3 School Districts Plan For Nov. 3 Trustees Elections
2 Districts Will Likely Be Able To Cancel Nov. 3 School Board Elections; School Board At 1 District Will Have To Fill Open Seat At the close of candidate filing Monday, only two Hopkins County school districts had more candidates than trustee seats up for election on Nov. 3. One district had one fewer candidate than seats to be filled with a Nov. 3 trustees election. One district postponed the trustees election from May until Nov. 3....
Welcome to the New 4-H Year
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County Johanna Hicks Texas has more than 55,000 youth involved in the 4-H experience each year, and the enrollment process for the 2020/2021 year is now open. We have been receiving calls from families who are interested in registering their youth. First, here’s a little information about 4-H: 4-H is a national organization which helps...
3 Hopkins County Residents Ask Commissioners Court To Reconsider Proposed County Tax Rate
Three Hopkins County residents addressed Hopkins County Commissioners Court regarding the proposed county tax rate during a public hearing held Monday morning at Hopkins County Courthouse. Proposed Tax Rate At the Aug. 10 Commissioners Court meeting, Tax Assessor/Collector Debbie Pogue Mitchell recommended the county keep the same tax rate of $0.624892, which is above the effective rate of $0.577457 but below the rollback rate of...
Jerri Cross
Graveside service for Jerri Cross, age 81, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 20 at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bro. Jim Moore officiating and Shane Darlin, Eldon Reynolds, David Townsend, Stanley Townsend, Russell Rollins and Josh Hudson serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Cross passed away on...
Tire Town’s Owner Mike Gilmer Up for 40th Year
On his birthday August 17, KSST’s Enola Gay caught up with Mike Gilmer, local businessman and a long-time radio advertiser. Mike is most often found at his family-run business, Tire Town, now located at 622 Oak Avenue in Sulphur Springs. Mike is owner and business manager, and his son Brad runs the shop. Tire Town carries a wide variety of tires and does installations, brake work and alignments. In addition to Mike’s...
Aug. 17 Hopkins County COVID-19 Update: 6 New Cases, 27 Active Cases, 18 Recoveries
After a day with no case reports, Hopkins County Emergency Management officials at 5 p.m. Aug. 17 reported 6 additional Hopkins County residents have received positive COVID-19 test results and 18 residents have recovered from novel coronavirus 2019. positive COVID-19 result That brings the overall total since March to 220 positive COVID-19 cases and 193 recoveries for Hopkins County. Aug. 17 marks the seventh time this month in which...
Neal Eugene Rogers
Military graveside services for Neal Eugene Rogers, age 80, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery with Chaplin Joseph Stanley officiating. There will be a come and go visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Neal passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. He was born on December 11, 1939, in Downing, WI, the son of...
Extra Summer Work Benefits Cross Country Athletes
This has been a longer than normal year for summer before-school running for Wildcats and Lady Cats’ middle school and high school cross country athletes. Sulphur Springs Coach Ross Hicks notes that normally, by now, his teams would have already had some meets. Still, Coach Hicks says he feels the extra running time has been beneficial for his teams. Sulphur Springs Cross Country Coach Ross Hicks He says his summer numbers have...
Bonita Bassham
Funeral service for Bonita Lou (Kiker) Bassham, age 91, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday August 18, 2020, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, with visitation beginning at 10 a.m., prior to the start of the service. Her son-in-law, Bro. Verner Ulrich, will officiate and her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are her granddaughters. Interment will follow at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery. A resident of Carriage House Manor, Mrs....
Commerce Man Jailed On Firearm Charge
A 39-year-old Commerce man was jailed in Hopkins County on a firearm charge Saturday evening, according to arrest reports. Sammie Demon Williams (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Bobby Osornio reported stopping a Dodge Dakota around 8:45 p.m. August 15, 2020 on State Highway 11 west near County Road 4748 for a defective high center mounted light. Upon contact with the female driver and male passenger,...
