Lowen Files for City Council Place 7
Former City of Sulphur Springs Code Enforcement Officer Andy Lowen has filed for Place 7 on the City Council. At this time Lowen will face incumbent John Sellers in the May 6th race. At this time, two have filed for Place 6 on the council. Incumbent Kayla Price-Mitchell will not seek reelection. However, a former council member, Brad Burgin and former council member Charles Oxford have filed for Place 6. One other packet has been...
SSHS Golf Seasons Open Monday
The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ golf teams began their seasons Monday with new coaches. After the resignation of Wildcats Golf Coach Ross Funk in November, Wildcats Athletic Director Greg Owens selected his brother Chris Owens as the new Wildcats Coach. Chris Owens had been the Lady Cats Golf Coach for several seasons. Coach Chris Owens’ Wildcats will open the season at Pinecrest Country Club in Longview Monday. Former...
Game Day: Wildcats, Lady Cats Soccer Faces Texas High
The Wildcats and Lady Cats’ soccer teams are playing on this Friday game day. The Lady Cats’ soccer team will be at home against the Texas High Lady Tigers. There will be a JV contest at 5:30 p.m. with a varsity game to follow at around 7:15 p.m. The games will be played on the field at the SSHS Track and Soccer Complex. Both the Lady Cats and Texas High have big wins over Marshall. The Lady Cats beat the Lady Mavs in...
KSST Annual Nice People Awards Sponsored by Walgreen’s
A sweet tradition at KSST Radio during Valentine season is the annual Nice People Awards. This long-standing program is simply a small thank-you to some of the individuals creating a fabric of good deeds and caring gestures that makes our community a special place in which to live and work. During Valentine’s week, make your nominations of nice people you know to KSST by e-mail at [email protected], by postal mail at P.O. Box...
Discount Retailer Plans New Stores, New Jobs
They’ve been springing up in small towns and communities in Texas and Dollar General plans mores stores in Texas as they add approximately 1,000 new stores and create 10,000 jobs nationwide during the next year. In Texas, they plan 550 new jobs as part of their 2017 growth plan. In Hopkins County, Dollar General can be found in Sulphur Springs, Como, and Birthright. Since 2008, the discount retailer, Dollar General, will have added...
Three Arrested Near SSHS for Drug Possession
A suspicious vehicle on Gladys Alexander Drive near Sulphur Springs High School was found to have three passengers and a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle at 11:20 a.m. Thursday. Special Crimes Unit of the Sulphur Springs Police Department located two small ziplock baggies in the driver’s door. Two individuals in the vehicle, Jessica Rae Bryan, 22, and Harrison Dean Hall, 18, both of Burleson were arrested for...
Search Warrant Results in Arrest
While serving a search warrant at Max-a-Mart in the 900 Block of Main Street, law enforcement officers did a search of Kameron Trey McGary, 30, of Sulphur Springs. They found McGary to be in possession of less than 28-grams of marijuana. For McGary, he was within 1000 feet of Buford Park, which is a Drug Free Zone elevating his charges to a state jail felony. McGary is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Possession of a Controlled...
Winnsboro Woman Arrested for Theft
After she passed all points of sale with $50 in property not paid for, Juanita Bolyer Bell, 55, of Winnsboro was detained by the retailer’s store security. For her, she has been convicted of at least two other thefts of property charges. Local Law Enforcement took her into custody. Bell is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Theft of Property under $2500 with two or more Previous Convictions. She is being held on a $5,000...
Steven Dee Vickery
Funeral services for Steven Dee Vickery, age 40, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 6, 2017 at League Street Church of Christ with Rev. Mike Eason officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Chris Vickery, Bobby Vickery, David Vickery, Ron Irby, Scott Moss, Aaron Hohenberger and Chris Hammons serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be The Colony Fire Department...
Billy Strickland
Billy Strickland, 89, of Cumby passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in Greenville. Billy was born in Campbell, Texas, on August 29, 1927, to Flora Merinda Bowen and Claude Luke Strickland. He was a truck driver and a Methodist minister. Billy was married to Frances Charlene Latham Strickland, who preceded him in death. He was a United States Army veteran serving during WWII. Billy was a member of Cumby United Methodist Church;...
