Veterans’ Memorial Suffers Minor Damage
Some more minor damage has been done to several walls in the Veterans’ Memorial on Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs. The damage was discovered and was reported to the police department by a city official on Thursday just before 1 p.m. Several stones had letters and scratches lightly etched on them. Two stones had small chips knocked out on the ends. In all four of the stones containing veterans’ names had some damage. By Don...
Bob Evans Farms’ Owens Country Sausage Plant Grand Re-opening
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/EDC.mp3″] Listen to the Interview. Bob Evans’ Farms’ Owens Country Sausage Plant in Sulphur Springs will be having what they are calling a grand re-opening Tuesday morning (July 8th) at 10:30 a.m. to mark a major expansion of the food production plant. They’ll be offering tours of the plant to show off new production lines, introduction of their...
Pack the Bus School Drive
It’s that time of year again! It is time for the 4th annual “Pack the Bus” school supplies drive to benefit students of the Hopkins County school districts. Like the past few years, CANHelp will set aside Friday, August 8th to collect school supply donations from the community. School supplies can be dropped off from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on that date or during regular business hours any other day. This year, instead of...
Update On Wastewater Treatment Plant
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell gave the City Council an update Tuesday night on the city’s stressed Wastewater Treatment Plant. He said a new filter was helping and added the plant was within allowable limits for total suspended solids last month. Maxwell said the plant was out of compliance for ammonia. He said the plant still needed to get more oxygen for it to operate more efficiently. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports...
Final Downtown Road Reconstruction Comes To An End
The last of the road reconstruction projects in downtown Sulphur Springs has been completed. Davis Street near new City Hall was reopened for traffic just before 2 p.m. Wednesday (July 2nd). For the rest of July, City Manager Marc Maxwell said Street Department priorities would include three things: potholes, potholes and more potholes. Maxwell said anyone wanting to fix a certain pothole should call City Hall at 903-885-7541. By Don...
We Thank You! Enjoy the Fireworks
KSST staff will join you in celebration of our nation’s independence July 4th. The staff has the day off. Only obituaries will be updated during the long weekend. Our radio programming will continue our regular weekend routine.Thank you for listening to KSST, for following us on Facebook, and for visiting ksstradio.com. — Jim Rogers, General Manager [pb_vidembed title=”” caption=””...
Time Capsule Will Open Monday
For a while it appeared the unearthing of a 25-year old time capsule on Monday would have to be cancelled. The capsule, buried 25 years ago on the 75th anniversary of the Extension Service and scheduled to be opened this year on the 100th anniversary, proved hard to find. Finally Hopkins County Courthouse Custodian Jimmy Duncan found where the time capsule was located at noon Wednesday. County Judge Robert Newsom refers to Jimmy now...
Trax Service Update
Some people were concerned when they had trouble calling for TRAX bus service beginning Thursday. The service continues to operate as it has but it is under new ownership and consequently has a new phone number. The new number is 903 691-5837. NETO ceased to run TRAX service Thursday and they have been replaced by the Ark-Tex Council of Governments. COG Executive Director Chris Brown said the COG already operated the service in Cass,...
Alliance Bank Independence Celebration Fundraiser
Alliance Bank CEO Tom Sellers says there will be something new at Saturday’s Independence Concert and Fireworks event. Alliance Bank will be selling fans for $1 to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Sellers says the bank will match the funds raised from the fan sale. He says the project helps wounded soldiers contribute to society and have a life they can be proud of. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
Hopkins County Unemployment Rate Lowest In Region
The latest figures for May show Hopkins County with the lowest unemployment rate in the region. The unemployment rate was 4.3%. The report also indicated that there were only 813 unemployed persons in the county. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
