Gas Still Available in Sulphur Springs
After the gas scare from Hurricane Harvey on August 30th and 31st, many people filled up their tanks. As a result, many Gas stations around Texas are out of gas. But KSST has you covered! Here are some gas stations in Sulphur Springs that have gas*: Exxon-1700 South Broadway: Price: 2.49-Diesel Exxon-College St: Price: 2.49-Regular Brookshire’s: Price: 2.54-Regular 2.89-Unleaded+ 3.05-Super Unleaded Joe...
A Walk To Remember Quilt Raffle
The Senior Citizens Center is raffling off a beautiful quilt made by Teri Ruff and donated by Bill Ruff. “This photo doesn’t do the quilt any justice.” Karon Weatherman said “I put on the Flyer a group photo the the Terrific Tuesday’s group with the Quilt.” The quilt can be seen at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center. Tickets are $ 1.00 each or 6 for $ 5.00. You can purchase your tickets...
University Partnership with Children’s Museum Moves Forward By: Scott Cason
University Partnership with Children’s Museum Moves Forward By: Scott Cason COMMERCE, TX— The Board of Directors of the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum recently voted to move ahead on a unique partnership proposal offered by Texas A&M University-Commerce President Ray Keck. The vision Keck shared with the board members was for a new facility south of campus and on the grounds of the former university president’s home. This new...
SSISD School Board Approves 4-H as Extracurricular Activity; Tax Rate; Budget
By Savannah Owens At the SSISD School Board Meeting on August 25th, 2017, the board adopted levying an annual ad valorem tax, of $1.35048 ($1.0400 for local maintenance fund and $0.31048 for debt service, bonded indebtedness, interest and sinking fund) per $100 cash valuation for the year of 2017. A public hearing was held regarding the 2017 tax rate for Sulphur Springs ISD. No one was at the public forum to speak regarding the...
CANHelp Back To School Bash was a Big Success
CANHelp’s Back to School Bash was a huge success! There were over a thousand people in attendance. Shanna Martin met up with KSST to talk about the event. “It’s been crazy but good! For our first year, we think it’s a hit! We are very happy with the turnout and we want to make this a tradition.” Martin said her favorite part was “seeing the place filled up! It’s a testament to the community,...
ReachOut Events at the Hopkins County Community Chest
Fridays from 12pm -3pm Councelors travel to ReachOut sites to provide the same services offered at the main office to low income households in our community sites are as follows: 1st Friday of each month – Arbala Community Center On the corner of FM 1567 @ FM 2081 Arbala Texas 75433 2nd Friday of each month – Como United Methodist Church 309 Lynch Street Como Texas 75431 3rd Friday of each month – Peerless Assembly...
What’s Happening to the Lot on South Broadway?
Ground has been broken on the lot next to City National Bank (CNB) on South Broadway. The CNB Mockingbird Branch is going to be doing some renovations and will be moving into the portables across the street, next to their Mortgage Branch building. While an official move-out date has not been set, CNB Officials want their customers to know that the “drive through will still remain open, and everything will continue to operate as...
CANHelp’s Back to School Fair-OPEN TO EVERYONE
By Savannah Owens CANHelp’s Shanna Martin sat down with KSST to talk about how school supplies registration is going and what people can expect from their Back to School Fair. One week into registration, CANHelp has about 50 kids registered for school supplies, but the organization expects somewhere between 300 and 1,000 kids to register for school supplies by August 4th. They have received $3,000 in donations, and that money...
