Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection January 14, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Reilly Springs Jamboree Ribbon Cutting-Saturday, January 16th at 6:30pm We will be hosting the ribbon cutting for the Reilly Springs Jamboree-Hopkins County’s Original Music Venue, this Saturday, January 16th at 6:30! Tony Ramey will be the featured guest for the Reilly Springs Jamboree, with Enola Gay as producer. The show starts at 7:00. They are located at 109 CR...
Hearts of Life Presents Jana for Adoption
Jana will be looking for a home Saturday. She and other dogs will be at Petsense from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday. She and one other are the last two of a litter of 10 that are available for adoption. Hearts of Life Rescue Shelter brought Jana to KSST studios this week. Hearts of Life currently has 50 dogs available for adoption at this...
Wildcats Baseball Celebrates 2015 Season
Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack says it’s a big deal for a Wildcats’ baseball team to have a sign put up at Eagle Stadium. Only the special teams get signs. Wednesday afternoon a sixth sign joined the group. It honored the 2015 Wildcats’ team that advanced to the regional semi-finals, further than any team in Wildcats’ baseball history. Eleven players from last year’s team showed up Wednesday...
Express Care Open Seven Days A Week
Kalee Kirk, Physician’s Assistant and Sherry Moore, Director of Marketing at Memorial Hospital were guests on the Good Morning Show with Enola Gay to talk about the new Express Care urgent care clinic. Since opening on January 7, the clinic has seen an increasing flow of patients including 21 on the first Saturday of operation. Kalee, PA Colby Cross and Dr. Darrell Peirce are seeing patients seven days per week, treating...
Sulphur Bluff 5th Grader, Jack Philips, Featured on RFD-TV
Not every 10-year old is a featured guest performer on television but Jack Philips, fifth grade student at Sulphur Bluff ISD, was recently featured on RFD-TV’s “True Country”. Jack plays Western Swing and sings in the Bob Wills’ style. Jack’s fiddling natural abilities are being strengthened by formal training, but what he does naturally is something even seasoned musicians never...
County Commissioners Move Forward Seeking FEMA Disaster Relief Funding
Hopkins County Commissioners and FEMA are nearing completion of evaluation of spring storm and flood damage to of county road. Disaster inspections based on spring 2015 damage is nearing completion. When completed, commissioners and FEMA will quickly begin evaluation of damage from storms, tornados, and floods that occurred in December of 2015. FEMA will provide 75% of the final dollar total of damage with the county providing 25%....
Yates Found Guilty; Sentencing Expected Thursday Afternoon
Wednesday a Hopkins County jury found Stanton Wayne Yates, 30, guilty of four counts of engaging in organized criminal activity and one count of burglary. In a trial that began Monday morning in 8th Judicial District Court, Assistant District Attorney Clay Harrison said the sentencing phase of the trail began Wednesday afternoon with testimony. Attorney arguments in the sentencing phase will be presented Wednesday afternoon. Yates...
Animals of the Week: Daina and Paxton
Daina and Paxton are two dogs with a close bond. Daina is a female Beagle and Bull mix and is one and a half years old. Paxton is a pug and Chihuahua mix and is five years old. “The original owner was trying to re-home them. She had to vacate the home that they were at and, we believe, the people there had just dropped them off at another street,” Animal Shelter Officer Barbi Blanch said. “We ended up picking them up...
Dessie Moore
Mrs. Dessie Moore, age 85 of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, January 12th, 2016 in Winnsboro, Texas. She was born on August 16th,1930, in Blackwell, OK., to the late Charlie Cox and Ethel Jones Cox. She was a caregiver, and member of Perryville Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Clarence Moore and Herschel White; brothers, Sam, Edward, Ivan, Kenneth and Walter Cox; grandson, Chris Moore and great...
SSISD Counselors’ Family Series: Raising Toddlers to Teens
The counselors of Sulphur Springs Independent School District will be hosting their second informative parent session this school year on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the SSES cafeteria. The guest speakers for this specific event are Ginger Brooks, Licensed Professional Counselor and Dr. Todd Connor, MD. This specific session is titled Top Tips for Raising Toddlers to Teens and will provide information on the...
