Sulphur Springs Officials Discuss City Tax Rate, Budget During Workshops
Reduction In Tax Rate, Small Increase In Utility Fees Proposed Sulphur Springs officials have been hard at work this summer shaping and tightening up a budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. After two special meetings with Sulphur Springs City Council, officials anticipated proposing a city tax rate that will be not quite 2 cents lower, while recommending a small increase to city utility fees to keep up with inflation and apply toward...
SSHS Wildcat Theatre’s First Performance Of 2021-22 Planned Aug. 15
Donations Will Benefit Theatre Scholarship Fund The Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat Theatre’s first performance of the 2021-22 school year begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, on the SSHS Auditorium stage at the Civic Center. The performance of K.T. Lee’s “On How to Accommodate Marlo’s Frying Pan” will be the conclusion of the students’ annual theater marathon. “For the marathon, students...
Officials Propose 4-Cent Reduction in County Tax Rate
Hopkins County Tax Assessor/Collect Debbie Pogue Mitchell Friday proposed setting the county tax rate at $0.584035 per $100 property valuation, a 4-cent tax reduction. Mitchell explained that the Comptroller requires that two rates be considered in establishing a county tax rate and made public: a no-new-revenue tax rate, the amount needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue from the same properties in both the 2020 tax...
Sulphur Springs ISD Media Release for Seamless Summer Option Free Meals 2021-2022
Sulphur Springs ISD’s Child Nutrition Department announced its policy for this school year,healthy meals will be offered every school day to all students at no cost. Typically, a student’sapplication must meet income eligibility requirements to qualify for free or reduced-price meals.However, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a guidance that allowsschools to offer free meals to all students under the Seamless...
Kiwanis Speaker Addresses Human Trafficking, Recruitment in NE Texas
L. to R. Hillary Evans and Julie Prettiman Julie Prettiman, wife of a Greenville pastor and adoptive parent of six, had been a stay-at-home mom until a member of her own family had a very close brush with human trafficking of a teen for the sex trade. That’s when Julie’s involvement with the non-profit Poiema Foundation headquarters in Rockwall, Texas proved to be life-saving. According to their mission statement,...
‘The Wall That Heals’ Major Community Event Set For November 4-7, 2021 With Fundraisers in September
During the KSST Good Morning Show on Thursday August 12, 2021, a first interview on-air about the “The Wall That Heals” visit to Sulphur Springs was discussed with Committee members Danny Davis and Dena Loyd. Mandy Kennedy, who is spearheading the event, was not able to attend. As a result of her efforts as a member of the Veterans Memorial Committee. Sulphur Springs was selected as the only Texas town to receive a visit...
CHRISTUS President/CEO Speaks About Current COVID Spike, Ways to Stay Safe
Paul Harvey, President CEO Administration of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Sulphur Springs CHRISTUS Hospital in Sulphur Springs is experiencing a rise in COVID cases similar to hospitals in the surrounding area. President/CEO Paul Harvey joined KSST in an interview on the Good Morning Show with Enola Gay on Tuesday August 10, 2021 to share information for local residents, stressing that the procedures the public utilized earlier...
115th COVID-19 Fatality Confirmed, 203 Active Cases Reported For Hopkins County
DSHS Resumes Filling Medical Staffing Requests It’s no secret that COVID-19 cases have continued to rising once again in Texas – including Hopkins County. The 7-day state average of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was 10,332, contributing to the 10,463 in Texas hospitals on Aug. 10. That is nearly 3,000 new confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations reported in the last week, according to Texas Department of State Health...
Hopkins County Back To School Activities
If you think the school year is coming way too fast, just imagine how Como-Pickton students and teachers felt Wednesday when classes started for the 2021-2022 school year. Cumby and Miller Grove will begin classes Aug. 12, with the students in the remainder of Hopkins County and Yantis schools slated to return to class next week. Most class and supply lists, at least for elementary students, have been posted on the school district...
Residents Reminded To Secure Valuables, Lock Doors To Reduce Risk Of Vehicle Burglaries
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson Wednesday, after being made aware of a series of overnight vehicle burglaries in cities in other area counties, reminds local residents to take steps to secure valuables and lock doors to reduce the risk of becoming the victim of vehicle burglaries. SSPD Chief reminds people to take preventive measures against potential vehicle burglary According to area reports, both Mount Pleasant and...
