Chamber Connection
Congratulations Jaci Reed on becoming the new Dairy Festival Queen! What a wonderful end to the Dairy Festival week! Hopkins County is fortunate to have so many dedicated people working to make the Dairy Festival such a success. The Chamber is thankful to the Dairy Festival for working tirelessly in all that they do! Corner Grub House is now offering delivery during lunch hours Corner Grub House, located at 113 Gilmer in Sulphur...
The EDGE for Middle School Athletes
For a second year, the Sulphur Springs Athletic Department is offering The Edge for middle school athletes. It is a four week program taking place Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. each day until July 6. It began on June 12. The Edge for middle school athletes does not have endurance work like gassers, hill climbing and 100 yard dashes featuring in The Edge for high school athletes. It’s focus is more on...
A Chat with Tom Sellers Celebrating Alliance Bank’s 90th Birthday
by Enola Gay President and CEO of Alliance Bank Tom Sellers paid a visit to the KSST Morning Show to share a bit of Alliance Bank history with listeners and viewers. You can see read the history and view historic photos on the bank website, alliancebank.com. In brief, the bank’s birth was during the Depression era, when in 1927 it was chartered by two of the largest shareholders of First State Bank which had closed for...
Additional Charges for Mowrer; Bryant Also Charged
Additional charges were added Tuesday for Jeffrey Edward Mowrer, 25, arrested Monday for Tamper Fabricate Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair and Possession of a Controlled Substance less than 28-grams. Mowrer had fled Hopkins County Deputies attempting to serve an arrest warrant for burglaries that occurred in southern Hopkins County where Mowrer was staying with a female on State Highway 154 (see first arrest below). Along with...
Man Charged With Cockfighting; Roosters Confiscated
[Editor’s Note: KSST will only post names and pictures of those charged with misdemeanors when the circumstances are out of the ordinary. This is one of those instances in which the crime is an inhumane act toward an animal/fowl.] Interdiction Deputy Harry Washington stopped a van for a traffic violation at the 122-mile marker on westbound I-30 Tuesday. Inside the van in plain view were a number of roosters. Deputy Washington was told...
Timmons Sentenced for Arson
Joshua Timmons, 28, was sentenced to 12 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Tuesday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court. Timmons was on probation for arson but that was revoked when he was charged with Injury to Elderly/Child/Disabled with Intent Bodily Injury. The Injury to Elderly charge was dismissed as a part of a plea bargain agreement. However, with the sentence for the Felony 2 arson, Timmons will be...
Community Calendar for June 21-25, 2017
Deadline for Hopkins County young ladies to sign up to participate in the Fall Festival Cover Girl contest is June 23, 2017. Packets can be picked up at the Civic Center box office. These must be completed and turned in there before noon Friday. For those who have entered, an organizational meeting is scheduled for July 6 at 6 pm at Pizza Inn. Contact Cover Girl Coordinator Tracy Dennis at 903-243-1925 or [email protected]. A...
In Town Route Driver Needed for Wednesday Meal-a-Day
According to Karen Weatherman, being a Meal-a-Day is more than delivering a meal. Weatherman says the local Meal-a-Day program is in need of a Wednesday in-town driver. A torn Achilles Tendon and coming surgery to repair the tear has sidelined the previous driver. The tear occurred while the driver was on vacation. The route usually takes one hour unless the drive visits with those who whom he or she delivers. That’s the more that...
