Cumby Seniors Awarded More Than $115,000 In Scholarships
Cumby High School 2019 scholarship recipients Cumby High School seniors took home more than $115,500 in scholarships, earned recognition for academic and extracurricular successes, and took time to honor special educators and adults who have made a lasting impact in their lives. Also honored during the program were high school students who made the honor roll, had perfect attendance, received class awards and earned recognition in UIL...
Wildcats Baseball Playoff Picture
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack Discusses Big Team Turnaround That Led to Playoffs On KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning (April 27) Coaches Show, Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack explained how his team went from rock bottom to a playoff spot winning their last five district games. Coach Hammack said he and his coaches did their best to stay positive during the hard times. He also credited the players...
Lady Cats Softball Playoff Update
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo Discusses Bi-District Sweep of Whitehouse on Saturday Morning Coaches Show The second game in the Whitehouse and Lady Cats’ softball bi-district series was very different than the first. On Thursday (April 25), the Lady Cats won by the ten run rule, 14-4 in Whitehouse. In front of the home folks Friday at Lady Cat Park, the Lady Cats managed a 6-3 win. Lady Cats Coach David Carrillo felt...
*Updated* Rocky is FOUND in Hopkins County.
Thank You to all the good helpers at KSST for getting the word out while Rocky was missing. He found his way home this morning, having been missing since April 18. Rocky is a 6-7 month-old black and tan young dog being sought by his owners. About mid-April, Rocky got out of his yard on the south side of Sulphur Springs. Due to KSST Trading Post exposure, Rocky was spotted and identified during the Easter weekend by homeowners on CR...
Cinco de Mayo Celebration Planned for Saturday May 4 on Celebration Plaza
Regarded as the largest gathering of people on the downtown plaza, the Cinco de Mayo celebration is 2018 is said to have brought close to 10,000 people to the Sulphur Springs downtown district. Now, this year’s celebration is being planned for Saturday May 4, 2019 . The festival will begin at 1pm and conclude before midnight. According to Oscar Aguilar, one of the organizers, there will be music and entertainment acts, all kinds...
Selma Woman Arrested After Suspected Marijuana Found In Spare Tire Compartment
A routine Interstate traffic stop Sunday night resulted in location of hidden marijuana, a bottle of pills and an arrest. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper stopped a Honda Accord at 3:27 p.m. Sunday at mile marker 132 on I-30 after observing it traveling 86 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone. On contact, a 30-year-old Selma woman was identified using her driver’s license, according to arrest reports. The trooper...
Cumby Police Arrest Dallas Pair Reportedly Traveling In Stolen Car
Cumby Police arrested a Dallas pair, stopped Sunday morning in what turned out to be a stolen vehicle. Marc Anthony Martinez, 23, and Infant Venzor, 20, were taken to jail by Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. According to arrest reports, Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro saw a blue Mitsubishi sedan with a defective tail light in the area of Frisco Street and the north Interstate 30 service road at...
Early Voting Continues In Municipal, School Elections
Early voting continues Monday-Tuesday, April 29-30, in Como-Pickton and Yantis school board elections, Sulphur Springs City Council and special proposition elections and the Miller Grove ISD bond election. Voting hours are extended Monday, April 29, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Yantis ISD Board of Trustees Election. Early voting by personal appearance will resume from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in the Early Voting Room inside...
