Ten Wildcat Band Members Qualify for All-Region Band; Five Advance to Area
Ten members of the Wildcats’ band qualified for the All-Region Band at tryouts last Friday at North Lamar High School in Paris. The ten students qualified for 11 spots since Celeste Leeds-Laliberte made it for both flute and piccolo. She will go forward on the flute. Five of the students qualified for Area competition on January 13 in Richardson, where they have the chance to qualify for state. Band Director Charles McCauley...
Wildcats Continue to Improve as They Move Toward District Play
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta liked what he saw from his team Monday night at home in a 64-41 win over Paris. He said this might have been some of the best team basketball the Wildcats have played. Coach Cipoletta said the team did a super good job of not taking the first shot available, of giving up a good shot for a great shot. He said the team was unselfish. Coach Cipoletta referred to their play as Spurs basketball. He...
Game Day: Lady Cats Begin District Play at Home
The Lady Cats’ basketball team seems to be playing well as district play begins Tuesday night (December 12). The Lady Cats open district play on their home court against Greenville. Action begins Tuesday with JV Blue and Gold games starting at 5 p.m. and at 6:15 p.m. The varsity game should start at around 7:30 p.m. The Lady Cats come into the district game with a 12-2 season record and they are on a six game winning streak. The...
City of Como Water Now Safe for Use
Water in the City of Como is now safe to use following test results of water samples taken Monday. Mayor Darla Henry told KSST News Monday that all problems had been remedied but the city was forced, due to the weekend, to wait until Monday to submit a water sample to a third party lab for tests. The boil water notice has not been removed. The city had issued a boil water notice through the weekend for Como residents after a utility...
Dodd Seeks Republican Nomination for County Clerk
Michael “Mike” Dodd has announced his candidacy as a Republican nominee for the position of Hopkins County Clerk in the March 6 Republican Primary Election. Mike is a life-long resident of Hopkins County, Texas, having been born in the old Sulphur Springs Hospital a little over 55 years ago to Jimmy Dodd and the late Venera Hopper Dodd. “I have worked in the Land Surveying field,” stated Dodd, “working with Deeds, Deed Research,...
Although Not Present for Court, Crump Found Guilty, Sentenced
Although not present for the second day of her trial Tuesday December 12, 2017, a Hopkins County Jury found Keri Amanda Crump, 28, of Sulphur Springs guilty of Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram. The guilty verdict was delivered around 9:30 a.m. and the sentencing phase got underway 15 minutes later. Before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the jury sentenced her to two years in state jail and assessed a $10,000...
SSISD Board Hears Reports; Approves Personnel Changes
Monday morning, Sulphur Springs School Board heard a number of reports and approved personal changes during their December meeting. Sulphur Springs School District Financial Accountability Rating for 2016-2017 is a perfect rating of “Superior” and the District auditors, Rutherford, Taylor and Company, stated the district received the best opinion or “Unmodified”. The board approved the 2017-2018 District Improvement Plan and the TASB...
SSISD Foundation Awards $27,519 in Teacher Grants
The SSISD Education Foundation recently awarded $27,519 in teacher grants. The recipients were: Talisha Harris and Sylvia Ramos: $1200 for Echale Ganas! Bilingual tutoring connecting high school dual language speakers with Travis Primary bilingual students to provide academic assistance and positive role models. Tammy Burnside, Chelsea Holcomb, Emily Simpson, Maricela Resendez, Kristen Downs, Mary Surber, Kori Reed, Whitney Helffrich,...
Commissioners’ Court Approves Crosstown Trail to Civic Center
Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved the segment of Crosstown Trail that will proceed from Buford Park to the civic center with a slight alteration of the path to provide greater safety for pedestrians in the area where livestock are often found. The approval came Monday morning during their regular court session. In other action, the court approved a final plat for the Sprague Subdivision in Precinct 2 and approved a service...
SSHS FFA Savannah Allen One of State’s Top Speakers, District FFA Officer Philip Rater Conducts Workshop at Greenhand Camp
According to FFA Sponsor John Holland, Sulphur Springs FFA member Savannah Allen competed in the Texas FFA State Leadership Development Event contest held in Huntsville, Tx at Sam Houston State University. Savannah had to advance out of District as well as Area to be able to compete at the State Greenhand Creed speaking contest. At the start of the year there were 641 hopeful contestants trying to make it to State Contest with only 20...
