One Month Left to Enter the 2025 State Fair of Texas Creative Arts Contests
By Bridget Browning | June 27, 2025 | With just one month remaining, the State Fair of Texas is calling on all artists, crafters, and culinary creators to submit their work for the annual Creative Arts Contests. Whether you’re a detailed arts and crafts lover with a love for quilting, canning, or photography or a passionate home cook who enjoys making savory sensations or sweet treats, the State Fair of Texas Creative Arts Contests...
Check out KSST’s Coverage of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Summer of healthy fun Kick-Off
June 27, 2025 – Below is KSST’s coverage of the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Summer of healthy fun Kick-Off. The exciting event was held June 23rd, 2025, in the Medical Plaza Conference Room in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Take a look at this interesting event and see what you might learn! Find out what the Health Care Foundation has in store for the near future for Hopkins County! Foundation Board Member...
Texas A&M Forest Service Awards $4 Million for Community Forestry Projects
June 26, 2025 -COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Eighteen Texas municipalities, schools and non-profit organizations were awarded grant funding through Texas A&M Forest Service’s Community Forestry Grants program this month, totaling over $4 million. Established in 2022, the Community Forestry Grants program provides funding to help Texans address local challenges through urban forestry investments and develop nature-based solutions that...
Preserving the Past, Embracing the Future: Big Changes Ahead for the Winnsboro Historical Museum
June 26, 2025 – Tucked inside the beautifully restored 1908 Winnsboro Depot, the Winnsboro Historical Museum is a treasured local gem. Operated by the Winnsboro Historical Association, its mission is simple yet vital: to preserve, protect, and promote the history of Winnsboro, passing it on to future generations. More Room for History Exciting things are happening behind the scenes. Thanks to recent permission from...
Overview of the 89th Regular Texas Legislative Session
June 26, 2025 – COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Texas legislators allocated approximately $630 million in new funding, above current base funding, for Texas A&M Forest Service over the next two fiscal years. The 89th Texas Legislative Session ended June 2, 2025, and the governor signed the budget on June 22. The budget funds more volunteer fire department grants, the purchase and operation of wildfire suppression aircraft,...
CHRISTUS Health Patient Shares Story of Wound Recovery Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
June 26, 2025 – (SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas) – After seeking a remedy for an open wound on his foot for more than a year, a Sulphur Springs man is now walking unaided and back to work, thanks to treatment received at the wound care clinic at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. In recognition of Wound Healing Awareness Month, CHRISTUS Health is highlighting the recovery of Johnnie Stone,...
What is the Texas Bullion Depository?
June 26, 2025 – The Texas Bullion Depository is a state-run facility established to securely store precious metals such as gold and silver on behalf of individuals, businesses, institutions, and even government entities. Located in Leander, Texas, the depository represents a unique initiative by the state to provide an alternative to traditional federally controlled storage options, offering Texans more direct control over their...
TPWD Receives 115 Oyster Buyback License Applications
June 26, 2025 – AUSTIN — Of 545 available oyster licenses, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received 115 commercial oyster boat license offers in round nine of its Oyster License Buyback Program, which, if all applicants participate, would represent a reduction by 21 percent of total oyster licenses in the state. TPWD administers voluntary commercial fishing license buyback programs for inshore shrimp, crab and finfish...
Preserving the Past, Embracing the Future: Big Changes Ahead for the Winnsboro Historical Museum
Tucked inside the beautifully restored 1908 Winnsboro Depot, the Winnsboro Historical Museum is a treasured local gem. Operated by the Winnsboro Historical Association, its mission is simple yet vital: to preserve, protect, and promote the history of Winnsboro, passing it on to future generations. More Room for History Exciting things are happening behind the scenes. Thanks to recent permission from the City of Winnsboro, the museum...
Greenview Memorial Day Business Meeting and Church Service 2025
Greenview Cemetery Association will be hosting our annual Memorial Day on Sunday July 6th, 2025 The Business Meeting will begin at 10:30AM, followed by the church service. Jan Kimmel will be our speaker this year. She will give us the history of Rev Green Weaver, settling in Texas and the origination of the Greenview community. Mrs. Kimmel is a great great granddaughter of Rev Weaver. Chad Hinton will serve as MC. Woody Garmon and Pay...
