39 Members Of SSHS Choir Earn 1s At Region; 33 Advance to State Sole & Ensemble Contest
Sulphur Springs High School Choir students had great success at the regional UIL Solo & Ensemble contest Friday. The students earned 39 first division ratings on solos and advanced five ensembles to Texas State Solo & Ensemble at the regional UIL Solo & Ensemble contest on Jan. 31. Out of the 39 soloists earning medals, 33 advanced to Texas SSEC, which will be held in May at UT in Austin, according to SSHS Choir Instructor...
Sulphur Springs High School Kicks Off CTE Month With Proclamation From Mayor
Sulphur Springs High School began the month-long celebration of career and technical education programs with a proclamation delivered by Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers designating February as Career and Technical Education Month in the city. SSHS staff and students join schools from across the country in the observance of CTE Month. Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers Students from several of the school’s CTE classes joined...
Free Tax Preparation Offered at Wesley UMC
Trained volunteer tax preparers are ready to assist you this tax season. Bring the suggested documents with you when you come in! It is completely free of charge. You don’t have to be a Senior Citizen to use this free service!
UPDATE: TAMUC Campus Locked Down lifted
The precautionary shelter in place recommendations for Texas A&M University Commerce have been lifted, the school reports on their website. However, due to the ongoing investigation of three gunshot victims at Pride Rock Hall, the surrounding areas were still blocked off at 1:45 p.m., however. The Rayburn Student Center was made available for students who may be displaced by the ongoing investigation, the reported. Counselors are...
Seniors Center Becomes a Driving Classroom 2x Year
Several Seniors took advantage of the Affiliated Driving Class at the Senior Citizens Center on Thursday, January 3Oth, 2020. This class can give you a 10% Discount off of your Liability Insurance for 3 years. The Senior Citizens Center offers the class a couple of times a year. The class is also good for a Ticket Dismissal.
Ruling On Deaths of Couple Found In Their SH 19 Home Friday Still Pending
The investigation into the deaths of Joe Dan and Melinda Edmonson is ongoing. The official ruling regarding the deaths of the pair found in their State Highway 19 home Friday evening with apparent gunshot wounds is still pending results of the initial autopsy, which officials were still waiting to receive Monday morning, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. Emergency officials were told at 6:27 p.m. Jan. 31 that the woman...
Teen Allegedly Caught With Ecstasy During Traffic Stop
A Hillcrest Drive traffic stop Saturday night resulted in location of marijuana and two baggies containing suspected Ecstasy in a vehicle, and one arrest, according to arrest reports. Dylan Cole Anderson Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Joe Scott reported the passenger in the vehicle, stopped at 8:22 p.m. Feb. 1 because half of the license plate wasn’t visable due to the light being out, appeared “extremely nervous.”...
Dr. Lavelle Hendricks Honored at Appreciation Service at East Caney BC
Dr. Lavelle Hendricks has pastored East Caney Missionary Baptist Church for 30 years. In addition to that milestone, it was 30 years ago that he also founded a celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Hopkins County. It is for his love, courage, servanthood and commitment that he was honored in a special service on Sunday February 2, 2020. Pastor Hendricks was ushered into the sanctuary to the applause of 100 friends...
Hot Potatoes
The First Baptist Church Kitchen is alive this morning. Steamy bins of baked potatoes are ready for delivery or pickup. Potato pickup location, look for the yellow signs. The initial number of potatoes to be sold was around 300. Inside sources tell KSST that the actual number is north of 400. Headed to Haiti An assembly line of sorts will form this morning to produce the boxed meals. No additional meals are available for order....
