Food Bank Closed This Week
The Hopkins County Ministerial Alliance sponsored Food Bank will be closed this week because the North Texas Food Bank’s truck was unable to make the weekly delivery today due to flooding in Dallas. This means the Hopkins County Food Bank,, which is co-located with the COMMUNITY CHEST on Linda Drive in Sulphur Springs, will be closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. They will reopen on Tuesday Jan 5th for normal “B”...
Updated Monday: Flash Flood Warning Extended Into Evening Hours
With flooding across a number of Farm-to-Market and county roads reported at midday Monday, the National Weather Service has once again extended the Flood Warning. This extension is until 7:15 p.m. Monday. Motorists are advised to turn around where water covers and/or is flowing over the roadway. The National Weather Service had extended the Flood Warning until 1:15 p.m. Monday, December 28. County Road culverts and roadways...
Slow Moving Cold Front Arrives in Hopkins County
As of 5 a.m. Sunday morning the slow moving cold front that has produced severe weather across North and Northeast Texas arrived in Sulphur Springs beginning a drop in temperatures that should level out in the 30’s and 40’s later today and tonight. Saturday, Hopkins County and Sulphur Springs were under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. and had been placed under three warnings between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The first two warnings activated the...
Tornado Watch Extended Then Cancelled
The tornado watch issued at noon today set to 8 p.m. had been extended until 11 p.m. Saturday night but at 9:50 p.m., the National Weather Service cancelled the watch. Severe thunderstorms moved through Van Zandt, Rains, Hopkins, and Red River counties earlier today produced heavy rain, hail, and cloud to ground lightning. These storms also produce rotating formations and tornadoes that did not touch ground. At 8 p.m. this evening,...
Hopkins County Under Tornado Watch Until 8 p.m.
Dec 26, 2015 – A tornado warning for Hopkins County expired at 4:15 p.m. Saturday when the severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado diminished in intensity. However a second tornado warning for Rains County was issued to end at 5 p.m. This storm is following the same path as the earlier storm and will pass through Hopkins County implicating Sulphur Springs and Como in its path. KSST will continue to monitor the...
Tornado Warning for Emory and Rains County
Based on radar indication of a rotation within a severe thunderstorm near Grand Saline, TX, a tornado warning has been issued for Van Zandt and Rains Counties. The dangerous storm will be near Emory around 3:40 p.m. and is moving north, northeast toward Hopkins County and the city of Sulphur Springs. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows and...
Jessie Marie Henry
Mrs. Jessie Marie Henry, age 93, of Winnsboro, passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015 in Winnsboro. Jessie was born in Clarksville to the late Jesse James Emery and Bonnie Boyd Jones Emery. She was a retired 2nd grade teacher, having worked in the Dallas and Winnsboro School Districts; she was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Winnsboro. Jessie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Travis Smith Henry; infant...
Tornado Watch Issued Until 8 p.m. Saturday
A tornado watch has been issued by the National Weather Service and is in effect until 8 p.m. this Saturday evening (December 26, 2015). Forty six counties, including Hopkins County, is included in the watch area. The watch was issued at 12:35 p.m. Saturday.
SSHS Soccer Teams Take to the Pitch For Scrimmages
Both of the Wildcats and Lady Cats’ soccer teams open the season with two scrimmages this week. The Wildcats scrimmage at Royse City New Year’s Eve at 2:30 p.m. and then have their annual Alumni Scrimmage on the Prim Stadium pitch Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. The Lady Cats scrimmage against John Tyler at Rose Stadium Tuesday at 7 p.m. and again at Pleasant Grove Saturday at 1 p.m.
Christmas Fires at Two Local Agribusinesses Under Investigation
Sulphur Springs firefighters were called to a couple of fires Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The first fire destroyed the second floor of the old tin Northeast Texas Farmers Co-Op building near Houston and Jackson. Later firefighters were called to an 18-wheeler fire in the 600 block of Mulberry at a feed and fertilizer service. The 18-wheeler was destroyed by the fire. Cause of the fires is under...
