North Hopkins ISD Superintendent Resigns To Accept Administrative Post At Ennis ISD
School Board Launches Search For New Superintendent; Applications Accepted Through March 17 In a press release Tuesday morning, North Hopkins ISD Superintendent Darin Jolly and Board of Trustees President Sherry Smiddy announced Jolly’s resignation and the launch of a search for a new superintendent. Dr. Darin Jolly According to the release, the North Hopkins ISD Board of Trustees approved Dr. Darin Jolly’s resignation,...
Sulphur Springs ISD Employees Will Receive Pay, Some At Premium, For Days School Was Closed Due To Weather
District Applying To TEA For Waivers For 5 Missed School Days Sulphur Springs ISD employees will receive pay for the days school was closed due to winter weather; the district will also seek state waivers for 5 missed school days due to extreme, dangerous road and other conditions due to ice and snow last month. SSISD Board of Trustees Vice President Craig Roberts calls the joint school board-Strategic Planning Committee meeting to...
Lorraine Julianna Bradley
Memorial service for Lorraine Julianna Bradley, age 92, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m., March 4, 2021 at St. James Catholic Church with Father Selvaraj Sinnappan officiating. Inurnment will be held at a later date at DFW National Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Bradley passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at her residence. Lorraine was born on September 4, 1928 in Fort Ripley, MN, the daughter...
Charles Edgar Aiken
Charles Edgar Aiken came into this world on April 1st, 1933 in Atlanta, Georgia, born to Loura Annabelle Futrelle, one of the first female political journalists in the United States, and Charles Grady Aiken, an Engineer for the Ford Motor Company. Charles grew up in Boston Massachusetts, and later attended Brookline High School with Art Donovan and Michael Dukakis. At Brookline he was an accomplished Football and Track and Field Star....
Plant Some Trees This Winter! by Mario Villarino
According to King A.R former graduate student in the horticulture department in Texas A&M University and contributor for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, from the gardening perspective, the cold months of the year can seem to be relatively mundane. With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, garden activities seem less numerous and important. These cold months have been reserved for planting bulbs, soil preparation, and a...
SNAP Benefit Replacement for SNAP Users from Winter Storm
This information was submitted to KSST on March 1, 2021 by Karon Weatherman, Director of the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center SNAP Benefit Replacement – If you, someone you know, or people in your community lost food during Winter Storm Uri, purchased with SNAP EBT dollars, they are eligible to have those food expenses put back on their SNAP EBT card. This claim must be completed by March 31st.Here’s how: By Phone...
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report – Feb. 22-28, 2021
The Winnsboro Police Department media report for the week of Feb. 22-28, 2021, included the following activity: Arrests Melissa Griffin, 48 years of age, of Quinlan was arrested on Feb. 23, 2021, for Possession of a Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substance, 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams.David Sanders, 51 years of age, of Leesburg was arrested on Feb. 28, 2021, on a Tarrant County warrant for Possession of a Penalty Group 1...
Nell Payne
Funeral service for Nell Payne, age 88, of Weaver, TX will be held at 11:00 A.M on Friday, March 5, 2021 at Weaver Baptist Church with Bro, Tom Friday officiating. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery with Gary Ross, Rick Shaver, Robert Flewelling, Chuck Rollins, Ricky McCelland, Brock Mullino, Randy Davison and Mike Payne serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Gene Davison, James Edward, Tommy Winstead, Leo...
County Commissioners Consider Request For A Property Tax Payment Refund
Hopkins County Commissioners during a special court session called Monday, the Commissioners Court acted on a request for a property tax payment refund, accepted a donation and tabled a a contract to obtain new equipment for Precinct 1. Tax Payment Refunding Request On Feb. 22, the Commissioners Court was asked to consider a request from Carlos Whitaker for the $5,367.16 he paid on someone else’s taxes to be refunded to him....
Hopkins County Received 153 Pallets Of Water, 2 Trailers Full Of Supplies Donated Following Winter Storms
Emergency Management Officials, Businessmen Recognized For ‘Meritorious Service’ During Winter Weather Disaster Hopkins County received 153 pallets of water and two trailers full of supplies donated to help those in need in the community following February’s extreme winter weather. Two emergency management officials, the sheriff and local businessmen were recognized Monday by Hopkins County Commissioners Court for...
