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Marijuana Found In Wanted Man’s Lap, Suspected Stolen Items Located During Traffic Stop
Dec10

Marijuana Found In Wanted Man’s Lap, Suspected Stolen Items Located During Traffic Stop

Marijuana was found in a wanted man’s lap and suspected stolen items were located in his car during a traffic stop Thursday afternoon, according to sheriff’s reports. Brian Alan Hays (HCSO jail photo) Emergency dispatchers were contacted about a suspicious vehicle, a maroon Nissan Sentra, seen leaving the area of a recent burglary in which firearms were stolen around 3:40 p.m. Dec. 9. The caller then followed the car and...

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Making Holiday Recipes Healthier
Dec10

Making Holiday Recipes Healthier

Johanna Hicks By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County Holiday meals can be made healthier without any significant difference in taste by using some basic recipe substitutions or alterations. According to my colleague, Dr. Jenna Anding, specialist in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at Texas A&M University, sugar, fat and sodium content of many holiday recipes can...

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No Cookie Walk: Amazing Christmas Tree Raffle is CASA Fundraiser 2021
Dec10

No Cookie Walk: Amazing Christmas Tree Raffle is CASA Fundraiser 2021

During the Christmas season 2021, 12 beautiful hand-decorated Christmas trees were donated to Lake Country Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) by local business, organizations and individuals to help CASA volunteers in a fundraising promotion. The funding needed is for the work they do for the abused and neglected children within the Lake County CASA 5-county region. The 2021 fundraiser was titled “Miracles on Connally...

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Proposed Woodcreek Addition: 9.31-Acre Lot To Be Developed Into 39 Single Family Residences
Dec10

Proposed Woodcreek Addition: 9.31-Acre Lot To Be Developed Into 39 Single Family Residences

Infill Housing Development Policy To Be Expanded To Include Duplexes and Quadplexes A majority of items on Sulphur Springs City Council’s regular December meeting agenda had to do with property and construction projects, including six of seven requests for infill housing program agreements, a plat request to change a 9.31-acre property into 39 single family lots, expansion of the 380 policy, an agricultural land lease, and...

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Cumby ISD Having Unanticipated Early Release Today Due To Power Outage
Dec09

Cumby ISD Having Unanticipated Early Release Today Due To Power Outage

Cumby ISD is having an unanticipated early release today. The school began notifying parents at 11:47 a.m. on social media and other means that classes will end at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 9, 2021, due to a power outage. An Oncor electrical transformer was reported by the City of Cumby to be down on Main Street at 11:24 a.m. Cumby Volunteer firefighters were on scene and ONCOR has been notified. Cumby ISD staff reported that caused the power...

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It’s Christmas Card Time! We’d Love to Receive Seasons Greetings From Your Family to Ours…Postal Mail or E-mail!
Dec09

It’s Christmas Card Time! We’d Love to Receive Seasons Greetings From Your Family to Ours…Postal Mail or E-mail!

During this Christmas season, we’d like to honor a long-standing tradition between KSST and our listeners by asking for your Christmas card! Whether you send yours by postal mail or email, please add us to your Christmas Card list! Here are the addresses: KSST Radio/Channel 18TV, P.O. Box 284, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75483 or [email protected]. Feel free to include a little note, a picture or a favorite memory, or even one of...

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Chamber Connection – Dec. 8: Time To Get Recognition Nominations In
Dec08

Chamber Connection – Dec. 8: Time To Get Recognition Nominations In

By Butch Burney As 2021 comes to an end, it is time to get nominations in for those individuals and businesses that have been outstanding this year. Nominations are being accepted for Citizen of the Year, Woman of the Year, Small and Large Businesses of the Year and other superlative recognitions. The awards will be announced at the Chamber’s membership banquet on Thursday, Feb. 10, at the Hopkins County Civic Center. Nominations can...

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Hopkins County Dug Deep In To Help Those In Need Through 2021 United Way Contributions
Dec08

Hopkins County Dug Deep In To Help Those In Need Through 2021 United Way Contributions

The Hopkins County community is known for it’s generosity. This year, however, Hopkins County dug deep and, in the process, set a new record of more than $211,800 donated to the 2021 United Way campaign to assist those in need, and to provide cultural and developmental enrichment opportunities in the community. When the last weekly campaign workers meeting was held on Nov. 9, Hopkins County United Way had received $185,952.15 in...

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Sulphur Springs Back Down to 4A-Division I Starting in 2022
Dec08

Sulphur Springs Back Down to 4A-Division I Starting in 2022

UIL reclassification and realignment has put Sulphur Springs and her sports teams back down to 4A-Division I. With the classification of 545 to 1299 for 4A schools, SSHS had an enrollment of 1240 and as a result ended up being in Division I. The new realignment goes in to effect next year and will stand until the next round of realignments in 2024. Sulphur Springs was a 5A classification for eight years starting in 2013-14. The...

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Ordinance Restricting Roadside Parking on East Shannon Road Approved
Dec08

Ordinance Restricting Roadside Parking on East Shannon Road Approved

It’s official, a block of roadside parking on East Shannon Road is to be restricted. Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved Ordinance No. 2794, which establishes a no parking zone on East Shannon Road (the south Interstate 30 service road) between South Broadway Street and Mockingbird Lane. A new ordinance restricts parking on East Shannon Road The proposal for the ordinance was presented on first...

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