Dinner Bell for August 13, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church SPONSOR: Christus Health The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. In July 2016 the Hopkins County Hospital District and Christus Health formed an alliance in which Christus became the leasing entity of...
Sulphur Springs ISD Announced Policy to Comply With new State law Preventing Students From Using cell Phones
August 4, 2025 – The Sulphur Springs ISD has announced its policy to comply with the new state law preventing students from using cell phones and other personal communications devices in class. Included in the policy are cell phones, smart watches, tablets, radios, pagers, fitness trackers with messaging capabilties, Bluetooth earbuds or headphones, A-I glasses, personal (non-school issued) computers, gaming devices and two-way...
Dinner Bell for August 6, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church SPONSOR: Dixon & Dixon Insurance Legacy Ag Credit The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. Dixon & Dixon Insurance, located at 750 Wildcat Way, Ste. B, is an independent insurance agency with over...
Health Fair to be Held August 12th at the ROC
July 28, 2025 – A Health Fair will be held August 12, 2025, at the ROC in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The fair will be held from 9:00am to 12:00pm. There will be many vendors, and door prizes. The Moncrief Cancer Institute is putting on this Health Fair. They will be handing out FREE Colorectal Cancer Kits for you to take Home and do the test on your own. If you would like to set up a booth at the Health Fair that will be held on...
Dinner Bell for July 30, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church SPONSOR: The Hopkins Rains County Farm Bureau The doors to the kitchen of the First United Methodist Church will reopen at 11:00 a.m., for meal service beginning at 11:30 a.m. Doors will close at 12:45 p.m. The Hopkins Rains County Farm Bureau has been a Community Partner with Dinner Bell Ministry since February 17, 2016. In 2025, they added another week as a...
Crime was at a 25-Year low for the First Half of 2025 in Sulphur Springs
July 22, 2025 – Crime was at a 25-year low for the first half of 2025 in Sulphur Springs, according to statistics released by the Police Department. The statistics cover seven major crime categories — homicide/murder, robbery, sexual assault/rape, aggravated assault, vehicle theft, burglary and theft of property valued at more than $200 — fromr Jan. 1-June 30. The Sulphur Springs police say only 49 crimes were recorded in those...
Hopkins County United Way Excess Allocation Check Distribution with the 2023-2024 Campaign
July 21, 2025 – This is KSST’s coverage of the Hopkins County United Way 2023-2024 Campaign excess allocation check distribution. Hopkins County United Way received contributions exceeding original allocations for the 2023-2024 Campaign, Co-Chaired by KK McKenzie and Jessica McInnis. Hopkins County United Way Board Members are pleased to distribute the additional donations to non-profit organizations that serve people in...
Foundation to Host Free Menopause Seminar This Thursday
July 21, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation is offering a free seminar about perimenopause, menopause, and hormones, Thursday, July 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This talk is beneficial for women in the heat of menopause as well as for women who want to be prepared for it and manage their hormones in the meantime. This free seminar is the next event planned for the Foundation’s Summer of...
CHRISTUS Health Dedicates Conference room to Joe Bob Burgin in Honor of Decades of Service
July 17, 2025 – (SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas) – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Sulphur Springs honored the remarkable legacy of Joe Bob Burgin this week by dedicating an executive conference room in recognition of his decades of service to the hospital and the broader health care community. Burgin served on the Hopkins County hospital board for nearly three decades, playing a crucial role in the hospital’s...
Dinner Bell for July 23, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church SPONSOR: Texas Heritage National Bank The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. Texas Heritage National Bank (the 141st largest bank in Texas) is “Large enough to meet your needs yet small enough to care.”...
