Representative Slaton Files HB 2889 Providing Property Tax Relief to Families
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Yesterday, Representative Slaton filed HB 2889, which provides Texas families with property tax relief based on the size of their family. The bill will help promote couples getting married, staying married, and having or adopting children. A couple who marries and stays married would receive a ten-percent property tax credit. A family of four or more biological or adopted children would receive a forty-percent tax...
Department Of Public Safety License Fraud
Feb. 28, 2023- The Texas Department of Public Safety was tricked into shipping at least 3,000 Texas driver’s licenses to a Chinese organized crime group that targeted Asian Texans. The criminal organization was then selling the licenses, obtained using the personal information of Texas drivers, to people in the country illegally, DPS Director Steve McCraw said. The thieves used the state’s government portal, Texas.gov to fraud the DPS...
Paris Junior College Students Enjoy a Break
ENJOYING BREAK Students at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus enjoy a short break between classes as they visit in the hallway with Secretary Dana Smock, left. Students in the group include Jessica Sisk, Alyssa Cockrum, Veronica Bussell, Liberty Gaunt and Jay Leitner. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs students visit
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital News Release Feb. 27, 2023
Sulphur Springs, Texas, February 27, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. New Primary Care Provider CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is excited to welcome Rebecca Couch, Nurse Practitioner, to our team of Primary Care providers. Rebecca is eager to treat new patients in the Sulphur Springs area. She is accepting new patients at 105 Medical Circle,...
Sulphur Springs Emergency Sirens Will Be Tested February 27
February 27, 2023 – Emergency sirens will be tested in Sulphur Springs at noon today by the Sulphur Springs Emergency Management Office. The test is to gauge the reliability of the emergency warning system and is conducted to find any potential flaws in the system so they can be corrected prior to a real emergency situation. The sirens could be sounded not only for weather warnings such as tornadoes, which are the most...
Wildcats Baseball in Wylie East Tournament This Weekend
Coach Jerrod Hammack and Wildcats baseball this weekend head to Wylie East for their second tournament on the spring season. The three day invitational runs Thursday through Saturday, Mar. 2-4. This past weekend saw Sulphur Springs tee off their regular season in Mount Pleasant for a three day tourney. Wildcats baseball went 2-1-1 at their former district foe’s invitational. Thursday had the Wildcats taking on Pittsburg, but...
Jim Chapman Lake and White Oak Creek Mitigation Area Master Plan 2023
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYU.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FORT WORTH DISTRICTP. O. BOX 17300FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102-0300 February 15th, 2023 PUBLIC NOTICEOPEN HOUSE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT JIM CHAPMAN LAKE AND WHITE OAK CREEK MITIGATION AREA MASTER PLAN 2023 JIM CHAPMAN LAKE, SULPHUR RIVER BASIN HOPKINS, DELTA, BOWIE, CASS,MORRIS, AND TITUS COUNTIES, TEXAS The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, hereby informs...
Consider Motherland Okra in 2023
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Garden One of the more fun crops to raise is okra. Historically, Clemson spineless has been the variety to grow or purchase. Its main limitation has been it needs to be picked at a maximum of 4” in length. Recent years have seen new varieties such as Jambalaya that produces more pods per stalk. Burgundy that remains edible out to 8”; and a Louisiana variety that’s good out to 16”!!! Well, there’s a...
2023 CTE Month Feature 2: Digital Communications
Editor’s Note: February is Career and Technical Education Month, a public awareness campaign to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country. To help Sulphur Springs High School celebrate CTE Month 2023, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. Students interested in Audio/Video Production can take Jordan...
Wildcats Basketball Faces Dallas Pinkston in Regional Quarterfinals
February 26, 2023 – Coach Brandon Shaver and his team are thrilled following Friday’s second-round win. Friday, Feb. 24 in Royse City, the Wildcats dispatched Wilmer-Hutchins 56-44 for an Area championship. That win Friday marks the second straight year under Shaver that men’s basketball has clinched a ticket to the Regional Quarterfinals. It’s also the fourth time in six seasons that Sulphur Springs heads to...
