County 2019-2020 Holiday Calendar Approved
Hopkins County employees will enjoy 12 days off during the 2019-2020 year, thanks to the calendar approved this week by Hopkins County Commissioners Court. The county courthouse will be closed on the approved holiday dates. The calendar fairly mirrors the past year’s calendar, with one exception, according to Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom. Veterans Day will no longer be a county holiday. With so many events scheduled on...
SSISD To Meet Thursday For Special Budget Work Session
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees have scheduled a special noon meeting Thursday, July 18, to continue working on the budget. The special meeting date was set at the board’s regular July 8 meeting, following a budget workshop. Officials had hoped to be further along in the process, but were still making adjustments for recent legislative changes which impact school funding and spending, including...
‘Jungle Book the Musical’ is Product of Children’s Summer Workshop 2019
Sulphur Springs Community Players Director David Woody with a group of Summer Workshop students It was a maximum size class of youngsters age 6-17 that signed up for the Community Players’ annual Children Summer Theater Workshop. Now, after nine weeks of preparation, 35 students are ready to don their costumes and present the beloved classic in six public performances. According to Director David Woody, Rudyard Kipling’s...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Second Time in 1 Week; Accused Of VFW Burglary
Derrick Dwayne Smith A 37-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested early Tuesday morning for allegedly breaking into the Veterans of Foreign War Post 8560. July 16 marks the second time in a week Derrick Dwayne Smith has arrested in the early morning hours, after police allegedly caught him with stolen items. Smith was first arrested in the wee hours of July 9 for the alleged theft of items from a South League Street gas station....
“Mostly True Tales” is Newest Book from Local Author Dr. Juan Harrison
Dr, Juan Harrison with Enola Gay on Tuesday’s the KSST Good Morning Show For forty-plus years, Juan Harrison has been an educator, and his teacher’s heart still finds happiness in reaching out to, encouraging and assisting others. In fact, his first two books are entitled “Serving Happiness” and “Class Rules: A Principle’s Guide to a Principled Life”. Now, his third recently-published work,...
Dinner Bell Menu For July 17th, 2019
We remember Ann and Quinton Rasure at Dinner Bell this week. Baked Chicken Salad Zesty Napa Toss Blackeyed Pea Salad Peach Cobbler Crisp a la Mode Peach Pudding Dessert (the no added sugar dessert) Buttered French Bread Oh yes, it is hot and getting hotter! Cool off with ice tea or water in our air conditioned room with friends and neighbors. Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church)....
Commissioners Court Renews Inmate Housing Agreement With Rockwall County, Internet Contract
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning deeded their portion of an Oak Avenue property to the city, signed an agreement with Rockwall County to house inmates, and approved a new contract for internet and telephone service. Hopkins County Commissioner Court Monday morning signed over the county’s portion of ownership in the old Oak Avenue nursing home, so the property can be used by the city to construct a new senior...
Commissioners To Work On Budget; Consider Contracts, Inter-local Agreements At Monday Meetings
Hopkins County Commissioners Court has held work sessions every day this week, meeting with other county staff and officials to begin developing a county budget for the upcoming fiscal year. By midweek, it’d become apparent that the biggest needs are for the fire and sheriff’s departments, and county roads. The court members have continued working in an effort to soon have a proposed budget ready. The commissioners are...
Suspicious Activity, Noise Complaint Result In Intoxication Arrests
Complaints of suspicious activity and loud noise resulted in two Sulphur Springs residents being arrested Friday in separate incidents by police for public intoxication Friday. Sulphur Springs police responded just before 4 a.m. Friday, July 12, to a complaint of loud noise heard in the 1200 block of North Jackson Street. Officers reported the 51-year-old resident had been warned previously to keep the noise down and to stay inside...
2 Arkansas Men Jailed For Marijuana Possession
July 13, 2019 – Sulphur Springs Police Interdiction Officer Cleve Williams arrested two Arkansas men late Friday night on a felony marijuana possession charge. Treontay Quadre Jiles Williams reported stopping a Dodge Charger at 11:35 p.m. at mile marker 112 on Interstate 30 east for a traffic violation. The SSPD officer reported finding both the driver, 24-year-old Treontay Quadre Jiles of Texarkana, Arkansas, and the passenger,...
