CHRISTUS Prepared To Support Women’s Healthcare Needs At Any Stage Of Life
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs Business News – April 20, 2021 Hospital Offers Free Virtual Classes For New And Expectant Moms By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS® Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro Sulphur Springs, Texas, April 20, 2021 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. The current blood shortage...
Como-Pickton CISD Pre-Kindergarten And Kindergarten Parent Night Planned April 27
Como-Pickton CISD will host a pre-kindergarten and kindergarten Parent Night in the Elementary Cafeteria Tuesday, April 27. Parents and guardians can meet the teachers and use computers to early register their student online for classes. Parents of pre-kindergarten students will meet from 5 to 5:30 p.m. and parents of kindergarten students will meet from 5:30 to 6 p.m.. Parents and guardians should bring the applicant child’s...
CMFH-SS Hosting Another Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs is hosting another Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinic for those individuals who have yet to have any doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The first Pfizer shot will be administered April 28 and the second dose May 19 in the lobby at the hospital. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now open to individuals age 16 and older. Registration is required to receive the first dose of Pfizer vaccine on April 28....
Lady Cats Golfer Mariam Tran Plays at the Two-Day Regional Golf Tournament in Rockwall
Lady Cat golfer Mariam Tran is competing in the Regional Golf Tournament at the Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club on Monday (April 19). The two-day tournament wraps up on Tuesday. Tran qualified for Regional by finishing in 5th place in the District Tournament at Tempest Golf Course in Gladwater on March 31-April 1 shooting 85 and 77 for a total of 162. Players and teams finishing near the top of the leader board at the Regional...
Quitman Resident Arrested In Rains County On Hopkins County Warrants
A 39-year-old Quitman resident was arrested in Rains County over the weekend on two Hopkins County warrants, according to arrest reports. Russell James Whited (HCSO jail photo) Rains County Sheriff’s Office notified Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office that they had Russell James Whited in custody. Deputy Nick Marney met with a Rains County deputy at the Rains/Hopkins County line and took custody of Whited just before 9 p.m....
SSHS Literary Criticism Team Wins Regional Championship, 5 Wildcat Academic UIL Competitors Advance To State
6 Students Selected As Finalists In Barbara Jordan, Latino History Essay Contests A dozen members of the Sulphur Springs High School Wildcat UIL Team placed at the regional competition over the weekend, including five students who scored high enough to advance them to the state UIL contest. Five SSHS writers were among the 12 finalists announced in the Barbara Jordan Historical Essay competition and Latino History Essay Competition,...
Wildcats Tennis Team Gets Consolation Wins at District Tennis Tourney as Future Looks Bright
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez says he was pleased with some of what he saw from his team at the District Tennis Tournament held at Texas High in Texarkana last week (April 12-13). After some issues with seeding involving girls’ singles, Coach Martinez says names ended up being drawn out of a hat. The draw left Wildcats #1 girls’ singles player Jeauxleigh Cantu facing the #2 player at powerhouse Texas High. Still...
Early Voting Begins Today In Yantis, Como-Pickton Trustees Elections
$7.34M-7.941M In Bond Proposals On May 1 Cumby ISD Election Ballot Early voting begins today, April 19, 2021, in three local school elections. Cumby ISD voters will consider whether or not the district will fund $7.34 million to $7.941 million in bond proposals on the May 1 ballot, while Como-Pickton CISD and Yantis ISD voters will decide which candidates will serve next on each school board. Cumby ISD Early voting in Cumby ISD bond...
Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaways Start Next Week
KSST has tickets available for the April 30th, May 1st and May 2nd games. We will be giving them away starting next week. Changes to the Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaways on KSST and KRVA for the 2021 Season. Screen Shot of the App for a Texas Ranger Home Game Once again, KSST and KRVA will be giving away Texas Ranger Tickets. This season’s tickets will be offered in a digital format. To be a winner, you will need to download and...
What’s all the Buzz? by Hopkins County Master Gardener Phyllis Kitten
By Phyllis Kitten, Hopkins County Master Gardener Mason bees, Osmia spp., are a group of native bees that are excellent pollinators. They are called Mason bees because they use clay/mud to make partitions and seal the entrance to their nest. Within the insect world, bees are some of the greatest pollinators. One quarter of the food we eat is pollinated by the honeybee species, but there are approximately 4,000 bee species in North...
