Due to Rain – Cancelled – THE NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAY OCTOBER 28, 2023
HOPKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/HOPKINS COUNTY SHERIFF’S POSSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEA ANNOUNCE THE NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAY EVENT DATE : SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2023TIME : 10 AM – 2 PMPLACE : ATWOOD’S (PARKING LOT)817 GILMER ST.SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX. 75482 The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety and national security threat. DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day...
Keeping Bees Away From Food, Drinks & You! From Master Gardener David Wall
Yep, we’re well into the fall when outdoor festivities get interrupted with multiple types of bees, wasps, and other assorted characters. As their food supply dwindles in late summer and early fall, they beginlooking for alternative food sources. AND, it seems they are even more active than in the spring or early summer! Quick to recognize a good food source when they see it, your food and beverages become prime targets! As such, the...
Trying To Ignore Officer Sends Man To Jail
October 13, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies encountered a man parked in the lane of travel on State Highway 11 East near the Como-Pickton School Campus. Officers approached the vehicle and were told by the driver that the vehicle was not operational, even though the car was running. David Glynne Noble Sheriff Deputies noticed the driver, 33 year old David Glynne Noble to be nervous, so deputies asked to search the...
Plant Potatoes Now! From Master Gardener David Wall
October 8, 2023 – Planting potatoes in the spring is usually a hit or miss action due to weather. Is the soil dry enough? Is the soil too wet? Well, if you’d like to avoid spring planting problems, including fitting potato planting in with everything else you’re doing at the time, try planting your potatoes early, like now! You don’t hear much about fall planting any more, but 50+ years ago, fall plantings were often the rule...
Mother & Son Hauled In For Hauling Off Four Wheeler
Amanda Rachelle Jones October 6, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff deputies were notified in the wee hours of the morning of Friday October 6th of the location of a trailer and four-wheeler reported to be stolen. Deputies from the local agency arrived at the address reported as the location of the stolen items and spotted those items behind the residence. As the items had been removed from their previous location “without...
Abbott Announces Agenda For Special Session
October 6, 2023 – Governor Greg Abbott announced on Thursday Special Session #3 and issued a proclamation identifying agenda items for the session that begins at 1:00 PM on Monday, October 9. “I am bringing the Texas Legislature back for Special Session #3 to continue building on the achievements we accomplished during the 88th Regular Legislative Session and two special sessions this summer,” said Governor Abbott....
Hopkins County Unemployment Goes Up But Still Below Texas Average
October 5, 2023 – In the latest report from August 2023, Hopkins County posted an unemployment rate of 3.8%, compared to a rate of 3.7% in July 2023. The new August number is and increase as well over one year ago as the August 2022 rate came in at 3.3%. Hopkins County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in our nine-county region which includes the counties of Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Lamar, Morris, Red River and...
Hopkins County Records – August 2023
Report of Marriage Documents for Hopkins County 8/11/23 Thru 8/17/23 Jason Eddie Adcock and Jennifer Ann Mars Jesse James Lee Brown and Cassity Leeann Egan Jacob Adam Crawford and Samantha Nicole Pitts Cody J Lewis and Kendra Lee Diehl Joseph Chance Loraine and Brittany Ranee Perry Octavio Machado and Joseline Guzman Anthony William Mowrer and Madison Mackenzie Beard Johnathan Mikel Simpson and Brooklyn Lyric Martin Land Deed...
Trucking In The U.S. May Not Be What You Think
October 3, 2023 – Trucking in the United States may not be what you think. Small Owner-Operators and Contract Truckers are being forced out by cheap competition provided by Mexico based carriers. These same Carriers sometimes bend the laws set by the United States and create an unfair playing field. KSST spoke with a local truck driver and his wife, who is a Freight Agent, about the state of the industry. They were able to give...
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Report – October 2, 2023
October 2, 2023 – Hopkins County Chamber Connection submitted by Butch BurneyStew Goody BagsBusinesses who want to get their message out to 400 stew cooks and judges have until noon Friday, Oct. 6, to bring their promotional items to the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce at 110 Main St. Our goody bags will go out to about 350 cooks and almost 50 judges for stew, appetizer and campsite contests. There is one catch – you must be...
