Wildcat Team Tennis Faces Whitehouse in Bi-District
The Wildcats’ team tennis bi-district playoff match next week has been firmed up. The Wildcats will play Whitehouse Tuesday (October 16) at 3:30 p.m. at Van. The Wildcats’ opponent was determined Wednesday (October 10) as Whitehouse defeated Jacksonville in a match that was rescheduled after rain postponed a Tuesday (October 9) match. The winner between the Wildcats and Whitehouse next Tuesday will play Kaufman next Friday...
Game Day: Lady Cats Host Lindale
The Lady Cats’ volleyball team is hoping the second half of the district play continues to mean a change in fortune for the team. After a 1-4 first half, the Lady Cats opened the second half of district play with a 3-2 home win over Royse City on Tuesday night (October 9) in Wildcat Gym. The Lady Cats enter play Friday (October 12) against Lindale at home with a 2-4 district record. The Lady Cats are tied with Greenville for...
Wildcats at Ennis Seeking 4th District Win
In Friday night (October 12) football, it’s the Wildcats and the Ennis Lions playing a district game at Lions’ Memorial Stadium in Ennis. Ennis is expected to be the toughest district foe the Wildcats have played so far this season. The Wildcats come in with a 3-0 mark in district play and in second place with wins over Terrell, Royse City and Forney. The Wildcats are 4-0 for the season. Ennis lost their first two games of...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report October 3-9, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report October 3-9, 2018 October 3rd At 12:48 a.m., cows were reported out on HWY 182 near Quitman. Deputies were dispatched to CR 4660 near Winnsboro, at approximately 3:14 a.m., in reference to harassment. This case is active. Deputies were dispatched to FM 312 near Winnsboro, at approximately 8:40 a.m., in reference to a burglary. Actors, or actors unknown, broke into the reporting party’s residence and...
New CHRISTUS “Generations” and Individual Health Plans Are Available For Persons Under 65 and Over 65
New for 2019, an Advantage Healthcare plan through CHRISTUS Mother Frances Health Care Network! Matt Miles, Director of CHRISTUS Health Plan Sales joined us during the KSST Good Morning Show with Enola Gay to explain the new “Generations” product. This Advantage Plan for persons age 65 and older will increase it’s coverage area to thirteen Northeast Texas counties as of January 1, 2019, based on the CHRISTUS network...
Two Arrested with Meth on Country Road
October 12, 2018 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Wade Sheets noticed a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu backed up to a gate on County Road 4703 and saw two individuals in the vehicle. Upon making contact with the passengers, he saw a loaded glass pipe in the passengers lap and the driver was shaking a butane bottle. The glass pipe contained methamphetamine. In a search of the driver’s pockets, the investigator found a blue colored...
Aphids in trees By Mario Villarino
Aphids suck plant sap from leaves, stems or even roots of plants. Most are very host-specific, meaning they feed on only one or a few related kinds of plants. Therefore, there is usually little danger they will move to other, different kinds of plants. If wilting is apparent, or the sticky honeydew (aphid droppings, may result in plant covered with black sooty mold) become a problem, control with insecticides labeled for aphid...
Local Fundraiser Set to Benefit Christian School in Kenya
Local resident June Lucky visited the Ongoro Christian School in Kenya in April of this year as a part of a tour of orphanages and other work being carried out in the Homa Bay region of Kenya. The tour of 15 orphanages in the Rift Valley of Kenya supervised by Kenya Widows and Orphans (KWO) led Lucky to begin planning a way to provide $4000 needed to buy sufficient books for the Ongoro School. She said that when she visited the...
Ratcliffe Legislation Provides Local Investigator Needed Forensic Equipment
WASHINGTON – Rep. John Ratcliffe’s (R-Texas) legislation to fight crime using digital evidence led to the prosecution of dozens of child exploitation cases throughout Northeast Texas since it was signed into law by President Donald Trump last year. “I’m incredibly grateful that my new law allows law enforcement officers in Northeast Texas to better leverage digital avenues to get dangerous child sex offenders off the streets,”...
