Ownership of Malnourished Horses Relinquished
An elderly person unable to care for the five horses the individual owned relinquished her rights to the horses to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning. The five horses were extremely malnourished but not beyond recovering good health, according to Kobe Hume, Animal Cruelty Investigator for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office. Hume received a call regarding the horses in the Cumby area late Friday afternoon. On...
Update on the Independence Day Celebration Stage
The stage for the Independence Day Celebration will be finished Saturday morning. The county, city employees and inmates have been out since 8:30a.m. Friday. The stage takes 6-8 hours to complete and they’ve moved the location back four feet since last year. The Stage, placed in front on Alliance Bank on the northside of the square, is 36 feet by 48 feet, and audience seating will be on Celebration Plaza. Jerry Dalton, county...
KSST American Flag Kit Give Away At Independence Day Celebration!
Saturday, July 2nd, at the Independence Day Celebration, KSST Radio will be giving away 10 American Flag Kits! KSST wants people to feel the experience of America by flying the American Flag. All you have to do is enter a drawing. Just come up to the KSST booth beside the Symphony stage and fill out the ballot to enter to win a free American Flag kit.
Chapa Sentenced to Five Years in TDCJ
Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court, Juan Octavio Chapa’s probation was revoked and he was sentenced to five (5) years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He was set for sentencing last week but his name on his passport and ID cards was Francisco Renteria, which created a delay. Using a different name, Juan Octavio Chapa, 45, was found in Davidson County Jail in Nashville, Tennessee under the name Francisco...
Fireworks Safety; County Fire Chief Endsley has Volunteer’s Heart
Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy Endsley visited the KSST Good Morning Show with Enola Gay during his first week on duty. He talked about fireworks safety for the Fourth of July weekend. With over 30 inches of rainfall during the first half of 2016, and with moderate conditions so far this summer, no burn bans have been placed for Hopkins County. He believes that may mean more fireworks in the hands of citizens this holiday. According...
TxDOT Announces Projects on Roads in Hopkins and Hunt Counties
CDM Holdings LLC will begin seal coating several roads in Hunt and Hopkins Counties starting the week of July 7. This work is part of a district-wide project scheduled this summer at an estimated cost of more than $8.4 million. Some work times and locations may overlap, and traffic control measures may include some one-way operation during construction. Motorists traveling in Hunt and Hopkins Counties in July should pay special...
Agrilife: Preparing for Fall Garden
Mid-July means two things: the dog days of summer and fall vegetable gardens. Everyone can relate to dog days – it’s hot and humid, good only for dogs to find a cool spot to dig a hole. But fall gardens? In July? That’s right! Mid-Summer is the time to begin preparing and planting the garden for a fall harvest. According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension horticulturist, the first key for a successful fall garden is to get the weeds...
