Four Local May 7 Elections Expected To Be Canceled
Filing For Candidacy In Cumby City Council Election Ongoing Four local May 7 elections are expected to be canceled. Filing for candidacy in the Cumby City County Election is ongoing through March 7, 2022. Hospital District Board HCHD Hopkins County Hospital District is expected to cancel the scheduled May 7, 2022, election for two seats on the HCHD Board of Directors, as the election drew no challengers. The seats by default will go...
Monday Gameday Has Lady Cats Golf in Mount Pleasant
Women’s golf are the lone team in action on Monday, Feb. 21. While last week featured both Wildcats and Lady Cats golf on Monday, Feb. 14 in the Regional Preview, Wildcats golf have a bit more time until their next competition. Coach Jeremy DeLorge’s squad do not hit the green for their second competition until next Friday, Mar. 4. Coach Whitney Spigener and company however are back in action in Mount Pleasant for their...
Lady Cats Soccer Beat By Hallsville 5-0 on Friday
Women’s soccer could not keep up with a talented Hallsville team, falling 5-0 at home on Friday, Feb. 18. The visiting Lady Cats (13-1 overall, 5-1 district) kept a healthy scoring average, putting one in the goal an average of every 16 minutes at Gerald Prim Stadium. Hallsville scored two in the first period to head into the half leading 2-0. Coming out of the break though, the visiting Lady Cats bested their first period gains by...
Wildcats Basketball Open Playoffs Tuesday at Navarro College Against Huntsville
Men’s basketball coach Brandon Shaver confirmed late last week that his squad take on Huntsville in the opening round of playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The Bi-District round of playoffs tips off at Wolens Special Events Center, home to Navarro College’s basketball and volleyball teams, on Tuesday in Corsicana at 6 P.M. Sulphur Springs takes on a Huntsville Hornets team that went 4-6 in district play, 2-2 over the final four...
Wildcats Soccer Falls in Hallsville 3-0
Coach Alexi Upton’s team played a close match in Hallsville, but a tough second period proved to be their undoing. Sulphur Springs had some chances in the first period to put a goal in the net, but men’s soccer came up empty to remain tied with the Bobcats. Men’s soccer kept a clean sheet with the Bobcats on Friday, Feb. 18 for majority of the game, but Hallsville used a strong second period to power past Sulphur Springs,...
2022 CTE Month Feature 2: Programming And Software Development, Advanced Manufacturing And Engineering
Editor’s Note: February is Career and Technical Education Month, a public awareness campaign to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country. To help Sulphur Springs High School celebrate CTE Month 2022, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. At least one will be featured for each week of CTE Month. Students interested in...
10 Personnel Items, Emergency School Closing Wage Payments Approved For SSISD
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during the regular February 2022 school board meeting approved 10 personnel items as recommended, a Head Start budget amendment and emergency school closing wage payments. SSISD logo Early Termination Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams recommended that the board act to finalize the termination of Amy Anderson’s term contract before the end of her contract period. He noted that the school...
Wildcats, Lady Cats Golf Have Tough Outing in Rockwall
Both golf teams had their spring season opener on Monday, Feb. 14 in Rockwall in the Regional Preview. It did not go as both squads had hoped for, as golf had a tough outing at the Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club. “It wasn’t great for us,” Coach Whitney Spigener, Lady Cats golf coach said Thursday. On the women’s side, Sulphur Springs sports a young squad. Coach Spigener said four of the six competitors she...
Three Local Residents Earn High School Diploma Through Innovative Program Offered by Sulphur Springs Public Library
Library offers accredited diplomas and career certificates to residents through Career Online High School Sulphur Springs, Texas, February 16, 2022 — Two Sulphur Springs residents, have earned their high school diploma through the Career Online High School program at Sulphur Springs Public Library. The library partners with Smart Horizons, part of the world’s first Cognia/SACS/NCA/NWAC accredited, nationally recognized, private...
NETLA, Area Youth Gearing Up For The 2022 Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show
Northeast Texas Livestock Association (NETLA) and area youth are gearing up for the 2022 Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show, which kicks off Feb. 22 at Hopkins County Civic Center. The four-day event showcases livestock projects grown and agriculture mechanics projects constructed by Hopkins County FFA and 4-H members. 2021 ag mechanics project show entry The top rated projects from the livestock contest and show are...
