Toliver Ford Receiving Donations for Dallas Help for Harvey Shelters
Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln in cooperation with Dallas’ Help for Harvey will be taking donations for those displaced by flooding and the damage created by Hurricane Harvey that is once again a tropical storm. The items will be taken by the Toliver Family to Dallas this weekend for distribution in shelters there. Among items needed are: new underwear and new socks, warm ups for men women and children, pillows, pillow cases, and...
Johanna Hicks Earns State and National Award as Texas Agri-Life Agent
Johanna Hicks is in her twentieth year serving Hopkins County as an Extension Agent. She actually worked here in the mid 1980’s, sharing the Home Economics office with agent Janie Crump. At that time, there were five agents in Hopkins County…two for Home Economics, two Agriculture agents and one 4H Agent. After about five years, Johanna’s husband Jay Hicks was transferred to Stephenville and so they moved there where...
Line Dancing Lessons at Seniors Center Begin September 5!
Karon Weatherman, Director of the Sulphur Springs Seniors Center, encourages you to take advantage of this fun and healthy way to get exercise! Men and women are welcome to take the class. Sharon Jones is a great teacher, and she will travel to Sulphur Springs for a class of at least a half dozen regular students. If you’ve been thinking about joining a class, this one may be perfect for you. Contact Karon at 903-885-1661 or...
North Hopkins ISD To Conduct Tax “Swap” Ratification Election
According to Superintendent Darin Jolly, in an effort to maximize state funding, North Hopkins Independent School District is seeking to pass a Tax “Swap” Ratification Election. The purpose of the election is to allow the district to move $0.13 from the Interest and Sinking (I&S) (debt payment) tax rate to the Maintenance and Operations (M&O) tax rate. This move causes the $0.13 to generate more money from the state for the...
Hopkins County EMT’s and AMBUS in Rockport
The most recent update from Hopkins County AMBUS crew and EMS Director Brent Smith received by KSST: “Its been about 16 hours since I was able to update you last. Yesterday morning on Saturday when around daybreak, is when our crew was briefed and tasked to attach in a convoy with an IRAT (Incident Response Assessment Team) with DPS, TxDOT, 20 Coach Buses and a compliment of 2 ambulances to make entry into “ground...
Forney Man Charged with Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon in Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Parking Lot
A disturbance in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office parking lot resulted in the arrest of David Allen Calhoun, 52, of Forney. Calhoun is charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Family Violence and is being held on a $200,000 bond. Advised of a disturbance in the front parking lot at the Sheriff’s Office, Communications Supervisor David Ray detained Calhoun until deputies arrived to make the arrest. Calhoun assaulted a...
Exiting I-30 Through Ditch Leads to Meth Arrest
A Dodge SUV exited I-30 by driving through the ditch on Sunday afternoon, August 27, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. A Cumby Police Officer, parked stationary at the 112-mile marker, noted the indiscretion. The officer initiated a traffic stop. The drive identified himself as Johnny Ray Cason, 26, of Lewisville but stated he did not have his driver’s license with him. The officer ordered the man out of the vehicle and performed a pat-down for...
Townsend Named Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert
On August 25th, 2017 Meredith Townsend the SSISD secondary instructional technology specialist was announced today as a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert joining the more than 6,700 educators in the MIE Expert program worldwide. Each year, Microsoft selects innovative educators to share ideas, try new approaches and learn from each other as a global community dedicated to improving student outcomes through technology....
