United Way Begins 2017-2018 Campaign, “Help Starts at Home”
Wednesday at the Southwest Dairy Museum, Hopkins County United Way 2017-2018 Campaign, “Help Starts at Home”, began with the annual workers’ luncheon. The goal for 2017-2018 is $175,000. Funds received during the drive will be allocated to: Boy Scouts of America, Circle Ten Council, $3,500 CANHelp, $11,000 East Texas Council on Alcohol/Drug Abuse, $1,000 Heritage Christian Counseling Center, $9,000 Hopkins County 4-H, $2,700 Hopkins...
Unique Sentence Handed Down for Sexual Assault
In Eighth Judicial District Court Wednesday, a sentencing hearing for Juan Daniel Santana Mendez, 20, assessed a sentence of 10-years deferred probation with 120 days in the county jail. Also, as a condition of probation, he will spend the victim’s birthday and the date of the rape in the county jail every year for the duration of his probation. Mendez had previously pled guilty to the offense of sexual assault of a child. Factually,...
Chamber Connection September 21, 2017
The deadline has come and gone for last year’s cooks to keep their stew site, but we have a few sites left in the 48th Annual Stew Cook-off. The absolute deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 6th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 48th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the cooks come-and-go reception on Tuesday, October 17th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery...
Owens Talks Whitehouse at Weekly Media Meeting
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens talked about Whitehouse at his weekly media gathering Wednesday morning. In years past, playing Whitehouse was like looking into a mirror for the Wildcats. Offensive and defensive schemes for each team were similar. Coach Owens says both teams are still a lot alike on offense. One difference is that Whitehouse will now occasionally put their quarterback under center. The Wildcats never do that. Coach...
Lady Cats Have Best Game in Mt Pleasant; Preparing for Greenville
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Justin Maness said the Lady Cats played probably their best game of the year in a 3-0 district victory at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday night. He said it was a lot like the Lady Cats road win at McKinney North back on August 15. Coach Maness said the Lady Cats played very good defense at the net not allowing Mt. Pleasant to do much. He said the Lady Cats passing game was on. Coach Maness said he got production from...
Texas High Remains Dominant in Team Tennis as Wildcats Lose Tuesday
The Wildcats’ team tennis squad lost to powerful Texas High, 18-1 in a district match Tuesday (September 19) in Texarkana. Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez called Texas High an exceptionally good team. Before the match, he urged his players to have fun and compete. Coach Martinez said his team did that. Wildcats #1 boys player Alex Benitez got the win for the Wildcats, 2-6, 6-4 and 10-5 in a tiebreaker. Coach Martinez said...
Blue Blazes Booster Club Plans Dinner, Auction to Send Girls to NYC in 2018!
Five of the Sulphur Springs High School Blue Blazes Drill Team officers interviewed at KSST about their upcoming fundraising Dinner and Auction on Saturday September 23, 2017 at 6pm in SSHS Cafeteria. There will be silent and live auctions where you can bid on exciting prizes and experiences. The dinner will be catered by Don Lalos. Blue Blazes will help serve. Tickets are still available this week at $10 each. The fundraiser is for...
Meal A Day Needs In Town Drivers
Meal a Day needs an IN TOWN Meal A Day Route Driver for Tuesdays. It should not take you more than 1 hour to complete your route. If you would like to give 1 hour a week to volunteering for your community please call Karon Weatherman at (903) 885-1661
Hopkins County Jail Passed State Jail Standards Inspection Tuesday
Hopkins County Jail passed state standards jail inspection that was conducted Tuesday. Sheriff Lewis Tatum and the jail staff were told at 6:30 p.m. by the inspector that the jail staff had performed exceptionally well this past year. The jail had difficulties in last year’s inspection but, according to Sheriff Tatum the jail was new and the jail administrator was also new. Paperwork was the problem last year. This year all...
