Over 8,000 Hopkins County Registered Voters Cast Primary Ballots; Cruz, Clinton Carry County
For Hopkins County only 18.97% of registered voters cast a ballot in the March 1st Primary Election. Votes cast totaled 8,073. Hopkins County Republican voters followed the Texas pattern as they gave Texas Senator Ted Cruz 46.24% of the local vote or 3,213 votes in the Presidential Primary Tuesday. Donald Trump was a distant second in the county with 29.77% of the vote or 2,069 votes. Marco Rubio was the only other double digit...
Tatum Wins Primary Sheriff’s Race; Runoff for Commissioner Precinct 1 Set
Hopkins County Republicans elected Lewis Tatum sheriff and set a May 26th runoff for Precinct 1 Commissioner between Maci Mattison Newsom and Mickey Earl Barker. KSST will provide a more detailed vote count Wednesday. The Tuesday vote will be canvased by the County Commissioners Court as is required by law. Therefore, all vote totals are unofficial until the canvas. Hopkins County Sheriff: Warren Mitchell: ______1530______ Barry G....
KSST Election Central Begins at 7 p.m.
“Election Central” on KSST will broadcast election returns tonight as they are received at and released by the Hopkins County Clerk’s office. State votes will be reported as TSN (Texas State Network) at 15 minutes and 45 minutes past the hour beginning at 7:15 p.m. You can hear our reports on ksstradio.com stream as well as our Smartphone App. You can also check in at this sight as we follow four specific races....
Wildcats Selected for All-District Honors
Three Wildcats Basketball Players made the All-District Team selected recently by the district’s coaches. Freshman Keaston Willis won a superlative as he was unanimously selected as the district’s Newcomer of the Year. Willis averaged 16.1 points and 4.8 rebounds a game for the Wildcats. He also hit 44% of his three point shots. Sophomore Bryson Lynn was chosen on the Second Team All-District squad. Lynn averaged 8.1...
Wildcats Place 5th in Regional Preview
The Wildcats Golf Team finished fifth in a Regional Preview tournament at Rockwall Athletic Club last Friday and Saturday. Wildcats Golf Coach Ross Funk said his team shot 325 and then 308. He said the better second round allowed his team to move from 8th to 5th place in the 16 team tournament. Coach Funk said Brody Blackmon shot a 74 and 73 but felt he could have done better. Helping the Wildcats move up on day two were Caleb Lewis...
Super Tuesday Ends at 7 p.m.; Vote Center Locations
Time is runnning out for Hopkins County registered voters to cast their Primary Election day ballots at any of the Vote Centers in the county from 7:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. Below are voting locations in Hopkins County. During the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendments Election, the county reduced the number of polling places from 21 to 14 providing the option to vote at a place nearby instead of having to travel to the assigned...
Paint the Town Run Saturday Funds Summer Work Camp
Sulphur Springs Work Camp has been around since 2007 and organizers are excited to celebrate their 10th camp this summer. Each year kids from area youth groups gather together the first week in June to paint homes for the elderly, disabled, widowed, single moms and those in financial need at no cost to the homeowner. Since its founding SSWC has completed 162 projects. The goal for 2016 is to paint and restore at least 22 homes. Each...
A & M-Commerce Political Science Student One of Ten to Receive Qatar Exchange Fellowship
COMMERCE, TX—The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations recently selected Texas A&M University-Commerce political science and Honors College student Kaylin Taylor as one of ten students from across the U.S. to receive the Qatar Exchange Fellowship. The fellowship allowed Taylor to travel to Qatar with the other fellowship recipients and five faculty members who received the Malone Fellowship. “Kaylin’s receipt of the Qatar...
District 24-A Names All-District Teams
Saltillo Lion basketball senior Lane Bench was named District 24-A Offensive Player of the Year by district coaches during a recent meeting. Jonathon Van Holten, senior, was named to first time all-district. Honorable mention honors went to Walker McGill and Matthew Gurley. Saltillo Coach Bill Giles stated, “Individual awards represent the extra work, determination and commitment of those individuals, plus “team”...
