Residential Homestead Tax Exemption For City Residents Under Consideration
A residential homestead tax exemption for city residents will be presented for consideration during the regular Sulphur Springs City Council meeting Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Sulphur Springs Assistant City Manager/Finance Director Lesa Smith in April presented information regarding a residential homestead property tax exemption option during the regular City Council meeting Tuesday evening, April 5, 2022. Information presented by...
5 Arrested On Felony Charges Friday
April 30, 2022 – Five people were arrested on felony charges Friday, according to arrest reports. MLK Drive Arrest Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Aaron Chaney and Sgt. Todd Evans were made aware of an active warrant for Chanin Ardwon Holiness’ arrest. They located the 20-year-old Sulphur Springs man at a Martin Luther King Jr. Drive address and took him into custody at 4:07 p.m. April 29, 2022. Chanin...
Registration Now Open For Sulphur Springs ISD Summer Day Camp
Registration is now open for the Sulphur Springs ISD Summer Day Camp 2022 for school-aged children from 5 to 11 years old. The session will be held from Monday-Friday, June 6-July 22, 2022, at Barbara Bush Primary, 390 Hillcrest Drive. A fee of $115 per week, plus fees, will be charged. The camp will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Camp station rotation will begin at 8:30 a.m. SSISD Summer Day Camp will transition from the...
2 Men Arrested Thursday On Felony Charges
Two men were arrested Thursday on outstanding felony charges, according to arrest reports. Shawn March (HCSO jail photo) A 30-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Thursday on a felony Rockwall County theft warrant.Sulphur Springs Police Officer Dustin Green responded Thursday to a criminal trespass complaint. Upon arrival at the Gilmer Street store, employees asked that Shawn March be issued a criminal trespass warning prohibiting...
Man Reported For Yelling At Child Jailed On Controlled Substance Possession Charge
A 62-year-old Sulphur Springs man reported for yelling at a child in a FM 71 east driveway ended up in jail on a controlled substance possession charge, according to jail reports. Gary Dwayne Waldrep (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 4:46 p.m. April 28, 2022, to the FM 71 east residence, where the complainant alleged an older white male had pulled a SUV into their driveway and began yelling...
HCSO/Posse & DEA Hosting National Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 30
The DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting. DEA and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office are committed to making our communities safer and healthier, by reducing overdoses and overdose deaths. Part of that includes...
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church To Celebrate 150 Years May 1
KSST Owners Challenge Community To Match Donation To Help Raise Needed Funds To Restore Stain Glass Windows St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 1206 College St., Sulphur Springs, Texas St. Philip’s Episcopal Church this Sunday will celebrate a big milestone – the church’s 150th anniversary as a mission in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Bishop Fraser Lawton of the Church of St. Dunstan in Mineola, who is also the assisting...
Lady Cats Golf Wraps Up Season at Regional Championship, Finishing Ninth
Coach Whitney Spigener and her squad wrapped up their spring season last week at the 5A Region 2 championship, finishing ninth. Sulphur Springs shot 403/392 over the two day regional golf championship. The Lady Cats golf coach said it was awesome her team to break 400 in Rockwall. Freshman McKenna Meskimen shot 94/91 over the two day tournament. Meskimen tied for 34th in the 5A Region 2 golf championship. The freshman doubled on her...
Friday Game Day Has Three Teams on Deck, All in Big Contests
Friday, Apr. 29 has baseball, softball, and track and field all competing in big competitions. Track and field competes today in the 5A Region-II championship relays held at UT Arlington. Track and field sends seven athletes; four Lady Cats and three Wildcats representing Sulphur Springs at the 5A Region II championship. Coach Ross Hicks has Claire Bybee and Jaycee Jasmer competing in pole vault. Another field event, discuss, has...
SSHS Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy Invites Community To Battle Of The Badges Game
The Sulphur Springs High School Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy invites the entire community to bring the family and come out and have fun watching the Battle of the Badges Softball Game this Saturday, April 30, 2022, at Lady Cats softball park at SSHS. Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy is hosting the event as their spring group project. The CFA Leadership meets once monthly throughout the school year to develop leadership skills. At...
