Liquid Versus Solid Fertilizers For Your Patio
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Many keep liquid fertilizers to feed individual plants around the patio. They act faster than solid fertilizers and give plants an immediate shot in the arm, so to speak. In fact, patio container grown plants do their best when they get frequent doses of liquid fertilizers, because nutrients are immediately distributed throughout the container. Liquid fertilizers work very well but have...
Hopkins County Republicans Call for Slaton to Resign
Local Republicans issue press release calling for District 2 Texas House Representative Bryan Slaton to resign in the wake of a report issued by the House General Investigating Committee. See previous story here: Slaton Faces Expulsion The following Press Release was received by KSST News: For immediate Release: It is with much sadness that we the below, 10 members of the 11 member Hopkins County Republican Party Executive Committee,...
Local Rep Bryan Slaton May Face Expulsion After Release of Disturbing Report
May 5, 2023 – During the first working weekend session of the 88th Legislative session, members of the Texas House were presented with a report shortly after noon Saturday detailing the findings from the House General Investigating Committee. The report detailed that Slaton did not dispute allegations that he had sex wth a 19 year old aide as well as provided alcohol to the underage aide. The report also stated that Slaton did...
Dike Incorporation Election Fails to Pass
May 6, 2023 – With 140 of 218 eligible voters in the Dike community voting in the special election for Class C Incorporation, the measure failed to pass witha majority of votes. 59 voters voted early, with 8 for and 51 against, and on election day 24 voting for and 57 voting against. With the measure failing to pass, mayor and city commissioner election results were rendered uneeded. Dike will remain an unincorporated area of...
Como-Pickton CISD Elects Four to Board of Trustees
May 6, 2023 – A total of 81 voters voted in early voting and election day voting in the Como-Pickton Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees election. The four members elected to serve on the board are: DJ Carr, Brittney Wright Smith, Jim Murray, and Keith Monk. The following are the vote totals for early and election day voting: DJ Carr: Early, 49, Election Day, 27, Total: 76 Brittney Wright Smith: Early, 68,...
Voters Elect Reed and Teer to SSISD Board of Trustees
May 6, 2023 – With 5.47% of the SSISD registered voters voting in this 2023 election, two new board members will take their place on the SSISD Board of Trustees. Darla Gibson Reed received the most votes of the four candidates with a total of 616 votes (437 early voting plus 179 on election day). Adam Teer received the second most votes with a total of 499 votes (360 early voting plus 139 on election day). As the top two out of...
Hopkins County Records – May 5th
Land deed Transactions Ricardo Chavarria to Melvis Bonilla and Olga Bonilla; tract M A Bowlin survey Robert Scott Ficke, James Scott and Sharon Amanda Scott to Charlye Hooten and Tristyn Hooten; tract M A Bowlin survey Judy Kay Heaps, Stan Heaps, Carolyn Ann Rawson, Mary Ann Rawson, Michael Jean Rawson to 2 Times LLC; tract in the L P Dikes survey Beborah M Jacobs and Michael D Jacobs to Deborah M Jacobs Revocable living trust,...
BMW Recalls Vehicles Over Exploding Airbags
May 5, 2023- BMW has issued a “do not drive” warning to the owners of about 90,000 older models in the U.S. because of defective airbags that might explode in a crash. The affected vehicles are the 2000-2006 model years that have been recalled before due to known issues with Takata-manufactured airbag inflators. however, BMW has decided to escalate previous recall notices to a “Do Not Drive” order due to the...
SSISD Board Names Lone Finalist For SSISD Superintendent
May 5, 2023 – Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees selects Dr. Deana Steeber as the lone finalist to be the next superintendent. The Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees would like to announce that Dr. Deana Steeber has been selected as the lone finalist for the district’s next superintendent. Former superintendent, Mike Lamb, ended his time at SSISD on April 30, 2023. Dr. Deana Steeber is coming from Argyle ISD, where she...
Rep. Bryan Slaton Refused To Speak About Closed Investigation Hearing
State Rep. Bryan Slaton, the Royse City Republican who had been accused of having inappropriate relations with a staffer, has declined Thursday to discuss his attendance at a closed-door hearing of a house investigation panel that has been looking into these allegations. Slaton did not answer questions from reporters as he left the room where a due-process hearing was taking place. He was absent from the House floor as the...
