Warm, dry Holiday Weather Elevates Wildfire Risk Across Texas
December 22, 2025 – COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Forest Service warns that unseasonably warm and dry conditions combined with freeze-cured grasses could spark more wildfires during the holidays.Texas is forecast to experience unusually warm and dry weather during this holiday season. These conditions can quickly dry vegetation and may support an increased number of wildfires. If strong winds and critical fire weather...
The SSHS Lady Cats Competed Against Caddo Mills December 16th in Basketball Action
December 19, 2025 – The Sulphur Springs High School Lady Cats challenged the Caddo Mills Lady Foxes in basketball action Tuesday, December 16th, 2025. The game was played in Wildcat Gym in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Below is KSST/Cable Channel 18’s coverage of this game. KSST’s Sports Director, John Mark Dempsey, called Play by Play. Worth noting, a talented singer performed an awesome rendition of our great National...
The Sulphur Springs ISD Wildcat Bands 2025 Christmas Concert was Held December 11th
December 17, 2025 – The Sulphur Springs ISD Wildcat Bands 2025 Christmas concert took place Thursday, December 11th, 2025. The concert was held at the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The festive concert was well attended. Below is KSST/Cable Channel 18’s coverage of this Holiday show piece. Enjoy! Merry...
Germinating Your 2026 Vegetable Seeds By Master Gardener David Wall
December 11, 2025 – Many gardeners like myself enjoy starting their vegetable garden plants with seed. A good seed soaking in late January ensures great germination ratees and allows for an early start instead of waiting to buy plants themselves in late April or early May. Starting seeds in starter soil is OK, but soaking seeds in water first for specified times (from 2-24 hours depending on the...
East Texas A&M Celebrating Fall 2025 Graduating Class Across Five Ceremonies
December 11, 2025 – More than 36% of the class graduating with academic distinction. COMMERCE, TX, December 10, 2025—The class of 2025 at East Texas A&M University will soon be dismissed for the last time when fall commencement ceremonies take place on Friday, Dec. 12, and Saturday, Dec. 13 at the university Field House. Graduates by the Numbers In total, 1,344 will graduate from East Texas A&M over the weekend, an...
Como-Pickton CISD Names Lydia Walden as Lone Finalist for Superintendent
December 9, 2025 – The Como-Pickton CISD Board of Trustees announced at last night’s board meeting that Lydia Walden, long-time district administrator, has been named the Lone Finalist for Superintendent. Walden has served in education for 42 years, with 26 of those years dedicated to CPCISD. She and her husband, Eric, reside in Sulphur Springs and are the proud parents of four grown children and grandparents to seven....
Texas A&M Forest Service Awards $17 Million to Texas Fire Departments
December 5, 2025 – COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Thanks to a historic investment by the 89th Texas Legislature, Texas A&M Forest Service approved an additional $17.6 million in funding to award 687 fire and rescue equipment grants and 66 dry hydrant grants to Texas volunteer fire departments through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program today. The Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance...
Let’s Talk Compost By Master Gardener David Wall
November 28, 2025 – So, what is compost? There are many definitions, but one of the best and simplest says that compost is decomposed once-living material. The decomposed material contains many nutrients your growing and producing vegetable plants need. Compost can be “grown” in a turnable container, open container, just in a pile, or purchased at a store (expensive!). All three require you...
Learn About the SSHS Choir’s Christmas Concert Coming up December 9th on This KSST’s A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey
November 28, 2025 – On November 18th, 2025, Sulphur Springs High School Choir Director, Beth Cole, dropped by for A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey to chat about the SSHS Choir’s upcoming Christmas Program being held at the Sulphur Springs High School Auditorium on December 9th, 2025. Beth and John Mark also talked about Sulphur Springs’s Choir students, the All State Competition coming up on January 10,...
Learn About Teacher Lewis Ben Smith’s Book Signing Event November 29th on This Segment of KSST’s A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey
November 25, 2025 – Local author Sharon Feldt had A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey to talk about the book signing for Sulphur Springs History Teacher Lewis Ben Smith being held November 29th, 2025. Sharon and John Mark also chatted about the book, Firestorm, the book, The Emperor Of Gladness, and much more. Learn about what’s going on at a local small business and perhaps learn about a new book you’ll...
