“Battle of the Badges” Blood Drive This Saturday in SS
First responders know how important it is to have a safe and abundant community blood supply. Carter Bloodcare is bringing a mobile unit to Sulphur Springs, Texas to be placed on the Jay Hodge Chevrolet lot on Saturday June 16, 2018 from 8am til 3pm. Members of law enforcement, fire and emergency teams will enter into friendly competition for the most donations of “the gift of life”, and invite the public to get involved. Anyone who donates blood on Saturday can “vote” for the first responder unit they wish in the...
read moreQueen Jaci Plans College, Career Onstage in Musical Theater, Business
She’s loved singing, dancing and acting all her life. Her first big break to fame was a local one, as the 58th Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen, crowned in 2017. Jaci has absolutely loved the role, and hopes that the new Dairy Festival Queen will have as much enrichment and enjoyment wearing the crown as she has. Now, Jaci plans to take her singing, dancing and acting skills to school at the University of Central Oklahoma, located at Edmund, Oklahoma, to pursue a major and degree in Music and Musical Theater, with a minor in...
read moreVideo Presentation: Preview of Benefit Album Set for Caps and Flasks; Pullen, Cortez Present Ajaneece Johnson
A preview of an album being produced by a Sulphur Springs High School graduate, Santiago Cortez, will be presented at Caps and Flasks Friday, June 15, 2018, 9 p.m. until midnight. When the album of Cortez original music is produced, one half of the proceeds will be given to needy families in Sulphur Springs. Tristan Pullen, also a SSHS grad and well known local actor/director, says Ajaneece Johnson, who began her career as a background singer for Usher and is now a singer/song writer, will present two songs that will be on the album Friday...
read moreNitrate and Prussic Acid Management By Mario Villarino
The One Health concept is a strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of health care for humans, animals and the environment. To promote improvement in community health, The Hopkins County Leadership Advisory Board is sponsoring a two series event (July 6 and 13) at 6:30 PM at the Hopkins County Extension Office with the idea of conducting an open discussion related to pet and human health (Dr. Leah Larsen) and clearing up the Human Vaccination Confusion (Danielle Altenbaumer, Department of...
read moreMeet Dairy Festival Contestants #7 and #8, Lucia and Caitlyn
It’s a full week of rehearsals for the eight Dairy Festival contestants on the stage of the SSISD Auditorium inside the Civic Center. That’s where the Coronation Pageant will be held on Saturday June 16th at 7 pm. Tickets will be $10 at the door, and the exciting evening will be filled with beauty, creativity and talent. Let’s meet the final two contestants from a KSST Morning Show interview held on Thursday June 14, 2018. Contestant #7 Lucia Yanez came away from last weekend’s Milking Contest with smiles and fun...
read moreSt Luke Missionary Baptist Church VBS
St Luke Missionary Baptist Church invites the public to attend our VBS. (The is God Squad) 6pm to 8:30pm, June 25th, – 29th, 2018. Troy Young Pastor Information call 903 421 3699
read moreLil’ 4’s Kids Club Director Letitia Conliff of Sulphur Springs Featured on “The View”, Receives Major Funding
Seven years ago, this gracious woman decided to open her arms and her heart to the “inner city” kids in Sulphur Springs who had no “safe haven” or positive place to go after school. Letitia Conliff did not have a lot of money and really no place to open an after-school program, but she has done it anyway. At a small building she rents near downtown Sulphur Springs, she prepares and serves a light afternoon meal and snacks with the use of a crockpot, a microwave and a donated refrigerator. She and her volunteer mentors...
read moreMeet Dairy Festival Contestants # 4, #5 and #6, Cameron, Harley and Abbie
We’re counting down the days until the Hopkins County Dairy Festival Pageant takes place on Saturday June 16, 2018 at 7 pm onstage in the SSISD Auditorium inside the Civic Center. Let’s meet three more “dairy debutante” contestants! Contestant #4 Cameron Horton has proven her cow milking skills by winning the hands-on contest last weekend. Her ride in a hot air balloon was so exhilarating that she plans to crew a balloon festival in a nearby town later this summer with her brothers and parents. Now, Cameron will join...
read moreMeet Dairy Festival Contestants #1, #2 and #3, Kaitlyn, Cassidy and Alexis
This week on KSST Radio and Channel 18 TV, we will interview current Queen Jaci Reed and all eight contestants for the 2018 title of Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen, in the order that they will appear on Pageant night. All the contestants entered as 17-year-old Juniors in local high schools, and all will be Seniors when school starts this Fall. Each is very excited about the Pageant on Saturday June 16 at 7 pm in the SSISD Auditorium in the Civic Center, and all have tickets for purchase. We started the interviews on Tuesday June 12 with...
read moreDinner Bell Menu For June 13th, 2018
DINNER BELL MENU June 13, 2018 Community Partner Carol and Don Worsham and Family Menu: Parmesan Chicken Breasts Long Grain and Wild Rice Pilaf Oven Roasted Butternut Squash, Sweet Potatoes and Carrots Garden Salad Yeast Rolls Peach Cobbler Crisp Cottage Cheese and Gelatin (the no added sugar dessert) Served Wednesdays at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs, TX.
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