Cattle Theft Averted
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association Special Ranger Toney Hurley has arrested a man in connection with an aggravated theft by check case at Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction last year. 30-year-old Jacob Thompson of Louisiana was arrested by Hurley Friday in Oklahoma. Thompson was brought to the Hopkins County Jail where bond was set at $200,000. Ranger Hurley says in October 2013, Thompson attempted to purchase 400 head...
Vote in the Bark for Your Park Contest
Sulphur Springs is one of 15 finalists in PetSafe’s fourth annual Bark for Your Park, a nationwide contest through which one U S community will win $100,000 to build an off-leash dog park. The city received a total of 9,818 votes to earn its spot as a medium city finalist. If Sulphur Springs wins the contest, a PetSafe dog park would be built within 1-4 acres of land at Buford Park. Three runner-up cities, one from each of the small,...
Graduate Medical Education Program at the Hospital
The Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board took one step closer to establishing a Graduate Medical Education Program at the hospital. Monday night the board approved going forward with phase II detailed implementation planning. The board action followed a presentation by its’ consultant ECG Management. The board received a $150,000 planning grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to evaluate the feasibility of getting...
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board Monday Night
Swearing in of newly elected Board members and election of Board officers is on the agenda at a regular monthly meeting of the Hopkins County Memorial Hospital Board Monday night at 6 p.m. in the Plaza Conference Room. CFO Donna Wallace will also report on May income and expenses. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
J.D. Norris’s Work Benefits Cattle Raisers
For about three years now, Hopkins County Veterinarian J.D. Norris has worked to create an ozone device to benefit cattle raisers. He hopes to have a model available in several weeks. Norris is convinced ozone introduced into a drinking trough will improve a cow’s immune system so cattlemen will no longer need preventative antibiotics. Norris has benefited from research conducted at Sulphur Springs High School by students of Ag...
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...
