Physical Bruising, Scarring and Tearing Leads to Arrest of Man for Two Counts of Injury to a Child
Keidrick Dewayne Green, 28 of Sulphur Springs was arrested by Hopkins County Deputy Scott Davis on Sulphur Springs Police Department warrants for injury to a child, a felony 3. Deputy Davis located Green at a residence on County Road 3562 about 12:45 a.m. Thursday morning. Detective Sgt. David Gilmore told KSST News that Child Protective Services contacted him last week regarding the injuries sustained by a 6-year old and 3-year old....
Schlotzsky’s Opens to Long Line of Customers
Her name is Vanessa and she arrived just after 11 p.m. Wednesday night to be the first in line for the opening of Schlotzsky’s in Sulphur Springs. The deli, on Gilmer Street, opened at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 21. Just before the opening, near 150 people were in line to make a purchase. The first 120 to purchase a six-pack of Cinnabon cinnamon rolls will receive one free small original sandwich per week for an entire year. The number...
Federal Court of Appeals Rules Texas Photo ID Law Racially Discriminatory; Hopkins County Clerk Responds
New Orleans, La. and Washington, D.C. – The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found today that Texas’s photo ID law, the strictest in the nation, is racially discriminatory. This marks the fourth court to find that the law has a disproportionate impact on African-American and Latino voters in Texas. However, Hopkins County Clerk Debbie Shirley told KSST News that almost every Hopkins County voter used their photo ID and not their...
City of Commerce Sprays Area After Trapped Mosquitos Test Positive for West Nile
By Becky Pattillo COMMERCE, TX—The City of Commerce, with the assistance of Texas A&M University – Commerce, has been trapping mosquitoes and sending them to the Department of State Health Services as a precautionary measure to test for various diseases. Emergency Management Officials have been notified that additional mosquito samples have been returned with positive results for the West Nile Virus. At this time, no human cases...
William “Pete” Friddle
William “Pete” Friddle, age 64, passed away Monday, July 18, 2016 at his home in Yantis. He was born on October 20, 1951 in Hopkins county, the son of Willard Ancel and Doris Mae (Burns) Friddle. Pete was a dairy farmer and of Baptist faith. He is survived by his sons, William Anthony Friddle of Yantis, Jesse Scott Friddle and Rocky Dean Friddle both of Como; daughter, Amanda Kay Friddle of Yantis; grandchildren, Anthony Carter...
Friday Night Movie!
This week Friday the 22nd is Movie Night on Celebration Plaza! The good Dinosaur is this weeks movie. This movie is about luckily for young Arlo, his parents and his two siblings, the mighty dinosaurs were not wiped out 65 million years ago. When a rainstorm washes poor Arlo downriver, he ends up bruised, battered and miles away from home. Good fortune shines on the frightened dino when he meets Spot, a Neanderthal boy who...
From the Convention Floor: A Political Junkie’s Dream Comes True
Unity continues to be a common thread in the reports received from Hopkins County’s Donnie Wisenbaker, a delegate to the Republican National Convention this week. However, one of the dreams of his self-defined political junkie life came true Tuesday evening. Tuesday evening, Wisenbaker was on the floor as Lt. Governor Dan Patrick voiced the vote of the Texas Delegation during the roll call vote for the Presidential nominee....
Proposed PJC District Expansion Explained at Listening Session
Stating a desire to be transparent, Dr. Pam Anglin, President of Paris Junior College, addressed a small group of Hopkins County citizens regarding the November 8th ballot proposal to include Hopkins County in the PJC District. It would mean a new tax at 10-cents per $100 evaluation. Dr. Anglin pointed to the advantages of the community college as well as discussing the tax. Como-Pickton School District and the Saltillo School...
