LaJuan Snider
LaJuan Snider Funeral service for LaJuan Snider, age 82, of Royse City, Texas will be held at 2 p.m. August 28, 2021, at Community Baptist Church in Royse City with Leslie Joslin officiating. Interment will follow at Royse City Cemetery with Brittan, Tom, Mike, Ronnie, Randy, Taylor and Christopher serving as pallbearers and R.C Cheek serving as honorary pallbearer. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Snider...
Wildcat and Lady Cats Tickets On Sale Now Online
Wildcats football coach and SSISD athletic director Greg Owens sent out a notice earlier today saying that athletic tickets for games can be purchased, but they will be sold online. High school athletic tickets may be purchased online at http://www.ssisd.net/ SSISD is online for all high school athletic contests. The button to press for any and all tickets related to Wildcats and Lady Cats sports can be found below. For any other...
Lady Cats Volleyball’s Tuesday Night Match With Quinlan Ford Cancelled
Coach Bailey Dorner reached out to KSST early Tuesday morning to give an update regarding their Tuesday, Aug. 24 match with Sulphur Springs. Visiting Quinlan Ford has to cancel their game Tuesday night at Sulphur Springs due to the coronavirus. The forfeit on the Lady Panthers’ part gives the Lady Cats volleyball team a win, increasing their overall record to 9-7. This is the second forfeit for a team facing the Lady Cats...
Paul Franklin “Trey” Brandon III
Paul Franklin “Trey” Brandon III Memorial service for Paul Franklin “Trey” Brandon III, age 52, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, August 26, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Brandon Clegg officiating. He passed away on August 12, 2021, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. He was born on November 16, 1968, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Paul Franklin Brandon Jr. and Nancy Francisco Drury....
Glen Mack White
Glen Mack White Funeral service for Glen Mack White, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Myrtle Springs Baptist Church with Bro. Fred Morrow and Bro. David Cook officiating. Interment will follow at Myrtle Springs Cemetery with Wes White, Ronnie Webber, Stan Fisher, Asher Dial, Bo Bratton, and Shawn Poe serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Johnny Tate, Don Deaton, Buford...
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Approved By FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday fully approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine receives full FDA approval The vaccine will also continue to be available under emergency use...
Don’t Be Alarmed, City’s Warning Sirens Will Be Tested Today
City emergency officials plan to test the warning sirens throughout the city Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2021, during the noon hour, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief/Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Ricketson. This will only be a test, to ensure the warning devices are properly functioning should the city experience any emergency situation that requires immediate action, such as a tornado requiring people to take shelter. Tune...
Shelly Petty Rawson
Shelly Petty Rawson A memorial service for Shelly Petty Rawson, age 55, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Como United Methodist Church. Mrs. Rawson passed away at on August 11, 2021, at Christus Mother Frances-Tyler due to health complications. Shelly was born to Dorothy Dell and Jerry Mac Petty on October 26, 1965, in Winnsboro, Texas. She married Michael Rawson on July 14, 2012, in Sulphur...
When Encountering A Rain Of Wooly Aphids
Mario Villarino, DVM, Ph.D., Hopkins County Extension Agent By Dr. Mario Villarino, Extension Agent, Ag./Natural Resources, Hopkins County, [email protected] As we were walking away from the Hopkins County Courthouse earlier today after our Commissioner’s Court interpretation, we ran into a “rain” of woolly aphids just as we tried to get into our vehicle. A common name for woolly alder aphid (Prociphilus tessellatus) is...
Pine Forest Solar I & Hybrid I Granted Use Of 9 County Roads
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning approved a resolution granting Pine Forest Solar I LLC, and Pine Forest Hybrid I, LLC, permission to use 9 county roads during development and for improvements to the solar project planned in the area. Two Dike residents also spoke to the Commissioners Court Aug. 23, 2021, regarding the planned solar project in their neighborhood. Pine Forest Roads The Commissioners Court on July 26...
