Porter, Tanton, Dodd And Thornton Are Named Forrest Gregg MVPs At Assembly Thursday Night
At the SSHS Awards Ceremony Thursday night, the annual Forrest Gregg MVP Awards and the James Cameron Fighting Heart Awards were announced for Lady Cats and Wildcats. Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young announced the Forrest Gregg MVP’s. For the Lady Cats, winners were SaDavia Porter and Autumn Tanton and for the Wildcats, Austin Dodd and Landon Thornton. Porter excelled in both basketball and track. As a senior...
Haggerty, Baier, Willis and Tyson Are Named James Cameron Fighting Heart Award Winners
At the SSHS Awards Ceremony Thursday evening, Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens announced this year’s recipients of the James Cameron Fighting Heart Award. Winners for the Lady Cats were Bailey Haggerty and Abbi Baier and for the Wildcats Keaston Willis and Landry Tyson. Haggerty, a Lady Cats’ softball pitcher, was described as a person of character and a competitor and fighter who always answered the call. She...
Tyvodrean Daverous Williams Savage
Tyvodrean Daverous Williams Savage, 22, of Paris, passed away on May 7, 2019. Funeral services are scheduled for noon on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Olive Branch Baptist Church, with the Rev. Billy Shepherd, pastor, the Rev. Gary Savage, officiating and pastor Da’On Savage, eulogist. Interment will follow to Egypt Cemetery under the direction of Maxey Funeral Home. Tyvodrean D. Williams Savage was born on Feb. 6, 1997, in Sulphur...
SSHS Seniors Awarded More Than $3.3 Million In Scholarships, Awards At Ceremony — Part 1
More than $3.3 million in scholarships, military and other monetary rewards were presented to seniors at the Sulphur Springs High School Awards Ceremony Thursday evening, May 16, at SSHS Auditorium at Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. Top graduates, UIL scholars, students who have earned Medical Assistant Certifications, Forrest Gregg MVP and James Cameron Fighting Heart Award recipients were also recognized during the program....
CHRISTUS Stroke Team Offers Free “Stroke Awareness Lunch and Learn” at noon Wednesday May 22
RN Byron Prince and RN Cassidy Cameron of the Stroke Team Within ongoing efforts to become designated a “Primary Stroke Center”, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital of Sulphur Springs has begun an Acute Stroke Program. Facilitating this program is a special “Stroke Team” of professionals who can assess and assist persons experiencing stroke symptoms at the hospital Emergency Room. Because time is so important to...
Aiguier Cemetery Association
The Aiguier Cemetery Association will hold their annual meeting and pot-lunch lunch on Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 in the North Hopkins School Cafeteria. Everyone will gather to share a meal around noon, with a brief business meeting to follow. Donations to the cemetery fund are always needed and appreciated. Contributions may be mailed to the Aiguier Cemetery Association, c/o Peggy Beck, 332 CR 3620, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482....
‘Chicks For Charity’ Non-Profit Makes SS Symphony League it’s Final Recipient
Some of the organizers pictured during an earlier KSST interview L. to R. Dee Elliott, Mandy Kennedy, Peggy Deitze, Jane Sargent and Pennye West Chicks for Charity, a 501c3 non-profit charity organization operating in Hopkins County, has officially been dissolved as of May 16, 2019. This follows Chicks donations of several thousands of dollars which have made a large impact upon worthy local causes since it’s 2010 inception. The...
Memorial for Bobby Ballard
The memorial for Bobby Ballard will be held May 26th, 2019 at 2 PM at Full Gospel House of Prayer located at 824 N Jackson St in Sulphur Springs, Tx. We invite all friends and family to the memorial service to pay their last respects. Following the service there will be a private burial service for immediate family. Bobby Ballard
Jefferson Man Jailed On Dallas County Warrant
Brian Scott Greenhill A traffic stop by Cumby police early Thursday morning resulted in a 42-year-old Jefferson man’s arrest on a Dallas County forgery charge. Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro reported stopping a Chevrolet Aveo at 1:51 a.m. May 16 on Interstate 30 west at mile marker 108 for defective taillights. On contact, the driver was identified as 42-year-old Brian Scott Greenhill of Jefferson. A records check showed Greenhill...
Marvin Duval
Funeral Service for Marvin Duval, age 90, of Sulphur Springs will be held on Monday, May 20, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Tommy Hall officiating and Sam Tatum, Lewis Tatum, Roger Maynard, Earl Martin, Billy Ore and Paul Horton serving as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Jones Roberts, Butch Adams, Cletus Millsap, J.G. Williams, and Robert Newsom. Interment will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery....
