Cumby Robotics Teams are World-Ranked!
Cumby ISD Robotics Teams 6834A and 6834Z competed in Houston, Texas on Saturday January 7, 2017 and qualified for the National Championship to be held in Iowa in April. Teams A and Z teamed up to win the Tournament Championship. Team A took the Excellence Award and placed Second in Robot Skills. Team Z received the Judges Award and placed First in Robot Skills. Both teams will compete in Richardson on January 14. Both teams are...
Fort Worth Stock Show Pass Giveaway
Want a One Day Pass to the Fort Worth Stock Show? Listen to Afternoon Drive 4 – 6 PM Thursday January 12th, and Friday January 13th, 2017 to hear the winners. Like this post, and like KSST on Facebook to enter. Subject to availability. Passes can be picked up at the KSST Studios during business hours.
Superintendents Press Conference Opposing A-F Grading System for Schools–Video Presentation
During the last legislative session in Texas, a law was passed requiring the Commissioner of Education to develop a system that would give every campus and district in the state a grade from A to F in five domains. As required by law, the commissioner has developed a system and prepared a report for the legislature that is a preliminary attempt to comply with the law. The report is unofficial and one possible method of assigning...
Castleberry, Jackson-Grant Sentenced Wednesday Afternoon
Wednesday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, James Christopher Castleberry pled guilty to Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 More than 1-gram, less than 4-grams and was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Castleberry will serve the first five years day-for-day before being eligible for paroled because the delivery was in a drug free zone. This is his second trip to the TDCJ. If...
Winnsboro Police Report January 2-8, 2017
Two arrests, 124 calls for service, 27 citations, 32 warnings, and no accidents complete the January 2-8, 2017 Winnsboro Police Department report. On Sunday, January 8, James Swann, 33, of Winnsboro was arrested for driving while license invalid with previous convictions. On Thursday, January 5, Jason Bearden, 38, of Winnsboro, was arrested on a Wood County warrant.
Area School Superintendents Think A-F Grading System for Schools Unfair
(Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 with additional information to follow Thursday, January 12, 2017) Superintendents of Hopkins County and Delta County Schools stated their opposition to the A-F grading system implemented Tuesday in Texas. The superintendents conducted a press conference Tuesday afternoon in the board room at the SSISD Administration Building. Superintendent of Sulphur Springs Schools Michael Lamb said they did not...
Ewton Sentenced to 15 Years For Theft
William Pearce Ewton, 44, was sentenced to 15 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as the result of a plea bargain agreement Wednesday morning in Eighth Judicial Court. Ewton plead guilty to theft more than $30,000, less than $150,000. His story was an interesting one. When a tractor almost hit a vehicle on Spur 71, Hopkins County Deputies were called. Upon arriving near the scene of the near accident, the deputy found a...
Local Woman Told Officer Meth Was in Her Purse
Stopped for a traffic violation at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday at the 124 mile-marker eastbound on I-30, Ashley Nicole Bruce told the Sulphur Springs Police officer that she had methamphetamine in her purse. Bruce is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram (a state jail felony) and is being held on a $10,000 bond.
Hopkins County Bond Rating Upgraded As County’s Financial Position Improves
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded from A2 to A1 Hopkins County, TX’s General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds. The rating action affects $18.3 million in rated debt. The upgrade reflects the county’s improved financial position and the stable outlook for the county’s financial position based on healthy revenue levels. The rating incorporates the stability of the county’s moderately-sized agricultural tax base, below average wealth...
Will it Hold?
Equipment testing for Sulphur Springs Fire Department came Wednesday January 11th, 2017. Ladders and trucks were examined by technicians who specialize in this type of inspection. Tests include a #500 weight lowered onto ladders to simulate the weight of an equipt fireman and a fire victim. A permanent deviation of more than 0.5 inch mean a trip to the recycle bin. A Port-A-Power is applied to the hooks at the top of the ladders to...
