light at Highway 19 and FM 2285. Wednesday morning, KSST News spoke with City Manager Marc Maxwell regarding the study. A fatality accident (see story here) prompted the city council to seek a study that would lead to a signal light where flashing lights are currently. The amount of...
Sulphur Springs Law Enforcement Rescues a Dog Locked in Car
Tuesday morning, August 4, at 11 a.m. Sulphur Springs Animal Shelter officers and local law enforcement officers responded to a call about a dog left locked in a vehicle in the Walmart parking. It took nearly two hours for responders to get the dog out of the car. “Ironically, the dog had actually broken its chain at home and the owners were afraid of the dog getting loose, so they took the dog with them to Walmart and locked it...
Pilot Dies As Result of Burns and Injures Sustained in Crash
The pilot of a small biplane that crashed at Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport has died today, August 4, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders. David German, 46, of Nebraska, had been in critical condition at Parkland Hospital in Dallas since Thursday, July 30th after fire engulfed his private plane and he was transported to there by air ambulance. His death resulted from his burns and injuries sustained in the crash....
