Wildcats Golf Wins Mount Pleasant Tournament
Coach Jeremy DeLorge and his squad won their second competition of the spring semester. In Mount Pleasant at their district course come late-March, Sulphur Springs teed off with most of their district foes, and yet again beat the competition. “It was a great day despite all the conditions that we had to deal with, so everything’s great,” the men’s golf coach said following his team’s outing. Caleb Kesting...
Woman Arrested for a Fraudulent Narcotics Script
March 1, 2023 – MCNEAL, DEAJENAE DERIEN was arrested and charged with submitting and collecting a fraudulent prescription for a Codeine-Promethazine containing drug. The 21 year-old Georgia resident, who reports herself as unemployed, is charged with a Third Degree Felony. MCNEAL, DEAJENAE DERIEN, 2023 The script was allegedly sent from a Waco, TX physician to a Sulphur Springs pharmacy. McNeal arrived at the pharmacy and...
8 Individuals Arrested During Wood County Bust
Feb. 28, 2023- A large scale marijuana grow farm was busted last week in Wood County, 8 individuals were arrested during the bust. Wood County Sheriffs seized nearly a ton of marijuana at the site. Search warrants were executed at multiple sites resulting in the arrest of two Russian nationals and three Bolivian nationals, as well as three East Texans according to the Wood County Sheriff. On Thursday, the sheriff’s office...
2023 CTE Final Feature: Family and Community Services
Editor’s Note: February is Career and Technical Education Month, a public awareness campaign to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country. To help Sulphur Springs High School celebrate CTE Month 2023, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. Students interested in family and community services can take...
Three Arrested In Deer Poaching Ring Bust
Feb. 28, 2023- State game wardens have concluded a 3 year-long poaching ring investigation spreading across four separate states and have arrested three individuals. The three arrested so far are Carson Don Bottoms, 21, of Longview, Drake Anthony Cannon, 24, of Mount Pleasant, and an unamed juvenile. Capt. Shawn Hervey said the arrests followed a three-year long investigation into deer poaching in East Texas as well as in Oklahoma,...
Chamber Connection – March 1
Spring seems like it may finally be here, so it’s time for the 34th Annual Chamber Golf Tournament, set for April 7 at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. Like last year, the registration fee for a six-person scramble team is $750, with tee times at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. We have room for 25 afternoon teams and 18 morning teams on a first- come basis. Registration includes 12 mulligans, six meal tickets, and three carts. We also have many...
Representative Slaton Files HB 2889 Providing Property Tax Relief to Families
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Yesterday, Representative Slaton filed HB 2889, which provides Texas families with property tax relief based on the size of their family. The bill will help promote couples getting married, staying married, and having or adopting children. A couple who marries and stays married would receive a ten-percent property tax credit. A family of four or more biological or adopted children would receive a forty-percent tax...
Department Of Public Safety License Fraud
Feb. 28, 2023- The Texas Department of Public Safety was tricked into shipping at least 3,000 Texas driver’s licenses to a Chinese organized crime group that targeted Asian Texans. The criminal organization was then selling the licenses, obtained using the personal information of Texas drivers, to people in the country illegally, DPS Director Steve McCraw said. The thieves used the state’s government portal, Texas.gov to fraud the DPS...
Paris Junior College Students Enjoy a Break
ENJOYING BREAK Students at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center campus enjoy a short break between classes as they visit in the hallway with Secretary Dana Smock, left. Students in the group include Jessica Sisk, Alyssa Cockrum, Veronica Bussell, Liberty Gaunt and Jay Leitner. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs students visit
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital News Release Feb. 27, 2023
Sulphur Springs, Texas, February 27, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. New Primary Care Provider CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is excited to welcome Rebecca Couch, Nurse Practitioner, to our team of Primary Care providers. Rebecca is eager to treat new patients in the Sulphur Springs area. She is accepting new patients at 105 Medical Circle,...
