Two-Vehicle Crash On FM 2285 Results In 1 Fatality, 2 Being Flown To Area Hospitals
A major two-vehicle crash on FM 2285 Friday night resulted in one fatality and two people being flown to area trauma centers. According to a news release from Sulphur Springs Police Department, police responded to what was reported as a fatal crash on FM 2285 near Sulphur Springs Lake at 8:47 p.m. Dec. 17, 2021. The crash on FM 2285 was a head-on collision involving two vehicles, a Toyota Camry driven by 73-year-old Shirley Robinson...
Trash Collection Schedule In Sulphur Springs Unchanged During Holidays
Sulphur Springs residents should plan to dispose of garbage as usual during the holidays. Trash collection trucks will run on the normal schedule throughout the 2021 holidays, with no changes planned, Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell reported Saturday morning, Dec. 18, 2021. The schedule for trash collection in the City of Sulphur Springs can be viewed below or downloaded from the city website by clicking here:
Wildcats Basketball Falls To Top-Ranked Arlington Grace Prep, 61-57
The Wildcats basketball team fought all game long but fell to a tough team in Arlington Grace Prep 61-57 on Friday, Dec. 17. Sulphur Springs kept it close throughout the non-district contest but could not keep up with a lights-out shooting effort from the Lions (12-2). While the loss was a tough one, Coach Brandon Shaver and his squad got a last good test before district play begins next Tuesday in Marshall. The Wildcats basketball...
Winnsboro Man Arrested On Felony Evading Arrest Charge
A 58-year-old Winnsboro man was arrested on a felony evading arrest charge Friday night, following a foot pursuit into the woods off FM 900, according to arrest reports. Bryan Keith Burns Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Warren Williamson was checking the area of FM 900 at FM 3192 for a vehicle reportedly involved in two separate hit and run crashes in the area of FM 900 and State Highway 37 in Franklin County around 8:50...
Lady Cats Basketball Drops Second District Contest to Texas High
The Lady Cats basketball team lost their first district contest to go down at the SSHS Main Gym home to Texas High on Friday, Dec. 17. Coach Erica Delley’s squad kept pace with the Lady Tigers through most of the first two quarters, but Texas High managed to pull away going in to halftime 32-18. Sulphur Springs could not keep up with the Lady Tigers in the second half and fell to Texas High 55-30 for their second straight loss...
Franklin, Hopkins Continued To Have Lowest Unemployment Rates In November 2021 In NET Workforce Development Area
Franklin and Hopkins Counties continued to have the lowest unemployment rates in the Northeast Texas Workforce Development Area in November 2021. Eight of the nine counties did have unemployment rates of less than 6% for the 11th month of the year, giving the Northeast Texas WDA an overall 4.9% unemployment rate, which is just above the state average of 4.5% unemployment last month. In fact, only three of the counties – Franklin,...
Enola Gay Mathews Retiring After 32 Years At KSST
Community Invited To Mathews’ Retirement Reception Dec. 22 At KSST Studios Although she was not the first to hold the job, most Hopkins County residents associate mornings with Enola Gay Mathews and KSST. For about 30 years now, many Hopkins County residents have started their day with Enola Gay on KSST Radio 1230 AM. Station manager and owner Chad Young will take over the microphone to continue to inform and entertain KSST...
Hopkins County Records – Dec. 17, 2021
Land Deed Transfers Record books inside Hopkins County Clerk’s Office Haven Tennison to Amanda Story and Mike Story; tract in the MA Bowlin surveyTim Tolson to Jennifer Ann Tolson; tract in the Santos Coy surveyDonald Bohlken to Flying N Land And Cattle LLCAna Micka AIF Daniel J. Micka to Diana L Cross and Johnny R Cross; tract in the MA Bowlin surveyJamie Hornbuckle to Tufeng Zhang and Min Zhoa; tract in the John B. Sparkman...
Three Teams in Action For Friday Game Day, Plus Lady Cats Soccer Hosts Scrimmage Tournament Saturday
The Lady Cats basketball team are the only squad in action at home on this Friday game day. The women’s basketball team host Texas High for their second contest in District 15-5A play. Sulphur Springs lost their opener Tuesday in Mount Pleasant. Coach Erica Delley and her team will look to get their first win in district tonight when they host the Lady Tigers. That game tips-off at 6:15 P.M. and broadcasted tonight on KSST...
Hopkins County Masonic Lodges Donate To Blue Santa
Hopkins County Masonic Lodges – made up of Sulphur Bluff, Sulphur Springs, and Cumby Lodges – made a donation of $1.000 to the Blue Santa program today. The funding from the Hopkins County Masonic Lodges would be utilized if there are any emergency Christmas toys needs, such as a family losing all of their belongings to a fire, this year. Otherwise, it will go into the account, used to pick up toys throughout the next year...
