SSISD Board Approves Change in Pro Rata Agreement With City During Monday Regular Session
In less than 30 minutes the Sulphur Springs School Board had completed much of the work of the evening Monday, July 9, 2018. In regular session, the board reviewed the 2018-2019 employee handbook, appointed a delegate to the 2018 TASB Delegate Assembly in September, approved the 2018-2019 Student Code of Conduct Handbook, approved revisions to local policies and approved the Superintendent and School District Attorney to make changes...
Work Continues to Improve KRVA Signal
Like most renovation projects, there are always a few surprises. KSST’s sister station KRVA 107.1 FM, Young Country, remains off the air as work to increase signal quality continues. KRVA 107.1 FM will return to the air as soon as the work is completed. Additional work on the antenna will be required to improve the quality. Although the FM radio signal will not be heard, KRVA FM will continue to be heard as a ksstradio.com live...
SSISD Board Approves Resignations, New Personnel, Assignment Changes
Personnel changes were approved Monday evening, July 9, 2018 during the regular session of the Sulphur Springs ISD Board meeting. Those changes include resignations approved, new personnel hired and position moves: Resignations Kristen Downs Kindergarten Teacher Bowie Primary Kelsey Kraemer Kindergarten Teacher Bowie Primary Timothy Thomas ...
Calling All Seniors! Summer Olympics Set for August 23 at The Roc
Sulphur Springs Senior Citizen’s Center Director Karon Weatherman is now taking Registrations for the 2018 Senior Summer Olympics, to be held Thursday August 23, 2018. No pole vaulting or synchronized swimming…just friendly competition in Horse Shoes, Washer Pitching, Scooter Race, Nerf Javelin Throw, Bean Bag Toss, Unassisted Walk/Race and Assisted Walk/Race. These games begin at 10am, with a 1K Race that gets underway...
SSISD Boys Basketball Camp K-9th Grade Underway
Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta said there was a pretty good group of youngsters that showed up for the first session of his four-day SSISD Boys Basketball Camp Monday (July 9) at the Auxiliary Gym on the High School Campus. The first session, from 10 a.m. until noon Monday, is designed for boys who will enter kindergarten through the fifth grade this fall. Coach Cipoletta said the largest turnout was from future third and...
Numbers Fall Following Week Off for Edge Conditioning Program
Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens was disappointed by the turnout at The Edge conditioning program Monday morning (July 9) as it got back underway after a week off last week. Coach Owens said attendance among entering 10th grade through twelfth grade boys was down from 60 to around 40. He said the group of entering ninth grade boys also appeared to be down some. Girls entering the 10th through twelfth grades were down from 25 to...
Add LSU to the Iwuakor List
The list of colleges recruiting Wildcats’ basketball star Victor Iwuakor continues to grow. Last Friday (July 6) the LSU Tigers offered a scholarship to Iwuakor. Iwuakor responded by twitter saying he was blessed to receive an offer from LSU. Iwuakor remains uncommitted. Iwuakor is listed as the #94 recruit in the US according to 247Sports Top 100 list of 2019 prospects. 247Sports says Iwuakor is 18th on the national list of...
Local Man Dies in I-30 Pedestrian/Vehicle Accident
A two vehicle pedestrian accident early Sunday morning resulted in the death of Bradley Allen Vaughn, 34, of Sulphur Springs. Vaughn was crossing I-30 from the south side to the north side at 126 mile marker, near the location of Bob Evans Foods on the north side and Copy Products on the south side of the interstate. Vaughn had successfully crossed the east bound lanes and had entered the west bound lanes when he was struck by two...
County Commissioners Approve South Sulphur River Resolution, Bessonnett Proclamation
Monday morning, July 9, 2018, during the regular session of the Hopkins County Commissioners Court, the court passed a resolution requesting action regarding the South Sulphur River flooding at the Highway 71 bridge and urged all citizens to congratulate Jorja Bessonett for her success in obtaining gold medal victory at the 2018 state track meet. The Resolution states that whereas, the citizens of Hopkins County, Texas have requested...
