Wildcats at Ennis Seeking 4th District Win
In Friday night (October 12) football, it’s the Wildcats and the Ennis Lions playing a district game at Lions’ Memorial Stadium in Ennis. Ennis is expected to be the toughest district foe the Wildcats have played so far this season. The Wildcats come in with a 3-0 mark in district play and in second place with wins over Terrell, Royse City and Forney. The Wildcats are 4-0 for the season. Ennis lost their first two games of...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report October 3-9, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report October 3-9, 2018 October 3rd At 12:48 a.m., cows were reported out on HWY 182 near Quitman. Deputies were dispatched to CR 4660 near Winnsboro, at approximately 3:14 a.m., in reference to harassment. This case is active. Deputies were dispatched to FM 312 near Winnsboro, at approximately 8:40 a.m., in reference to a burglary. Actors, or actors unknown, broke into the reporting party’s residence and...
New CHRISTUS “Generations” and Individual Health Plans Are Available For Persons Under 65 and Over 65
New for 2019, an Advantage Healthcare plan through CHRISTUS Mother Frances Health Care Network! Matt Miles, Director of CHRISTUS Health Plan Sales joined us during the KSST Good Morning Show with Enola Gay to explain the new “Generations” product. This Advantage Plan for persons age 65 and older will increase it’s coverage area to thirteen Northeast Texas counties as of January 1, 2019, based on the CHRISTUS network...
Two Arrested with Meth on Country Road
October 12, 2018 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Wade Sheets noticed a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu backed up to a gate on County Road 4703 and saw two individuals in the vehicle. Upon making contact with the passengers, he saw a loaded glass pipe in the passengers lap and the driver was shaking a butane bottle. The glass pipe contained methamphetamine. In a search of the driver’s pockets, the investigator found a blue colored...
Alicia Malagon Retana
Funeral services for Alicia Malagon Retana, age 54, of Yantis, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 13, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 12, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Alicia passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home.
Aphids in trees By Mario Villarino
Aphids suck plant sap from leaves, stems or even roots of plants. Most are very host-specific, meaning they feed on only one or a few related kinds of plants. Therefore, there is usually little danger they will move to other, different kinds of plants. If wilting is apparent, or the sticky honeydew (aphid droppings, may result in plant covered with black sooty mold) become a problem, control with insecticides labeled for aphid...
Friday Forecast
40% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 66; Low: 58; Wind: Southeast around 5 mph
Bobby Ray “Buddy” Ferrell
Bobby Ray “Buddy” Ferrell, 80, of Commerce, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at his residence surrounded by loving family. Bobby Ray “Buddy” Ferrell Buddy was born in Hopkins County, Texas, on January 9, 1938, to Minnie Cecil Burns and Thomas Grady Ferrell. In 1959 Buddy worked for 1 year as an equipment operator at McKinsey Asphalt in Greenville until he entered the United States Air Force in 1960. Upon...
Local Fundraiser Set to Benefit Christian School in Kenya
Local resident June Lucky visited the Ongoro Christian School in Kenya in April of this year as a part of a tour of orphanages and other work being carried out in the Homa Bay region of Kenya. The tour of 15 orphanages in the Rift Valley of Kenya supervised by Kenya Widows and Orphans (KWO) led Lucky to begin planning a way to provide $4000 needed to buy sufficient books for the Ongoro School. She said that when she visited the...
