Hopkins County Road Closed Due to Erosion
Hopkins Country Road 1170 is closed due to soil erosion around two tank car-culverts in the low area between County Road 1171 and Country Road 1181, according to Beth Wisenbaker, Commissioner Precinct 1. This is not the first road closed due to the erosion issue. County Road 1445 was closed June 1st due to concerns that would endanger life safety. At that time, Wisenbaker said that county road serves a heavy traffic flow in her...
Agrilife: Child Safety Tips
by Johanna Hicks Ten Summer Child Safety Tips You probably knew it was coming – the release of summer safety tips for children! June, July, and August are more dangerous for children than other months. Nearly one-third of all fatal child injuries occur during these three months according to Trend Lines, Natalie Pane, Senior Vice president for Research and Operations. Deaths resulting from contact with bees, hornets, and wasps (1...
Evans Named Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen
Sadie Evans was named Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen Saturday night following competition in the Sulphur Springs Schools Fine Arts Auditorium. Emma Boyett was first runner-up, Ann Marie Winborn, second runner-up, Lauren Helm, third runner-up, and Alexis Howard was named Miss Congeniality. Queen Sadie Evans, sponsored by Dial Study Club and Askins Propane Company, is the daughter of Jason and Angie Evans, and the granddaughter of...
Lightning Chances Increase Saturday Evening
Dangerous lightning is possible in the Hopkins County area over the next three hours. At 7 p.m. Saturday evening a lightning strike occurred within 1.5 miles of KSST studios. It was just one of several within a 15 mile radius of our studios. The potential of thunderstorms is 20% tonight. Saturday afternoon around 6 p.m. a thunderstorm was making its way into the county traveling east to west from Titus to Franklin Counties and toward...
Commercial Growth in County Spurs Need to Find Answers for Roads
Lack of regulation in the county is one reason County Roads are becoming a big problem in Hopkins County according to Commissioner Precinct 1 Beth Wisenbaker. More people building houses, agricultural changes, and commercial operations opening such as open dirt pits, selling timber and dairy operations of 1,000 or more cattle, dairy’s that cut their own silage using heavy equipment and 18-wheeler trucks driven home full by residents...
DWI, PI, and Mischief Increase in Summer; Consequences Remain; Man Arrested for Felony 3 DWI
Public intoxication and drinking and driving are a bad mix and the mix has increased in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County in the past few weeks according to offenses filed, arrests made, and the incarceration of several at the Hopkins County Jail. Among those charged with a 3rd degree felony, DWI 3rd Offense or More is Weldon David Jordan, 33. Sheriff-Elect Lewis Tatum and Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders point to summer...
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn The annual Tira Homecoming and Cemetery Association Meeting is coming up on Sunday, July 3rd. The program and business meeting will begin in the Tira Methodist Church at 11:00, followed by a covered-dish lunch at the picnic tables on the grounds. Last year, Larry Fitzgerald volunteered to serve as the Program Chairman, but he has since taken the position of Music Director of First Baptist Church in Somerville, so he and...
