Got a Pothole, Call Marc
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/POTHOLE-1.mp3″] Listen to the interview with City Manager Marc Maxwell! The nemesis of every driver the dreaded pothole is a summer priority for the City of Sulphur Springs. In response to calls from citizens, City Manager Marc Maxwell says city crews are at work on the several potholes on Rosemond Street in front of the Hopkins County Sheriff’s...
4th Annual Pack The Bus School Supply Drive
All Hopkins County Schools will find benefit from the 4th Annual Pack the Bus, a school supply drive, sponsored by CANHelp, 613 Gilmer Street. The drop-off of school supplies is Friday, August 8th from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Donations will also be received by CANHelp during regular business hours any other day. Adam Teer, Executive Director of CANHelp says cash donations will be used to purchase backpacks for students. Backpacks are the...
M.A.D.D. Presenting SSPD With Two New Breathalyzers
Tuesday (July 8th) 4 p.m. at Alliance Bank, Mothers Against Drunk Driving is presenting two breathalyzers to the Sulphur Springs Police Department to be used in Drunk Driving investigations. Individuals and teams are welcome to participate in the annual MADD September 27, 6 p.m. Registration begins at 7. The glow walk at 8. Participants will walk at Buford Park and around Pevine Pinion Lake. To sign up for the walk, go to...
Gaping Pot Hole To Receive Attention Soon
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/POTHOLE-2.mp3″] Listen to the interview with Marc Maxwell For the past two weeks a gaping hole on Kyle Street at Gilmer Street has created congested traffic at the location. City Manager Marc Maxwell has given the owner of a car wash, recently built at that location, until Thursday to either pay for a larger water meter or accept the one that is...
$294-thousand, Marijuana Found During Routine Traffic Stop
Cumby Reserve Police officer Paul Thompson stopped an eastbound vehicle on Interstate 30 for speeding Sunday. The odor of marijuana in the vehicle prompted a conversation. As he interviewed the two passengers from Missouri headed for Dallas, their stories didn’t match. Thompson called for Cumby police SGT. Paul Robertson to assist. The female passenger of the auto told Robertson that she and the male driver had marijuana in the car....
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...
