North Hopkins ISD To Conduct Tax “Swap” Ratification Election
According to Superintendent Darin Jolly, in an effort to maximize state funding, North Hopkins Independent School District is seeking to pass a Tax “Swap” Ratification Election. The purpose of the election is to allow the district to move $0.13 from the Interest and Sinking (I&S) (debt payment) tax rate to the Maintenance and Operations (M&O) tax rate. This move causes the $0.13 to generate more money from the state for the...
Hopkins County EMT’s and AMBUS in Rockport
The most recent update from Hopkins County AMBUS crew and EMS Director Brent Smith received by KSST: “Its been about 16 hours since I was able to update you last. Yesterday morning on Saturday when around daybreak, is when our crew was briefed and tasked to attach in a convoy with an IRAT (Incident Response Assessment Team) with DPS, TxDOT, 20 Coach Buses and a compliment of 2 ambulances to make entry into “ground...
Forney Man Charged with Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon in Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Parking Lot
A disturbance in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office parking lot resulted in the arrest of David Allen Calhoun, 52, of Forney. Calhoun is charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Family Violence and is being held on a $200,000 bond. Advised of a disturbance in the front parking lot at the Sheriff’s Office, Communications Supervisor David Ray detained Calhoun until deputies arrived to make the arrest. Calhoun assaulted a...
Exiting I-30 Through Ditch Leads to Meth Arrest
A Dodge SUV exited I-30 by driving through the ditch on Sunday afternoon, August 27, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. A Cumby Police Officer, parked stationary at the 112-mile marker, noted the indiscretion. The officer initiated a traffic stop. The drive identified himself as Johnny Ray Cason, 26, of Lewisville but stated he did not have his driver’s license with him. The officer ordered the man out of the vehicle and performed a pat-down for...
Townsend Named Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert
On August 25th, 2017 Meredith Townsend the SSISD secondary instructional technology specialist was announced today as a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert joining the more than 6,700 educators in the MIE Expert program worldwide. Each year, Microsoft selects innovative educators to share ideas, try new approaches and learn from each other as a global community dedicated to improving student outcomes through technology....
Dinner Bell Menu For August 30, 2017
Dinner Bell Menu for August 30, 2017 First Presbyterian Church this week’s Community Partner. Baked Pasta Casserole Fried Cabbage Spicy Roasted Carrots with Cilantro Garden Salad Garlic French Bread A Lemon Cake to Die for! Lemon Sugar Free Pudding Served at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs, TX.
Photos from Senior Olympics….Annual Fun Event for Local Senior Citizens
Local seniors had a lot of fun during competition in almost a dozen different indoor “sports” at The Roc on Thursday afternoon August 24, 2017. There were competitors in age categories of 50 plus, 60 plus, 70 plus and 80 and above. Medals were awarded to first, second and third place winners in each game. Games included wheelchair race, bean bag toss, horseshoe pitching, nerf javelin, scooter races and 1k. Ten nursing...
Burgers and Fries Makes Another TIPS Donation to Meal a Day
Burgers and Fries made another HUGE donation to Meal A Day on Friday, August, 25th. The donation was in the amount of $1,476.00. Karon Weatherman says “thank you!” to the public for giving extra money when you pick up your order and for the Employees of Burgers and Fries for giving all of their TIPS to Meal A Day. Shown in Photo: Ryan Kniper, Carrie Hunt, Jaky Garcia and Karon...
