10 Personnel Changes Approved For Sulphur Springs ISD
Dates For Candidate filing For May 7 School Board Election Announced Dates for filing for three seats on Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees were announced and 10 personnel changes were approved during the regular January school board meeting Monday evening. School Board Election SSISD logo Candidates filing for the May 7, 2022, SSISD trustees election will begin Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 a in SSISD Tax Office, located inside SSISD...
Last Week’s Team Tennis Match in Sherman Ruled No-Contest
Coach Tony Martinez and team tennis were set and prepped for Thursday’s spring-opener for the Wildcats in Sherman, but it was postponed and ultimately cancelled due to weather. Coach Martinez told his team early last week to keep their Saturday open due to fears that the competition would not make its Thursday slot due to poor weather. Ultimately, the game was pushed to Saturday, still in Sherman, but finally the decision was...
Commissioners Court Again Approves Reinvestment Zone For BT Solterra Solar, As Well As 381 Agreement
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning, Jan. 10, 2022, again approved a reinvestment zone for and also approved a 381 agreement for BT Solterra Solar, LLC. Austin Willis, director of Solar and Storage for Belltown Power Texas, Monday morning explained that the reinvestment zone is exactly the same as the one approved by the court in November 2021 for BT Solterra Solar. However, due to an oversight on behalf of the...
Lady Cats Soccer Goes 1-1-0 in Kilgore Tournament
Lady Cats soccer got a win, tie and loss from Jan. 6-8 in the Kilgore tournament, their first regular-season tourney of the year. Thursday’s opening match versus Bullard was the first regular season contest for the women’s soccer squad. It did not go as planned for Coach Javier Aguayo’s squad, as Sulphur Springs fells to Bullard 3-1 on Thursday, Jan. 6. It was a tough loss for the girls, as the Lady Cats trailed 3-0...
Wildcats Soccer Goes 0-2-2 in Forney Tournament
Coach Alexi Upton’s team fought hard Thursday through Saturday in the Forney tournament, but could not stream together wins, going 0-2-2. The three matches for Wildcats soccer were tough ones. They tied Coach Alexi Upton’s alma mater in Mesquite Poteet 2-2 on Thursday, Jan. 6 in their first regular season contest. Friday, Jan. 7 provided the men’s soccer squad with two more quality opponents in Ennis and Crandall....
Hopkins County Set To Approve BT Solterra Solar Chapter 381 Agreement On Monday
Hopkins County Commissioners Court will meet Monday morning, January 10, 2022 to discuss and approve the reinvestment zone for BT Solerra Solar, LLC, a $140 million solar project planned in the Saltillo area. Also on the agenda is the approval of a 381 agreement with the solar company which will stipulate the level of tax-refund to the solar company as well as any PILOT payments to the county. KSST News attempted to get details of the...
Texas Reskilling and Upskilling at Paris Junior College
As we begin 2022 at Paris Junior College, I believe that despite the pandemic there’s never been a better time to get training for a new career or to take the steps toward the career you dream of. Since the pandemic began, we find that jobs have changed, new skills are required, more people are working remotely, and the use of technology has advanced. In ten months, there was an acceleration in technological advances that would have...
Friday Game Day Has Both Soccer Teams in Day Two of Tournaments
Both soccer squads are the only teams in action on this Friday, Jan. 7 game day. Men and women’s soccer are locked in for day two of their respective tournaments. Men’s soccer yesterday had their first regular-season contest in the Forney tournament, taking on Mesquite Poteet. Sulphur Springs tied with Coach Alexi Upton’s alma mater in Poteet, 2-2. Edgar Salazar and Uriel Santacruz scored for the Wildcats, and were...
Major Crash Reported On I-30 East In Sulphur Springs
A major crash was reported on I-30 east in Sulphur Springs in the area of Bill Bradford Road and South Broadway Street early Friday morning, Jan. 7, 2022. No apparent life-threatening or incapacitating injuries were reported to have resulted from the four-vehicle collision. The multi-car crash was reported to emergency dispatchers at 6:20 a.m. Friday on I-30 east in the area at the Bill Bradford Road overpass. When law enforcement...
Learning Skills at the Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs Center Welding Shop
LEARNING SKILL Erik Heckles of Pine Forest and Dillon Beadle of Saltillo, both advanced students in the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop, work on a pipe welding project during their recent class at the campus. Paris Junior College Sulphur Springs 2 welding PJC shop
