Thursday afternoon & Friday Weather-Related Closures, Delays, Schedule Changes
The following weather-related closures, delays and schedule changes have been reported to KSST for the weekend of Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (To report a schedule change to KSST, send an email to [email protected].) Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 Due to inclement weather, all Alliance Bank locations will close at 3 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 2022. Bank personnel are actively monitoring the weather and will post further updates regarding location hours on the bank’s social media pages.City National Bank will be closing at 3 p.m. Thursday and...
read moreChico’s Style Show to Benefit Northeast Texas Children’s Museum
(February 2, Commerce, Texas) The Northeast Texas Children’s Museum is looking ahead to spring with the Chico’s Style Show featuring spring clothes at noon on February 25. “This is our third year to work with Chico’s for this event, and the event brings excitement to ladies in our area. It is a time to visit with friends and see spring clothes. Because this is the 20th year for the Children’s Museum, all those who attend will receive a 20% off coupon for a future purchase at Chico’s”, said Sharline...
read moreDinner Bell Celebrates 10 years
Dinner Bell celebrated 10 years of service in Hopkins County this week. A small reception was held at the First United Methodist Church. This gave everyone to a chance to remember the humble beginning of that first meal. 10 years of Dinner Bell During the reception, volunteers continued to bake bread, thicken gravy and wash pans. People from various denominations assembled salads and lovingly placed slabs of meatloaf on mashed potatoes. The same work that takes place each week continues to make the community meal a success. No one can deny...
read moreChamber Connection – Feb. 2: Membership Banquet To Include Food, Music, Fun & Awards
By Butch Burney Time is running out to get a table for the 95th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 17. If you need incentive to get into the 1980s mood for the banquet at the Civic Center, then how about a couple of tickets to a Bon Jovi concert? Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas Clayton Homes is sponsoring the prize for the best 1980s-dressed person at the banquet with a pair of tickets to see Bon Jovi in concert in April. The banquet will include food, music, fun and...
read moreSouper Bowl of Caring
By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife Extension Agent, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Now that we know who will be playing in the Super Bowl, be part of something greater by making an impact on people’s lives! Our Hopkins County 4-H Clubs are teaming up with tacklehunger.org to inspire every household that watches (or has watched) an NFL game to donate just 1 food item. If you watched a pre-play-off game, a play-off game, or plan to watch the Super Bowl, you are challenged to participate! That would...
read moreDinner Bell Menu for February 2, 2022
TODAY WE CELEBRATE OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY! ON FEBRUARY 1, 2012 DINNER BELL SERVED ITS FIRST MEAL TO 5 PERSONS!!!! Today 200 meals are distributed on Wednesdays!!! T. C. Hamilton and his lovely wife Sally will be be in Sulphur Springs to celebrate that birthday. It was T. C.’s idea to start this feeding ministry at First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs. He probably never dreamed that ten years later Dinner Bell would still be going strong!!! GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte...
read moreSlate Of Activities Announced For Saltillo ISD 2022 Homecoming
Saltillo ISD will be having Homecoming Friday, February 4, with a slate of activities planned throughout the day. The festivities will start with a pep rally led by the Senior Class of 2022 at 10 a.m. The Saltillo Lady Lions and Lions will play Avinger Indians starting at 5:30 p.m. Saltillo ISD Homecoming Freshman Duchess (seated) Jordan Cartwright; Sophomore Duchess Ryleigh Redar; Junior Duchess Julianna Giles; and Senior Candidates (standing, left) Amina Terry, Cindy Alvarez, Brianna Tawil, Raegan Speir, Nora Martinez, Elena Heukels,...
read moreRanger Games Saturday at Cooper Lake
Join us for a fun morning of Ranger Games! Ollie, Ollie in come free! Know any knots? Know much about buckets? Learn a new way to play an old game. In addition to some good old fashioned fun, everyone can learn more about what a park ranger actually does. There will also be information on Food Webs, and the cycle of life. Meet at Bluebonnet Day Use Area at 9:30 a.m.Parking – Bluebonnet Day Use Area parking lot Cost: Park programs are open to the public and free with park entrance fee ($5 per persons ages 13 and up; children 12 and under...
read moreLove And The Effects Of COVID
Johanna Hicks, Family & Community Health Extension Agent, Hopkins County By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Interesting articles and e-mails often cross my desk. As a strong advocate for healthy marriages, a recent interview with Brad Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project, University of Virginia, brought some interesting information to light about marriage and the effects of COVID. January is nicknamed Divorce Month, when couples split after one...
read moreChamber Connection – Jan. 26, 2020
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas By Butch Burney If you need incentive to get into the 1980s mood for the 95th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet, then how about a couple of tickets to a Bon Jovi concert.Clayton Homes is sponsoring the prize for the best 1980s-dressed person at the banquet with a pair of tickets to see Bon Jovi in concert in April. The banquet, scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, will include food, music, fun and awards. Social...
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