FM 2642 At I-30 Closed; Will Affect Travel to District Football/Volleyball Games
As Wildcat football season begins, local fans will want to take note of the closure of FM 2642 at I-30. The Farm to Market Road would be the exit for Royse City High School and football field. The Wildcats travel to Royse City Friday, September 21st in a District match up. PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today reminded motorists, pedestrians and other travelers that there is no access across Interstate Highway 30...
School Board Approves Grant Funded Purchase of Hot Spots As They Prepare for New School Year
Sulphur Springs School Board made preparations for the start of a new school year Monday night during their regular session. A grant written by Superintendent Michael Lamb designed to loan students’ equipment necessary to access digital technology when they are away from school was approved. Starting with the high school, 190 hot spots will be available for check out through the high school library. Five hot spots will be available...
Blackwood Quartet Appearance at Reilly Springs Community Center on August 18, 2018
During Memphis’ Elvis Week, the Blackwood Quartet of Memphis, Tennessee is on tour in Texas. The world-famous group will be appearing in Hopkins County on Saturday August 18, 2018. Elvis Presley and the Blackwood family history goes back a long way to the early Memphis gospel music scene, before Elvis became the King of Rock and Roll. As a youth attending gospel singings at the Ellis Auditorium, Elvis met his idols the...
SSISD Board Approves Personnel Changes
During their Monday, August 14, 2018 regular session, Sulphur Springs School Board approved personnel changes: Retirement Wanda Whitmore Custodian Administration Building Resignations Jim Bayuk Chief of Police Dist-wide Audra Latimer Science Teacher High School Zearlene...
SCU Investigation Results in Arrest of Local Woman
Special Crimes Unit began an investigation into the possession and sale of methamphetamine by Monica Renee Millan, 24, of Sulphur Springs. During the investigation, SCU observed Millan in the 1300 block of South League Street and made contact to arrest based on two warrants. During the arrest, she produced a clear plastic bag containing a crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine. The substance weighed 5.47 grams including...
Grab some Charlie Daniels Tickets – WINNERS!
5 winners and 2 alternates in case the tickets can’t be used We have selected the winners. 1 pair of tickets can be picked up at the KSST Studios 8 – 5 M-F. Call 903 885 3111 to make special arrangements. CDB has populated radio with such memorable hits as “Long Haired Country Boy,” “The South’s Gonna Do It Again,” “In America,” “The Legend of Wooley Swamp” and of course, his signature song, “The Devil Went Down to...
Winnsboro Police Department Report August 6-12, 2018
Winnsboro Police made two arrests, investigated one minor injury accident, responded to 173 calls for service, issued 44 citations and wrote 44 warnings during the report period August 6-12, 2018. John Spencer, 36, of Portland, Oregon, was arrested August 6th on multiple Winnsboro Municipal Court Warrants. John Lopez, 21, of Winnsboro, was arrested August 6th on a Nolan County Warrant. A vehicle pedestrian accident August 9th at the...
Tuesday Forecast
30% chance of showers and thunderstorms; High: 89; Low: 76; Wind: South, southwest 10-15 mph
Wildcat Varsity Football Opens Practice Monday Afternoon
The Wildcats’ varsity football team opens practice for this season Monday afternoon (August 13) at the Multipurpose Building. Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said the initial workout would get started at around 5 p.m. He said he was still pondering whether to have practice indoors or out. The Wildcats will be pointing toward their first and only scrimmage at home against Liberty-Eylau on August 23 at Gerald Prim Stadium....
