Weather Alert Sirens Accidentally Sounding
For the second time this month, a city of Sulphur Springs weather alert siren accidentally went off. The latest incident occurred at around 4 a.m. Monday. In both cases, Police Chief Jay Sanders says there was a lot of lightning in the area. He believes lightning caused a power surge that triggered the alarms. He says he is working with experts to prevent a reoccurrence. [pb_vidembed title=”” caption=””...
“Updated” Walk to Remember Benefiting “Terrific Tuesdays”
Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center Director Karon Weatherman had good news Friday. Some additional financial gifts put A Walk To Remember over its’ $10,000 goal. Ms. Weatherman reported $10,603.71 in the bank with a pledge of $750. At the Thursday evening walk at The Gardens at Memorial, a total just under the goal was announced. Funds benefit the Terrific Tuesdays program, which provides activities for victims of Alzheimer’s...
City Managers Report 10/08/14
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell says the city now has three new tornado warning sirens that will insure coverage by sirens for the entire city limits. By the way, the sirens that sounded last week during a storm were not the new ones. They were older ones that sounded by accident due to a lightning caused power surge. Maxwell also says the city Wastewater Treatment Plant continues to struggle to get enough oxygen to...
Passionately Pink For the Cure – April McGuffey Hopkins County EMS
The third annual Passionately Pink For the Cure 5K Walk/Run takes place Saturday at Buford Park. Registration is at 7 a.m. with the walk/run starting at 8 a.m. Funds raised benefit the Susan Komen Foundation’s fight against breast cancer. Hopkins County EMS and local firefighters put on the event and publicize it by wearing pink t-shirts. [pb_vidembed title=”” caption=””...
“Updated” 2014 Homecoming Court
Ten senior students named to the Sulphur Springs High School Homecoming Court were announced Monday morning during a photo shoot in the high school gym. Those named to the court include Cortney Crook, Madeline Massey, Audrey Eddins, Chandler Silman, Hattie Schultz, Alexis Stribling, Katie Barnett, Sarah Rost, Kinzi Irving, and Caitlin Helm. KSST news spoke with each of the nominees. The Homecoming Queen will be named and crowned...
“Updated” Indian Summer Days & The John Chester Dutch Oven Cook Off
Photography by Enola Gay and the News Telegram Great weather and an enthusiastic crowd greeted Saturday’s Dutch Oven cook-off competitors from across the area. The Dutch Oven Cook-off took place during Indian Summer Days at Heritage Park in Sulphur Springs. Winning cooks included: First place, Brandon Brewer and Lyndsey Caldwell of Sulphur Springs; Second place, Greg Almon and Don Powell of Arlington; Third place went to Derek Simmons...
USDA Under Secretary for Farm at the AgriLife Extension Office Friday
Michael T. Scuse, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, conducted a stakeholders meeting in Sulphur Springs Friday morning at the AgriLife Extension Office. Scuse said his purpose was to discuss the rolling out of programs of interest to row crop farmers in the new Farm Bill and to visit with producers and representatives of various ag sectors to hear from them. [pb_vidembed title=””...
Online Solicitation of a Minor Stopped
Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 43-year old Cooper man at Kid’s Kingdom in Buford Park in Sulphur Springs for allegedly setting up a sex date with what he thought was a 15-year old girl. The man was actually trading text messages with a sheriff’s deputy. Gary Lee Sillivan was charged with online solicitation of a minor before JP Ronny Glossup who set bond on Sillivan at $35,000. [pb_vidembed title=””...
Coach Owens on T-High
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