Free Tax Preparation Offered at Wesley UMC
Trained volunteer tax preparers are ready to assist you this tax season. Bring the suggested documents with you when you come in! It is completely free of charge. You don’t have to be a Senior Citizen to use this free service!
UPDATE: TAMUC Campus Locked Down lifted
The precautionary shelter in place recommendations for Texas A&M University Commerce have been lifted, the school reports on their website. However, due to the ongoing investigation of three gunshot victims at Pride Rock Hall, the surrounding areas were still blocked off at 1:45 p.m., however. The Rayburn Student Center was made available for students who may be displaced by the ongoing investigation, the reported. Counselors are...
Seniors Center Becomes a Driving Classroom 2x Year
Several Seniors took advantage of the Affiliated Driving Class at the Senior Citizens Center on Thursday, January 3Oth, 2020. This class can give you a 10% Discount off of your Liability Insurance for 3 years. The Senior Citizens Center offers the class a couple of times a year. The class is also good for a Ticket Dismissal.
Ruling On Deaths of Couple Found In Their SH 19 Home Friday Still Pending
The investigation into the deaths of Joe Dan and Melinda Edmonson is ongoing. The official ruling regarding the deaths of the pair found in their State Highway 19 home Friday evening with apparent gunshot wounds is still pending results of the initial autopsy, which officials were still waiting to receive Monday morning, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Emergency officials were told at 6:27 p.m. Jan. 31 that the woman...
Teen Allegedly Caught With Ecstasy During Traffic Stop
A Hillcrest Drive traffic stop Saturday night resulted in location of marijuana and two baggies containing suspected Ecstasy in a vehicle, and one arrest, according to arrest reports. Dylan Cole Anderson Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Joe Scott reported the passenger in the vehicle, stopped at 8:22 p.m. Feb. 1 because half of the license plate wasn’t visable due to the light being out, appeared “extremely nervous.”...
Dr. Lavelle Hendricks Honored at Appreciation Service at East Caney BC
Dr. Lavelle Hendricks has pastored East Caney Missionary Baptist Church for 30 years. In addition to that milestone, it was 30 years ago that he also founded a celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Hopkins County. It is for his love, courage, servanthood and commitment that he was honored in a special service on Sunday February 2, 2020. Pastor Hendricks was ushered into the sanctuary to the applause of 100 friends...
Hot Potatoes
The First Baptist Church Kitchen is alive this morning. Steamy bins of baked potatoes are ready for delivery or pickup. Potato pickup location, look for the yellow signs. The initial number of potatoes to be sold was around 300. Inside sources tell KSST that the actual number is north of 400. Headed to Haiti An assembly line of sorts will form this morning to produce the boxed meals. No additional meals are available for order....
Milestones Reached For 2 Programs At County Jail
February 2, 2020 – Hopkins County jail marked two milestones this week – success in two of the programs offered to inmates. This week, two of the women enrolled in the GED program at the jail passed their tests to earn their certificates. Two trustees also found their smiles, thanks to the new teeth they received, as part of a dental program as well. Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Jamie Dowell, Robert Stephens, Dr. Millie...
Potato Lunch Fundraiser for Haiti Mission Monday Feb. 3
The Potato Lunch Fundraiser is one way that four local missionaries pull together to raise funds for a Haitian mission. It will be held at kitchen entrance of First Baptist Church on Monday February 3, 2020 starting at 11am. Baked potatoes and the trimmings with or without pulled pork will be prepared and sold. The cost is $6 per potato lunch or $8 for potato topped with pulled pork. You can pre-order by calling 903-439-5336. Find out...
Meal A Day Menu For Feb. 3-7, 2020
The Meal A Day menu for Feb. 3-7 Monday – Rope sausage, sauerkraut, black-eyed peas and corn breadTuesday – Fish, hush puppies, sweet potato fries and cole slawWednesday – Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans and rollThursday – Chicken spaghetti, English peas and garlic toastFriday – Vegetable beef soup, crackers and tossed salad
