Update on the Independence Day Celebration Stage
The stage for the Independence Day Celebration will be finished Saturday morning. The county, city employees and inmates have been out since 8:30a.m. Friday. The stage takes 6-8 hours to complete and they’ve moved the location back four feet since last year. The Stage, placed in front on Alliance Bank on the northside of the square, is 36 feet by 48 feet, and audience seating will be on Celebration Plaza. Jerry Dalton, county...
Bookworm Box Packing Party!
On Friday July 1st, The Bookworm box held their monthly packaging party to create their subscribed book boxes. In an interview with Lin Reynolds, Colleen Hoover’s sister, who manages the public relations for the company she explained how each month’s packing parties work. 100% of the box subscriptions profit goes to charities. This month’s charities include; The Rotary Club, No Place for Hate, Margie Long Scholarship...
CNB Has Free Ice Cream Today!
Today, July 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. City National Bank will be giving out free ice cream. The free ice cream will be given out indoors at both CNB locations. Which are Mocking Bird Lane and The square. John Sellers quotes, ” The reason for the free ice cream is for customer appreciation, to honor the 4th of July, and in honor of the Dairy Industry.” Everyone go on out to City National Bank for some free delicious ice...
Final Pre-Trial For Mapps Set for July 15; Trial Set for August 8
A pre-trial hearing was conducted Thursday and the final pre-trail hearing is set for July 15th, as the District Attorney’s office moves toward an August 8th trial date for Joshua Isaiah Tilton Mapps, 21 . Mapps is scheduled to be tried for murder, a Felony 1 and Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair, a Felony 3. Mapps is accused of the murder of Jonathan Trahern Young at Pacific Park on June 8, 2015. Since July 2,...
Narcotics In a Shoe Box
In the 100 block of Van Sickle Street, local law enforcement stopped a vehicle on a drug investigation and asked the driver about the possession of illegal narcotics. The driver immediately stated that the passenger in the right front passenger seat had narcotics in a shoe box. Inside the shoe box located in the passenger’s front floor board was a quantity of Hydrocodone, Xanax, and Tramadol. A further search revealed a quantity of...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
We want to express our sympathy to the family of Leroy Reaves. His funeral service was held on Wednesday morning, at the Tira Methodist Church, under the direction of Delta Funeral Home. He was buried in the Tira Cemetery, and then family and friends gathered at the Community Center for lunch. Leroy was married to the late Mamie Lou (Weir) Reaves. Please remember the family in your prayers. Also, we extend our sympathy to the family...
Tesla Owner Already Discovers Charger
Thursday afternoon, KSST News found a Tesla owner charging his auto at the Super Station provided by the Tesla Company in Sulphur Springs. Ron, a Dallas attorney, was excited to discover the Tesla Super Station in Sulphur Springs. Needing to drive from Dallas to Texarkana for a business trip, he checke his route earlier in the week and thought that he would have to divert his route to I-20 through Lindale to catch the closest...
