Wildcats Basketball Coach Clark Cipoletta Discusses Dallas Jesuit Win on Friday
After the Wildcats Basketball Team lost to Denton Guyer last Tuesday (December 17), Coach Clark Cipoletta told his team they needed to play with more physicality. His staff counted 82 missed block outs against Guyer. On KSST Radio and Cable Channel 18’s Saturday Morning Coach’s Show, Coach Cipoletta said physicality was a big emphasis going into last Friday night’s home game against Jesuit of Dallas. Coach Cipoletta...
Cumby Police Arrest Rowlett Woman, McKinney Man On Felony Warrants
December 23, 2019 – Two traffic stops over the weekend resulted in Cumby police arresting two Dallas area residents on felony warrants, according to arrest reports. Nikki Nicole Allen Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro reported stopping a Lexus IS3500 at 1 a.m. Dec. 22, after seeing it pass him at the 110 mile marker on I-30 west, traveling at a high rate of speed — 86 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone. After identifying the...
KSST Listeners Receive a Holiday Gift from Sulphur Springs Community Players on Christmas Eve, Morning
KSST listeners will have two opportunities this holiday to hear an hour-long adaptation of Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol, performed by cast members of the Sulphur Springs Community Players. The play’s title is ‘A Christmas Carol: Adapted for Radio On Stage’ and it was first presented to local audiences from the stage of Main Street Theater earlier this month. Now, through a special arrangement with the...
Brashear Man Jailed On Controlled Substance Charge, Warrant
Bradley Cole Peek Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies responded at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, to a complaint of a vehicle running, but sitting stationary, in the middle of County Road 1100; the driver in the vehicle appeared to the 911 caller to be passed out, according to sheriff’s reports. Deputies reported finding a 25-year-old Brashear man inside of a Ford F-250 pickup on CR 1100, west of County Road 1157. After a period...
Proposed Solar Projects In Dike, Pine Forest Receive County Officials' Approval
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday unanimously approved 318 agreements granting tax incentives for solar projects in Dike and Pine Forest communities “They pay taxes and pay us a fee which is equal to a portion of their taxes, That way when we bring that money into the county’s coffers it doesn’t impact the property taxes,” Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County Economic...
Billy Don Dobbs
Billy Don Dobbs, 92, of Winnsboro, Texas passed away on December 21, 2019. Mr. Dobbs was born on July 14, 1927 in Megarel,Texas. He was preceded in death by his wife Joyce Dobbs, parents William Davis Dobbs and Bessie Dobbs, brother Richard Dobbs and nephews David and Tom Dobbs. Mr. Dobbs is survived by his daughter Paul Watson, daughter Carolyn Nobata and husband Niki and daughter Patty Miller; brother Floyd Dobbs; 7 grandchildren;...
Camilla Jane Boatright
Funeral service for Camilla Jane Boatright, age 81, of Sulphur Springs will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 28, 2019 at League St. Church of Christ with Jim Thompson officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Scott Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Brian Kile, Cody Kile, and Ben Elliott serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the church. Mrs. Boatright passed away...
Meet Dr. Thi Pham, Podiatrist with CHRISTUS in Sulphur Springs, Winnsboro
Originally from Vietnam, Thi Pham came to the United States in the 1980’s as a young teen. She completed public school in the Dallas area and earned an undergraduate college degree from UT Dallas. She then entered Temple University in Philadelphia and after four years, she graduated in 2005 with a Doctor of Podiatry degree, then spent four more years in residency at U.T. San Antonio. Her first years of practice were spent in...
SSISD Tables Decision On Reinvestment Zones For 2 Proposed Solar Farms
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees at their Dec. 19 meeting Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees was poised Thursday evening to vote on an amended reinvestment zone for one proposed solar farm and a reinvestment zone and application for appraised value limitation on qualified property for school maintenance and operations taxes for another. However, after hearing concerns voiced by at least seven community...
Community Members Voice Concerns Regarding Proposed Solar Plant
Community members at Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees meeting this week Approximately 3 dozen people attended Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees’ special called meeting to voice their thoughts regarding proposed solar projects, Hopkins Energy LLC in Dike and Solemio Solar LLC south of town in the Arbala area. During the Dec. 19 public hearings, many community members indicated concerns regarding...
