New Traffic Flow at Highway 19/I-30 Overpass Begins November 3rd
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that changes are in store for the overpass at the intersection of Interstate Highway 30 and State Highways 19 and 11. The overpass is currently two-lane; with a center left-turn lane and traffic signals at each end of the overpass to control traffic flow onto SH 19, SH 11 and frontage roads. Beginning Nov. 3, the overpass will carry four lanes of traffic, two in each...
Alice Myers
Mrs. Alice Myers, age 89 of Winnsboro, went to be with Jesus on Monday, October 31st, 2016. She was born on December 30th, 1926 in Wood County, TX to the late Ulysses Jordan and Zora Ingram Jordan. She was a seamstress and pattern maker, and was preceded in death by her parents; grandma and grandpa Whitworth that raised her; loving husband of 34 years, F.C. Myers; sisters, Mary Marrs and Bobby Long; granddaughter, Lesley Myers. She is...
Elizabeth Williams
Funeral services for Elizabeth Williams (Sis) will be held Wednesday November 2 at the Wilson Orwosky Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10am to 11am with memorial beginning at 11am. Burial will be afterwards at Turner Cemetery in Emory. Elizabeth Marie Armstrong Williams was born December 22, 1914 to Russell Martin Armstrong and Mattie Ann Hutchins. She passed from this life on October 29, 2016, at age 101. She went by the...
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse 29th Anniversary
Originally the idea of Highway Patrolman Roger ‘Tex’ Maynard and the late Deputy Ken Wisdom, a number of local ranchers, horsemen and members of law enforcement met with Sheriff Mark Bassham for the organization of the first Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse. Cletis Millsap prepared a squirrel stew to feed those who attended the formation event in the Aiguire Cemetery on October 31, 1987. Over the 29 year history of...
Early Vote Light Over Weekend; Continues This Week
A light voter turnout over the weekend brings early vote total to 4,830 for the first seven days. Saturday saw 446 and Sunday recorded 223 early votes cast. Early voting continues through the end of the week. Sample ballots are found on the Hopkins County website. Parking at the new Jefferson Street Parking lot, accessed off Rosemont Street, is being used by many voters. The General Election is Tuesday, November 8. KSST will broadcast...
“Updated” Baseball Bat Used in Aggravated Assault Sunday
Sunday night around 11 p.m. Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call in the street in near Easy Street Apartments on the 400 block of Van Sickle Street. There they found one individual with a laceration above the left eye and the second victim had a stab wound. Both victims were transported to CHRISTUS Mother Francis Sulphur Springs Emergency Room for treatment. The individual with the...
Charles “Charlie” Studer, Jr.
Graveside service for Charles “Charlie” Studer, Jr., age 89, of Dallas, Texas, will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 11:30 a.m., at Tira Cemetery with Rev. Justin Wilson officiating and Joe Bowling, Tommy Gee, Jimmy Jordan, Scott Baldwin, Rick Aber and Randall Royal serving as Pallbearers. Visitation will be held prior to the service, Tuesday, November 1, 2016 from 10-11 a.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr. Studer passed away...
Fun at the Ranch Rodeo
Upwards of 100 youngsters age 6 and under took part in the first-ever Cash Scramble in the Civic Center arena as part of the Fall Ranch Rodeo on October 29, sponsored by Cross Country Cowboy Church in Sulphur Springs. Additionally, over 50 youngsters age 7-12 battled in the arena dirt during the Calf Scramble. Both the children’s events paid cash money! Isaiah Barth age 3 and Laura Barth age 10 scrambled for cash ...
