Verna “Pinkey” Mitchell Sharber
Funeral Service for Verna “Pinkey” Mitchell Sharber, age 87, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 4:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Brent Wilhite and Buddy Wiggins officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Vernon City Cemetery with Cody Wilkes, Brent Wilhite, Dan Mitchell, Cory Wilhite, Dalton Mitchell, Hudson Wilhite and Jadyn Wilhite serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one...
Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning: Hard Freeze Warning for Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Hunt
A Hard Freeze Warning has been issued for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning for Hopkins, Delta, Rain, and Hunt Counties. Temperatures will fall into the low teens Tuesday evening with some areas dropping into single digits prior to sunrise Wednesday along and north of a line from Eastland to Denton to Emory. The temperatures could be at or below 10 degrees for three (3) to six (6) six. Uninsulated pipes may burst due to the extreme...
Carolyn Smith
Funeral for Carolyn Smith, age 73, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Larry Jordan officiating. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with Dylon Weatheread, Ryan Bauman, Jerry Horton, Eric Fite, Mark Dickey and Terry Ray Cockrum serving as pallbearers and nephews and grandsons as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on...
Dinner Bell Menu For January 17, 2018
Dinner Bell Menu for January 17, 2018 Anonymous this week’s Community Partner. Hamburger Steak with Brown Onion Gravy Rice Pilaf Garlic Green Beans Garden Salad Yeast Rolls and Butter Cookie Assortment Chocolate Pudding with Nut Topping (sugar free selection) Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church). Served at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs,...
Lydia Mae Frost
Lydia Mae Frost passed away Saturday evening, Jan. 13,2018, in Greenville Health and Rehab. She was 86 years old. She will have a family memorial service 2:00 pm, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Point. Mae was born July 29, 1931, in Danville, Arkansas, to the parentage of Jonathan Washington and Lela Belle Womack Pruitt. She was employed, by Rains ISD, as a cafeteria worker for many years. Also, she owned her own...
Stay Current on Closings and Weather; Download the Simply Sulphur Springs App
KSST has long been the source for school and weather related closings in Hopkins County. We have a new tool to get the word out on severe weather, The Simply Sulphur Springs App. SSS App for Android. SSS App for iOS. KSST will be sending Push Notifications through the Simply Sulphur Springs App, as needed, during all severe weather events. Download and stay informed. If you have information on severe weather or a closing you would...
Update: Martin Luther King Day: Hopkins County 27th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony Has Been Postponed
Update: The event has been postponed due to the Winter Weather Advisory issued for the area, according to organizer Dr. LaVelle Hendricks. Travel is expected to deteriorate in early evening. Dr. Ray Keck, President of Texas A & M Commerce, will serve as Master of Ceremony for the 27th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony is set for 7 p.m. Monday, January 15, 2018, at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. The Martin...
Video Presentation: Sheriff’s Posse 30th Anniversary
He became a member of the Hopkins County Sheriff’ Posse and found a love for law enforcement. Now, Sheriff Lewis Tatum wants to return the local posse to activities that were a part of its beginning. The Sheriff addressed the posse at their 30th Anniversary Chile Luncheon and Swearing-in Saturday, January 13th. Ithe warmth of the Sally Port at the Hopkins County Jail, the men and women members of the Sheriff’s posse celebrated the...
He Sells Marijuana But Was Found in Possession of Meth
Although the driver of the 2016 Dodge Challenger told the Hopkins County Deputy that the brown pills found next to the marijuana in his backpack were vitamins, a field test proved them to be methamphetamine. When Daniel Peter Chavez, 27, of Dallas failed to signal a turn onto the North Service Road the deputy initiated a traffic stop. The smell of marijuana was emitting from the passenger side window. A probable cause search revealed...
Sunny Sue Fenter
Services for Sunny Sue Fenter were held Thursday, Jan. 13, 2018 at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Billy Smith officiated. Burial was in Lone Star Cemetery. Sunny was born in Kerrville to the parentage of William Winston and Frances Freeze Montgomery. Her birthdate was July 29, 1960. Her church affiliation was Point United Methodist Church. Sunny finished high school at Rains High School where she was a member of the...
