At Regional Tournament,Benitez loses to Top Ranked Zobel
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez said Wednesday his #1 boys singles player Alex Benitez had a great season. It ended in the second round of the Regional Tennis Tournament in Allen Wednesday as Benitez was matched up against the #1 seed in the tournament, Michel Zobel of Midlothian. Benitez began the tournament early Wednesday morning with a straight sets win over Julio Vizcarra of Dallas Thomas Jefferson, 6-2, 6-1. A couple of...
Wildcats’ Iwuakor Weights Options for Future College Play
In the Tuesday (April 17) edition of the Denton Record-Chronicle, staff sports writer Brett Vito reports on the North Texas Mean Green making an in home visit in Sulphur Springs Monday (April 16) as they recruit 6-foot-7-inch Wildcats basketball player Victor Iwuakor. North Texas has a full head of steam coming off of a College Basketball Invitational tournament championship and their first winning season in six years. The North Texas...
Wildcat Center Back Diosdado Signs with PJC
Wildcats senior center back defender Brandon Diosdado announced Wednesday (April 18) that he will play college soccer at Paris Junior College next season. Diosdado made the announcement in front of his family and lots of Wildcats and Lady Cats’ soccer players at the Multipurpose Buiding on the high school campus. Diosdado said when he returned from a visit to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor recently, the PJC head coach sent...
Lowen Withdraws from Place 3 City Council Race
Andy Lowen has withdrawn from the May 5th Sulphur Springs City Council race. Lowen had filed for Place 3 on the council but had kept a low profile during the campaign thus far. Lowen had sought a place on the council in past elections.
Froneberger Resigns City Council Place 6
April 18, 2018 – KSST News has confirmed that Dan Froneberger has resigned as councilman Place 6 on the Sulphur Springs City Council effective immediately. Froneberger confirmed his resignation to Channel 18 Videographer Doug Haston. Froneberger has been serving his first term on the council. His resignation comes just prior to the city council debate sponsored by the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce set for Thursday night...
Lady Bears Defeats Lady Lions
The Saltillo Lady Lions’ softball team put up quite a fight before finally losing to Sulphur Bluff, 16-8 Tuesday (April 17). The Lady Bears jumped out in front with two runs in the first inning and two more in the second to lead 4-0 after two innings. The Lady Lions tied the game 4-4 with four runs in the third inning. Sulphur Bluff scored six runs of their own in the third inning to take a 10-4 lead. The Lady Bears added...
Fannon Garrett
Funeral service for Mr. Fannon Garrett, age 97, of Emory, were on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Emory Baptist Church. The wake was held at his home church, Prairie Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Fannon Garrett, passed away Thursday afternoon, April 12, 2018, in Dallas, in Rehab and Wellness of Dallas. He was born November 28, 1920, to the parentage of Sidney “Cap” and Fannie Thomas Garrett. Mr. Fannon was a lifetime resident of...
CASA Serves Children of Hopkins, Franklin and Rains Counties As Court Appointed Special Advocates With 28 Year HIstory
Staff and volunteers at the Lake Country CASA office in downtown Sulphur Springs have a solemn mission: To be a voice for abused and neglected children through the power of volunteer advocacy and change in the child protection system. CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocate, got it’s start in the United States in 1989, when a grandmother who had lost her young grandson in death at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend,...
TxDOT Paris District Office Announces Concrete Work on I-30; Seal Coat of Roadways Set
Concrete repair work along I-30 in Hopkins County will begin the week of April 23, 2018, according to the Texas Department of Transportation Paris District office. Officials with TxDOT also announced they recently cleared Brannan Paving to seal coat several roads in Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains and Red River counties. The contractor is scheduled to begin during the week of April 24 in Hunt County. This...
