12 Wildcats Seniors Selected To All-District Baseball Team
District 15-5A did not have much of a sample to select last school year’s All-District Baseball Team. All six district team’s had only played one district game, one out of a planned 15, when the UIL suspected all athletic competition on March 16 due to concerns of coronavirus. The district’s coaches decided to name all of the district senior players on each team to the All-District Team. A total of 12 SSHS Wildcats...
Wildcats Edge Conditioning Program Opened Monday With Emphasis On Player Safety
By Don Julian This year marks the 15th year Wildcats Head Football Coach Greg Owens has had The Edge conditioning program during the summer. This year’s program, which opened Monday, June 8, at the Multipurpose Building, looked quite different in this age of the coronavirus. Sulphur Springs High School Multi-purpose Building Some 45 incoming 11th and 12th graders were in attendance for the day’s first session that ran from...
10 New Cases Of COVID-19, 1 Recovery Reported In Hopkins County June 8
Hopkins County’s COVID-19 Total Since MidMarch: 40 Cases, 32 Of Which Are Active Cases And 8 Have Recovered Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom twice Monday reported new lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Hopkins County. At 4 p.m. Monday, June 8, the judge announced 2 new cases and 1 person recovering from COVID-19. Then, at 9 p.m., Newsom announced 8 additional cases of COVID-19 case in Hopkins County. That’s 10...
Enola Gay Honored By Governor, Commissioners Court
KSST’s own Enola Gay Mathews received honors from the governor and was recognized by Hopkins County Commissioners Court for her continued support of the community. Enola Gay was honored with the Governor’s Yellow Rose of Texas Commission and received a proclamation of thanks for her contributions to the community from the Commissioners Court. The Yellow Rose of Texas commission is bestowed to Texas women by the Texas...
June 8 Update: 2 Additional COVID-19 Cases, 1 Recovery In Hopkins County
Hopkins County’s COVID-19 Total Since MidMarch: 32 Cases, 24 Of Which Are Active Cases And 8 Have Recovered Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 8 announced 2 new cases of COVID-19 case in Hopkins County. No additional information about the new cases are known at this time, except that they are home and isolating, according to Hopkins County Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Endsley. “We are...
Diane Gladys Courson
Diane Gladys Courson went Home to be with the Lord on Thursday May 28th ,2020. It was sudden and unexpected, but the Lord said it was time. Mom was a loving mother and ‘gamma’ to her two daughters, five grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She made friends easily and made many through her years of employment in Sulphur Springs with Sand Point and Ocean Spray. Those were people and times she remembered fondly. Diane was born in...
Terry Waller
Graveside service for Terry Waller, age 65, of Sulphur Bluff, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on, Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Brandon Shurtleff officiating. Serving as pallbearers Jimmy Helfferich, Tommy Helfferich, Andy Chester, David Waller, Fred Fielden and Richard Fielden. Jamie Fite, Pearl Brookins, and the VFW Post 8560 serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 8, 2020 at...
Fish, Boat, Hike! News from Cooper Lake State Park
Boat ramp repaired after Spring flooding at Doctors Creek unit Now it’s Time for Some Fun in the Sun at Cooper Lake State Park! Cooper, TX— It’s time to get outside and enjoy the beginning of summer! What can be better than visiting Cooper Lake State Park? The park has two swimming areas that are open and ready for you. The lake is full and the cool early summer waters of the lake will feel so refreshing! ...
Dinner Bell Menu for June 10, 2020
Chaney and Craig Johnson are the Community Partners. For your GRAB and GO MEAL: From North Davis go east on Fleming Street, north, east and south under the covered driveway at the First United Methodist Church to the distribution area around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10. MENU: Oven Bar-B-Que Chicken ThighsSmashed PotatoesSquash and Corn CasseroleGarden SaladLemon Cake To Die ForButtered French Bread Slices PLEASE BE CAREFUL!...
SSISD Trustees To Recognize Rowena Johnson, Robbin Vaughn At June 8 Meeting
Sulphur Springs Independent School District trustees plan to recognize two women for their service to the school district. Rowena Johnson will be honored for 50 years of service with the district. The long-time educator notified school officials in March of her plans to retire. Also to be recognized for serving two years as president of SSISD Board of Trustees is Robbin Vaughn. Last year, she agreed to another year president of the...
