Rabies in Hopkins County
After practicing veterinary medicine for more than forty years, Hopkins County vet J.D. Norris has finally seen his first case of rabies in a horse. The owner brought the horse in about three weeks ago thinking it had colic problems. Norris saw neurogical problems and knew it was worse than colic. He said after the horse became unmanageable the next day, it was sent home where it died. The state confirmed it had rabies. Norris said...
Celebration City Branding
There is a billboard on I-30 that announces Sulphur Springs as The Celebration City. Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell says the Branding Leadership Team has met and will continue to do so. He says a big early project will be way finding. That’s the use to signage to direct people downtown. Maxwell says the big question these days is “what’s going on downtown this weekend?” By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports...
Main Street Reopened
The 200 block of Main Street in Sulphur Springs has been reopened. All of the façade of the old Knights’ Head Inn at 219 Main has been removed after it developed cracks and bulges last week. City Manager Marc Maxwell says now a new façade will be designed and put up. The sidewalk in front of the building will continue to be blocked off until the new façade work is done. Maxwell says he’s been very pleased with the façade grant program...
Women Hurt in Accident
An 86-year old woman from Dike was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Hopkins County Saturday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Lorene Foley. The accident occurred on Highway 19 North at FM 1537 at 4:17 p.m. Saturday. The DPS accident report indicates the victim was a passenger in a vehicle heading south on Highway 19. The driver of the vehicle was turning left onto FM 1537 when the vehicle was in collision with a...
Demolition Started Again
A demolition crew began to dismantle the damaged façade of the old Knight’s Head Inn building at 219 Main Street Friday morning. They will remove the façade from top to bottom over the next day or so. Cracks and bulges developed in the façade and it appeared near collapse during façade renovation work taking place Tuesday afternoon. The next day the building was evaluated by a structural engineer. Then the building was braced inside...
Knights Head Inn Update
After a structural engineer looked at the old Knight’s Head Inn building in the 200 block of Main Street Wednesday morning, a plan was formulated by a builder on how to proceed with renovation work. That work Tuesday afternoon had the façade looking like it would collapse at any time. Cracks and bulges appeared in the façade after some windows and framing were removed causing two large iron columns to come off their bases and drop...
Knights Head Inn
The old Knight’s Head Inn building in the renovated block of Main Street in downtown Sulphur Springs partially collapsed Tuesday afternoon. A crew was working on a façade renovation when problems developed after some windows and some wooden framing were removed. City Manager Marc Maxwell said some columns appeared to come off their base and dropped down a few inches. A structural engineer will evaluate the building Wednesday. Maxwell...
KSST Ownership Changes
Ownership of KSST radio and Channel 18 is changing. Chad Young and his wife Rhonda are in the process of purchasing the broadcast entity from the longtime owners, the Bradford family. Young says he plans to keep the KSST legacy. He says it will change but only for the better. Young says he has listened to KSST all his life and has relied on its’ coverage of news, weather and sports. Years ago, then owner Bill Bradford hinted to Young...
