KSST Local Election Coverage Begins at 7 p.m.; List of Local Races/Polling Places
Local voters will be focused on various races and KSST will be your source for election returns. KSST staff will be at the Hopkins County Clerk’s Office to bring you up to the minute coverage of local election returns. KSST will begin coverage at 7 p..m. State and national returns will also be reported at :15, :30, and :45 minutes past the hour beginning at 7:15 p.m. In Precinct 3 of Hopkins County incumbent Republican Wade...
“Updated” Reward Offered for Bank Robbery Suspect; He Is Sought For Additional Bank Robberies
There is now a 3500 dollar reward for the information that leads to an indictment in connection to the November bank robbery in Sulphur Springs. The Texas Bankers Foundation (TBF) administers a Robbery Rewards program to prevent and discourage robberies and other crimes against Texas banks and their employees. The program provides funds for rewards, thereby assisting law enforcement agencies in obtaining information to assist in the...
Dr. Anglin Says PJC Proposition Decided in Tuesday Vote–Video Story
A proposition for Hopkins County voters will decide if the county, with the exception of Como-Pickton and Saltillo school districts, desires to be included in the Paris Junior College District. In an interview Monday morning, PJC President Pam Anglin presented the facts regarding a junior college education that includes both general studies and technical training. Anglin cannot promote the passage of the proposition. She is only...
Inmate Labor Benefits Both Hopkins County and SSISD Tax Payers
About 30 inmates began demolition work at Gerald Prim Stadium Monday morning at 8 a.m. as preparations begin for a total remodel of the stadium. Their work and the use of various materials from the demolition will save school and county tax payers well over $100,000 according to Dan Froneburger with SSISD and Sheriff-elect Lewis Tatum. Inmates were removing chain-linked fence, posts and gates and will remove the air conditioning units...
Straight Ballot Voters Missing Proposition; 14 Places to Vote Tuesday
If you vote a straight party ballot, you need to look at the summary page before finalizing your vote. Propositions are not included in the straight party ticket and you cannot vote again once your ballot is submitted, according to Debbie Shirley, Hopkins County Clerk. Voting in the November General Election is Tuesday, November 8th from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Fourteen voting places will be open. Hopkins County registered voters may cast...
Cross Spur Cowboy Church Celebrates 7th Year
On Sunday November 6, 2016, the congregation of Cross Spur Cowboy Church observed the church 7th anniversary during morning worship services. The church is located in the Pleasant Grove Community, next to the cemetery, at 953 CR 4759. The church is child-friendly and dress is casual to western. The building being used for church services was built in 1890. The congregation hopes to build a new church home in the future....
Break Down on I-30 Leads to Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies noted an auto that had mechanical failure at the 136 mile marker eastbound shoulder of I-30. There they found Domonique Bre’anna Rugley, 17, the driver. Further investigation revealed that she did not have permission to drive the vehicle. Rugley is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, a state jail felony.
Mother Presses Charges Against Son for Aggravated Assault
Hopkins County Deputies were called to a disturbance on County Road 3518 in the Dike Community Sunday. There they found a mother and son who had been in an altercation. According to the victim, the mother, it was a verbal altercation at first but when Daniel Ray Penson, 26, exhibited a pocket knife and stated he would kill them both, it became much more. Penson’s mother desired to press charges. Penson is in Hopkins County Jail...
