Sunday Forecast
20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m.; High 92, with heat index as high as 97; Low: 74; Wind: South 10-15 mph
Lee Roy Steed
Funeral services for Lee Roy Steed, age 54, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 11, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wilton McMorris officiating. Interment will follow at Miller Grove Cemetery with Brad Sisco, Archie Lindley, Reese Blevins, Matt Bell, Chris Penson, Chuck Skaggs and Lee Pogue serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m., one hour prior to service time. Lee passed...
Hot Air Balloons Lift Off Friday Night; Will Again Saturday Evening
Approximately 30 Hot Air Balloons are taking part in the Hopkins County Dairy Festival. Friday night the pilots and crews took advantage of the good conditions to take to the air. They plan to do so again Saturday following the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Ice Cream Freeze-off. The Freeze-off begins at 5:30 p.m. on the back lawn of Shannon Oaks Church. Balloons will lift following and the glow will begin as the sun sets....
Enjoy the Food Trucks, Just Make Sure They Display a Sulphur Springs City Permit
From the iconic New York City hot-dog cart, to bright stainless kitchens on wheels, mobile food has been with us forever. The original fast food, street food has catered to the on-the-go hungry in endless forms. Sulphur Springs has recently attracted several mobile eateries. The online reviews go viral, and word of mouth is everything to these trucks. In addition to their “online cred”, the City of Sulphur Springs does...
Late Evening Thunderstorm Causes Some Tree Damage in Hopkins County
A huge oak tree, estimated to be over 100 years old, was uprooted by brief high winds and heavy rain on the evening of June 7, 2018 at a home off CR 1163 in the south part of Hopkins County. The storm first affected the western side of Hopkins County with dark clouds, lightning and brief downpours, then tracked along the southeastern part of the county. After it passed through the Brashear to Miller Grove areas, it caused this great...
Curtis Lee Rhoades
Curtis Lee Rhoades, age 93 of Winnsboro, passed away on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 at the V.A. Hospital in Dallas. He was born on August 16th, 1924 in Franklin County to the late Mack Rhoades and Grace Greenlee Rhoades. A US Army Veteran of World War II, Curtis received The Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal with one Bronze Service Star, The Good Conduct Medal, Two Purple Hearts, One Overseas Service Bar and the World War II Victory Medal....
Cross Taken in Weaver Cemetery Vandalism Recovered from Franklin County Pond by Inmate Volunteers
Friday morning at a pond in the Purley area in Franklin County, two Hopkins County inmates, Joseph Icenhour and Jesse Graham (in picture above), went into the water and retrieved a cross that had been cast aside there by Canyon Ray Davis, 17, of Saltillo, and Johnny Bench, 18, of Saltillo (both pictured below). Davis and Bench threw the cross, taken from the Weaver Cemetery during vandalism, into the pond when they learned that they...
Experience Texas’ Best Taste at 17th Annual Texas State Championship Ice Cream Freeze-Off On Saturday June 9
Lezley Brown is VERY EXCITED about the response and numbers of entries in this year’s Chamber of Commerce Ice Cream Freeze-off. During the KSST Morning Show interview on Friday June 8, just one day before the contest, she revealed that her office is expecting several more entries to come in, putting the total way over 50 competitors. And although the contest is called a competition and the contenders are called...
