SSHS Principal Driver Says He’s Blessed with a Great School and Excellent Staff
In a KSST Good Morning Show interview, SSHS Principal Derek Driver enthusiastically sang praises of the teaching and coaching staff, the administration and the student body at Sulphur Springs High School. He includes the community in contributing to that success, too. “Of the schools I’ve been associated with, Sulphur Springs has the most active community, parent and fan support I have seen”, he commented on the...
Murder Trial Opens With Police Testimony
Opening arguments were presented by District Attorney Will Ramsay in Eighth Judicial District Court as a Hopkins County jury hears testimony in the trial focused on the death of Joshua Paul Cowling. Aaron Tyler Crum, 26, of Sulphur Springs is being tried for the Felony 1 Murder of Cowling. The incident took place February 24th of this year at a residence on Pampa Street. Crum has been in Hopkins County Jail since his arrest...
Election Day: Voting Centers Open 7 AM to 7 PM
This is Election Day. Hopkins County voters may cast ballots at any of the Vote Centers in the county. Voters will need one of seven forms of ID: Texas Driver License, Texas Personal Identification Card, Texas Election Identification Certificate, Texas Handgun License, United States Military Identification Card, or United States Passport (book or card). Vote Centers open November 6th include: In the city of Sulphur Springs: the...
SSHS Band Prepare for Patriotic Celebrations
Sulphur Springs High School band students will be performing at several veterans related events this week. Monday night (November 5) at League Street Church of Christ, the Jazz Band will play at the Wal-Mart sponsored Veterans Program. Friday (November 9) on campus, the entire Wildcat Band will play at the Veterans Day ceremony in the main gym. Then Saturday morning (November 10), after Friday night’s on field performance at...
Murder Trial to Begin Tuesday in Eighth Judicial District Court
Aaron Crum A jury is being picked Monday, November 5, 2018 and the trial is expected to begin Tuesday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court. Aaron Tyler Crum, 26, of Sulphur Springs is being tried for the Felony 1 Murder of Joshua Paul Cowling at a residence on Pampa Street in February of this year. Crum has been in Hopkins County Jail since his February 24th arrest even though his bond was reduced from $1-million to $250,000. ...
“An Evening With Mark Twain” on Nov. 10 to be a Fundraiser for the Seniors Center Building Fund
Hopkins County resident Larry V. Davis was born near Fairlee, Texas and educated at Boles Home. During high school, he traveled the country with the Boles Home Choir as a singer and public speaker. His adult career spanned from work in radio to writer to stockbroker to goat rancher. As a sideline, he developed the Mark Twain character when he was a young adult and has spent over 50 years presenting Twain’s iconic wisdom to...
Man Arrested On Warrant and for Attempting to Selling Salt as a Controlled Substance
As Sulphur Springs Police served a warrant for the arrest of James Jerome Rusheon, 47, of Sulphur Springs, they also arrested a Princeton woman, 33-year old Caitlyn Janelle Pope. The arrest took place in the Walmart Parking Lot Saturday afternoon. James Rusheon Rusheon was located by SSPD on the parking lot while he was attempting to sell Pope 12.85-grams of a substance. He claimed the substance was salt but he was trying to sell it...
