Wildcats Football Team To Play First Game at Lovejoy’s Leopard Stadium on Game Day Friday
The Wildcats Football Team plays their second and last non-district game of the season Friday night (September 6) against a team they have almost no history with. The Wildcats are taking on the Lucas Lovejoy Leopards. On this Friday game day, the Wildcats will be playing their first ever game at Lucas Lovejoy’s Leopard Stadium. The two teams scheduled a game last season at Gerald Prim Stadium but that game was canceled due to...
Proposed Ordinance Would Limit Curbside Parking At Intersections in City Limits
A new ordinance proposed this week by city officials would amend city policies regarding curbside parking. Ordinance No. 2759 would amend Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances to include Section 25-82.1, prohibiting curbside parking within 25 feet of any intersection inside the city limits. City Attorney Jim McLeroy explained that this was an ordinance city officials had received a request for. City staff explored the idea of...
September is Emergency Preparedness Month Across U.S. and in Hopkins County
Hopkins County Fire Chief/Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Endsley and Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator Kristi Boles Springfield during a KSST interview The following information is from the first in a 4-part series by Hopkins County Fire Chief/Hopkins County Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Endsley, who wants the community to know that we are prepared for any and all hazards. Hopkins County as well as the City of...
Louisiana Man Arrested For Cattle Theft After Intense Multi-State Investigation
QUITMAN, Texas —A five-month investigation by Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers and Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Brand Inspectors resulted in a Louisiana man being jailed on three felony cattle theft charges out of Texas. TSCRA Special Rangers Larry Hand and Bo Fox were reportedly in Louisiana Tuesday as LDAF brand inspectors arrested Justin Glenn Thompson, 40, of Hineston,...
Caddo Mills Woman Arrested In Sulphur Springs On Controlled Substance Charge
Amber Nicole Newby A disturbance complaint on Church Street Thursday resulted in a 32-year-old Caddo Mills woman’s arrest on a controlled substance charge and on two misdemeanor warrants. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman was reportedly dispatched at 10:24 a.m. Sept. 5 to a disturbance in the 1400 block of Church Street. Upon arrival, the woman was contacted and a records check using her information showed her to be...
Johanna Hicks: Three Upcoming Events Offered By Local Extension Office
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has several upcoming events. They include Cooking Well for Healthy Blood Pressure series will be held Monday, Sept. 9, and continue Thursday, Sept. 12, and conclude on Monday, September 16. All sessions will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office. A $20 fee, payable at the first session, will cover materials, recipes, and recipe sampling. Topics will include DASHing your...
Newsom, Other County Officials From Across Texas ‘Focus On the Future’ At 2019 TAC Conference
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom was among more than 700 county officials, county staff and legislators from across the state attending the Sept. 4-6 for the Texas Association of Counties 2019 Legislative Conference in Austin. The three-day event was a chance to discuss new legislation that affects counties and local taxpayers following the 86th legislative session. “As a result of the last...
Lovejoy Football Coach Todd Ford Looking For Better Play From His Leopards Against The Wildcats Friday Night
By Don Julian, KSST Sports Director The Wildcats Football Team plays the Lovejoy Leopards in Lucas Friday night, Sept. 6. The Leopards are coached by Todd Ford, who back in the 1990s led the Texas Longhorns to victory in a bowl game as their quarterback. Lovejoy Head Football Coach Todd Ford The Leopards are 0-1 this young season just like the Wildcats. Lovejoy lost a close one, 13-10 to Colleyville Heritage Saturday night in the Tom...
PJC Associate Degree Nursing Students Receive Awards, Pins
nursing students at PJC Attendees at the Paris Junior College associate degree nursing awards and pinning ceremony held recently were welcomed to the ceremony with the news that it has been 50 years since the first group of nursing students graduated from PJC. The Clinical Achievement Award, chosen by the faculty for the student who is willing to help their peers, has an excellent bedside manner and is very good in skills performance,...
Hopkins County Republican Club Will Hold an Old Time Political Rally September 14th
Hopkins County Republican Club Hopkins County Civic Center September 14, 2019 6:00 pm OLD TIME POLITICAL RALLY **Hot Dogs ***Popcorn ***Cotton Candy AWARD WINNING HOMEMADE ICE CREAM !! Speakers: Steve Munisteri, State Republican Chair, 2010-2015, Trump Administration as Deputy Director of Office of Public Liaison, Sen. John Cornyn’s 2020 Re-Election Campaign…… Rafael Cruz, Cuban-American Protestant Preacher, Public Speaker &...
