Video Interview: A Shining Star: Amanda Thompson Brandenburg
Amanda Thompson Brandenburg admits she was bitten by the theater bug early in life, during a First Baptist Church children’s play where she sang publicly for the first time. During her growing-up years in Sulphur Springs, she was onstage as often as she could be in school productions, children’s summer workshops and local community theater. In college and away from home, she stayed close to her roots and in recent years...
Celebrity Movie Calendar Fundraiser Features Local Talent to Help Sr’s Center
Karon Weatherman displays the first copy of the Hopkins County Senior Celebrity Movie Calendar. This fundraising calendar was the idea of one of the seniors who attends the Center’s activities. It was created to help fund a new, larger Senior Citizen’s Center in Sulphur Springs. The full-color 24-month calendar for 2018/2019 includes twenty-four movie poster photos featuring local senior citizens you may know. Cost is $20...
Chamber Connection August 10,2017
I’m so excited about the upcoming 2nd Annual Chamber of Commerce Photography Contest! Let me review the basics. Anyone of any age can enter as we have a children’s category. The picture must be newer than January 1, 2015, and must have been taken in Hopkins County. The contest will be open from August 1st to August 31st. There are seven categories you may enter: Natural World, Travel, People, The Hopkins County Experience, Altered...
Former Escapee Ebey Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison in Plea Bargain Agreement
Barney Dwayne Ebey has been sentenced to 50 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following a plea bargain agreement in Eighth Judicial District Court Thursday. Ebey had escaped from a work group at Hopkins County Civic Center in June of this year. Ebey was in court for a pretrial hearing for Engage in Organizied Criminal Activity, a Felony 2. Ebey escaped from a work group at Hopkins County Civic Center last week. He was...
A Sneak Peek at the New AMBUS
By Savannah Owens Brent Smith , EMS Director, and Jeff Sanderson, EMS team member, took KSST on a private tour of their new AMBUS, and KSST is sharing that with you! “The bus is owned by the state. There are 13 of them allocated to each location by the State.” Sanderson expressed excitement at this big honor. The bus can be used in any disaster-type situation such as “hurricane deployments, and the human trafficking...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrest for Burglary Leads to Narcotics Discovery
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators and deputies served a search warrant for Burglary of a Building but found more than just items taken in the burglary that occurred on Highway 11W. The result of the search led to the arrested of Daren Lee Gibson, 48, of Sulphur Springs. Having obtained a search warrant for items taken in the property, Hopkins County Investigators and Deputies searched the Gibson residence off Bill Bradford Road...
You’re Invited to a Royal Evening Out
By Savannah Owens The Lil’ 4’s club is hosting their Annual Kings and Queens Ball on Saturday August 12th at 4:00 pm. The Ball is a dinner as well as a talent show and pageant put on by the kids. It will be held at 200 Fuller street (Lil’ 4’s Building), and everyone is welcome to attend. This is a black tie event (no jeans or sneakers) and parents are requested to come. This is Lil 4’s 8th year of...
SSHS Blue Blazes Drill Team Prepares for Friday Night Performances
The Sulphur Springs High School Blue Blazes Drill Team has been busy all this month getting ready for Friday night performances during football season. During the first week in August, the Blazes went to their annual boot camp. Blue Blazes Assistant Director Cammie McGraw said the 56th line of the Blue Blazes learned all of their football routines and pep rally routines. She said here were also team building sessions. Ms. McGraw said...
