Phone Scam Seeks Social Security Number
Phone scams continue to multiply and others cycle from place to place and year to year. Currently, a KSST listener reports a caller claiming to have the 888 phone number for the Civic Procedures Division of the State of Texas. The caller says that the individual being called is being summoned in a civil court case and is requiring the one called to call the 1-888-864-4232 number and give a case number to find out any more...
Eighth Grade Students Endorsement Signing Night at High School
Monday night, eighth grade students in Sulphur Springs Middle School and their parents participated in an Endorsement Signing Night at Sulphur Springs High School from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. The event in the high school cafeteria will have the atmosphere of a sports signing day. However, the students and parents will be signing the high school path agreement that will guide the process of class choice for the next four years. Jenny...
David Oxford, Sr.
Funeral services for David Oxford, Sr., age 66 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Charlie Beliew officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Jimmy Oxford, Jason Oxford, Jake Morrill, Lucas Flournoy, Matthew Flournoy, Clint Bradford, Tanner Oxford and Logan Oxford serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Sulphur Springs Fire...
Jean Boyd
Funeral services for Mrs. Jean Boyd, age 89 of Yantis, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Byron George and Rev. Craig Vance officiating. Honorary pallbearers are the masons of the Yantis Masonic Lodge. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Jean passed away on...
James Kennemer
James Kennemer, age 64 of Winnsboro, passed away on Saturday, March 5th, 2016 in Winnsboro. He was born on July 20th, 1951 in Dallas to the late Alton Glen Kennemer and Mary Witt. He was a Truck Driver a Baptist, and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Witt; sisters, Kathy Steele and Dorothy Simmons. He is survived by his father, Glen Kennemer and wife Guyla of Winnsboro; son Michael Kennemer of...
Jury Picked Monday for Dixon Trial
Monday morning, March 7, in Eighth Judicial District Court a jury is being picked to hear testimony in the trial of Hunter James Dixon for multiple charges of continuous sexual abuse of a young child or children. The trial will begin shortly after the jury is picked. Dixon was indicted September 23, 2015 on eight counts of sexual assault of a child. Dixon was arrested May 28th at the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department for aggravated...
Business History Month: Party Gear+
Back in 1987, The Paper Factory started in the VF Mall in Sulphur Springs, Texas. After 25 years and several ownership changes, the last company that owned the chain decided small town America was no longer a priority and chose to rely on metropolitan and internet sales. Thad Gregory had managed the store for the last 15 years that The Paper Factory was open and decided there was still a need for a party store in Sulphur Springs and...
Meal A Day Menu March 7th – March 11th
Meal A Day Menu March 7th – March 11th Monday Poppy Seed Chicken On a Bed of Rice Normandy Vegetables Roll Tuesday Meatloaf Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Roll Wednesday Chicken Spaghetti English Peas Garlic Toast Thursday Rope Sausage Pinto Beans Cabbage Corn Bread Friday Beef Enchiladas Refried Beans Spanish Rice...
“Updated” Seven Arrested for Burglarizing a Business in County
March 4, 2016 – Friday morning Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies executed a warrant roundup that resulted in the arrest of five juveniles and two adults for a February burglary of a business located in Hopkins County. Some of the seven took a company vehicle for a joy ride over the weekend following the burglary and also took firearms from the business. The two adults arrested were 18-year old Samantha Pennington and 17-year old...
Library Events with Hope Cain
Sulphur Springs Public Library’s Hope Cain joined Enola Gay on KSST’s Good Morning Show to inform listeners about March informational events for adults in the community, and an interactive “I-pad Tour” of the Music Box Museum on Tuesday March 8. Hope and her staff invite all ages to get familiar with “your” public library and come in often! ...
