Commissioners Court, President Of The Republican Women Of Van Zandt County
May 8, 2023- Jill Dutton the current president of the Republican Women of Van Zandt County came to speak during Commissioners Court on Monday to discuss her running for State Rep. in 2024. Dutton came to talk with the Commissioners and learn about how they operated around Hopkins County. Dutton expressed her hopes of working with the commissioners during her run for state representative. Who We Are Republican Women of Van Zandt...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report 05-01-2023 – 05-7-2023
Arrests: Taylor, Floyd, 55 years of age, of Sulphur Springs, was arrested 5-1-2023 on a Hopkins County Warrant. Baker, John, 39 years of age, of Mt. Vernon, was arrested on 5-2-2023 for Possession of Controlled Substance 1/1-B < 1 Gram. Allen, Zachery, 32 years of age, of Como, was arrested on 5-4-2023 for Possession of Controlled Substance Pg 1/1 –b>=and Possession of Controlled Substance PG3< 28. Light, Laura, was arrest...
Lisa Capser
Funeral service for, Lisa Capser, age 49 of Pickton, Texas will be held at 2:00P.M. on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. L.D. Baxley officiating. Interment will follow at Caney Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Casper passed away on May 6, 2023 at her residence. Lisa was born on April 1, 1974 in Suffolk, VA to William Casper Jr. and Brenda Gail (Crawford) Casper. She...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital News Release 5/8/2023
Sulphur Springs, Texas, May 8, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. New Service- Eye Surgeries We are excited to announce that Ophthalmologist, Kara Hartl, MD FACS, will now be doing eye procedures such as cataract removals at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. Educated at Harvard University and University of California-San Diego...
Miller Grove FFA Spotlight for March and April 2023
Miller Grove FFA Spotlight March and April Miller Grove Career Development Events State Qualifying March April 3 Miller Grove – Members of the Miller Grove FFA chapter traveled to Huntsville, April 14th, to compete in the state Applied Ag Engineering Career Development Event(s). Career Development Events (CDEs) build on what is learned in agricultural classes and encourage members to put their knowledge into practice. Students...
Liquid Versus Solid Fertilizers For Your Patio
By David Wall, Mount Pleasant Master Gardener Many keep liquid fertilizers to feed individual plants around the patio. They act faster than solid fertilizers and give plants an immediate shot in the arm, so to speak. In fact, patio container grown plants do their best when they get frequent doses of liquid fertilizers, because nutrients are immediately distributed throughout the container. Liquid fertilizers work very well but have...
Hopkins County Republicans Call for Slaton to Resign
Local Republicans issue press release calling for District 2 Texas House Representative Bryan Slaton to resign in the wake of a report issued by the House General Investigating Committee. See previous story here: Slaton Faces Expulsion The following Press Release was received by KSST News: For immediate Release: It is with much sadness that we the below, 10 members of the 11 member Hopkins County Republican Party Executive Committee,...
Dinner Bell Menu for May 10, 2023
The Dollison family of Diversified Storage Systems is a repeat Community Partner! That entity has supported our feeding ministry for many years!!! We so appreciate their monetary backing which allows us to feed many in our area weekly. GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus around 10:30 am on Wednesday. MENU Red...
Local Rep Bryan Slaton May Face Expulsion After Release of Disturbing Report
May 5, 2023 – During the first working weekend session of the 88th Legislative session, members of the Texas House were presented with a report shortly after noon Saturday detailing the findings from the House General Investigating Committee. The report detailed that Slaton did not dispute allegations that he had sex wth a 19 year old aide as well as provided alcohol to the underage aide. The report also stated that Slaton did...
Dike Incorporation Election Fails to Pass
May 6, 2023 – With 140 of 218 eligible voters in the Dike community voting in the special election for Class C Incorporation, the measure failed to pass witha majority of votes. 59 voters voted early, with 8 for and 51 against, and on election day 24 voting for and 57 voting against. With the measure failing to pass, mayor and city commissioner election results were rendered uneeded. Dike will remain an unincorporated area of...
