25th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony
DSC00199 DonJ-01 DSC00129 DSC00134 DSC00140 DSC00200 On Monday, January 18, 2016, 7 pm, The East Caney Missionary Baptist Church and Hopkins County African American Leadership Conference presented the 25th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Ceremony. The keynote speaker was The Honorable Judge Morris Overstreet, former judge, Texas Criminal Appellate Court. Dr. Dan Jones, President/CEO of Texas A&M-Commerce once...
Shelbi Rena Gleason
Funeral services for Shelbi Rena Gleason, age 22 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Shelbi passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Trinity Mother Frances in Winnsboro.
SSHS BPA Qualifies 13 for State Competition
The Sulphur Springs High School Business Professionals of America students attended a Regional Leadership Conference at Plano High School on January 16, 2016. Thirteen (13) students qualified for state, and seven (7) students and three (3) teams will be state alternates. State Qualifiers Sean Allemang placed first in Java Programing. Mario Basio placed third in C++ Programming. Lydia Burleson placed first in Advanced Word Processing....
ATF Investigators Seek Origin of Cause of Fire That Destroyed Toliver Ford
“No indication of any criminal act” has been found at this time as the ATF continues to process the scene at Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln, in the 1000 block of Gilmer Street in Sulphur Springs. John Morrison, ATF spokesperson, stated that the local fire department invited the ATF Response Team to conduct the investigation due to the resources available to the ATF through the Federal Government. He stated that most local entities do not...
Lillian Gee Murray
Graveside service for Lillian Gee Murray, age 97, of Sulphur Springs will be held 2 p. m. Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Shooks Chapel Cemetery with Rev. James Diamond officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Murray passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. She was born September 14, 1918 in Como, TX to Lester Canady Byrd and Lovey Louise Mosley Byrd. She married Pat Murray on Feb. 9,...
Eula Pauline Carr Gunter
Eula Pauline Carr Gunter passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2016 in Hot Springs, Arkansas at the age of 92. Pauline as she was better known was born on October 24, 1923 in Blunt County, Alabama to Luther Filo and Dixie Teague Carr. She married Ralph Eugene Gunter on June 22, 1939 and he precedes her in death. She is survived by three of her four children, Lynn Kimbell, Laura Kelly, and Betty Jasper, as well as six grandchildren. Her...
Winnsboro Police Report a Busy Second Week of January
Five arrests, a minor accident, 157 calls for service, and issuing 35 citations and 36 warnings filled the seven day period from January 11 to January 17, 2016 for Winnsboro Police. Thirty (30) year old Amanda Ruff of Sulphur Springs was arrested Monday, January 11th for possession of a controlled substance over 1 gram but under 4 grams. Branden Webb, 26, 0f Winnsboro, was arrested Tuesday the 12th for burglary of a habitation and...
County Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon
Hopkins County Deputies responded to a call to a residence on County Road 4591 and found a male lying in the ditch. He had been stabbed. When officers arrived at the residence, a female stated that the suspect in the stabbing was inside the house. The back door on the house had been broken. Gary Dale Hawkins, 54, stated that he and his stepson had gotten into an argument, began fighting and he stabbed his stepson. The stepson was...
*Update* Brian Toliver Ford Relocation
Brian Toliver Ford Lincoln in Sulphur Springs is pressing forward. KSST News stopped by the temporary location for the dealership Monday morning to check on the progress. Jonathan Toliver told us that they plan on having the interim dealership open for business by the end of this week. Employees are hard at work transforming the old Gober-Merrell location into a working dealership. The interior of the building is receiving a face lift...
