Profile: Johanna Hicks…Her Life Makes a “Dairy” Good Story!
Everyone in Hopkins County knows Johanna Hicks, Hopkins County Extension agent with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office which she shares locally with fellow agent Mario Villarino and office manager Barbara Sanders. Over the years, she has become a local food celebrity with her many Dairy Foods contests, cooking and tasting events. As a Dairy Festival board member, she helped create this year’s exciting “Whipped Challenge” food preparation contest set for June 16. But Johanna is also Mrs. Jay Hicks, mother of three...
read moreA “Salute to Excellence” For All Area Graduates of the Class of 2018!
The staff of KSST, Channel 18 TV and ksstradio.com salute the hard work and commitment to excellence that graduates of the area schools have shown as they prepare for their big day, graduation. It is our privilege to congratulate them and wish them unlimited success! There are 50 senior classmen who will receive diplomas at Como-Pickton High School graduation in the Eagles’ Heflin Field on Friday May 25 at 7:30pm. (in case of rain, in secondary cafeteria) High School Valedictorian is Y’Asandra Preciado and Salutatorian is...
read moreCapacity Attendance at Annual Reilly Springs Cemetery Memorial Day
More than 200 persons were present for Reilly Springs Cemetery Memorial Day services on the third Sunday in May at the quaint community where flags still fly and families still worship. Services were conducted in the sanctuary of the former Reilly Springs Methodist Church by members of the cemetery Board of Directors. Ted Boggs led the opening prayer, music and memories were presented by Bill Owens, Tonya Miller Ross brought the children up for a song, and Kim Morton and Rebel Roed presented roses to families. Among the oldest men and women...
read more2018 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Schedule of Events…Make Time for Fun!
Hello everyone! The Festival Board of Directors doesn’t want you to miss anything during the 2018 Hopkins County Dairy Festival, so here’s the schedule. Be sure and purchase your Pageant tickets from any of the eight contestants. This year’s theme is “Party Til the Cows Come Home”. See you there! Monday May 21st Dairy Festival Queen’s Dinner at The Alcove at 6:00. Friday June 8th. at 12:00 noon is the Festival’s Ribbon Cutting on Celebration Plaza, then at 6:00 pm the Balloon Glow and Rally at Shannon...
read moreEnjoying An End-of-School Tradition at Miller Grove ISD…With Lots of History and Pride
When Enola Gay arrived in front of the Miller Grove school, she parked her car and simply followed her nose as well as a steady flow of people heading toward the new school cafeteria. Most of the third-grade class were already enjoying their lunch tray of Hopkins County stew, cheese and crackers, and the older classes would be filing in soon for a decades-long tradition at the country school…the End of School Stew. It’s true that once upon a time the tasty stew was cooked outdoors in traditional wash pot-size quantities, but today...
read moreDinner Bell Menu For May 23th, 2018
DINNER BELL MENU May 23, 2018 Community Partner Rotary Club, the Community Sponsor, is Cooking Hamburgers! Menu: Hamburgers and All The Trimmings Baked Beans Potato Salad Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Banana Pudding (no added sugar dessert) Same time (11:45 a.m.). Same place (Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church). Served at 11:45 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs, TX.
read moreAre You Ready for the Whipped Challenge and Other Upcoming Events? By Johanna Hicks
Are You Ready for the Whipped Challenge? The buzz is building and plans are in full swing as we prepare for the 2018 Hopkins County Dairy Festival “Whipped” Challenge. Businesses, civic clubs, churches, schools, and organizations are encouraged to enter a team. So, what is the “Whipped Challenge?” If you have ever watched the popular show called “Chopped” on the Food Network, we are patterning our event after that program – with a dairy twist, of course! Here’s how it works: 1) The contest will take place on the front...
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The “9-1-1 Connection” and “Battle of the Badges” Burger Cookoff
Sulphur Springs Public Safety Director and Police Chief Jay Sanders and paramedics stopped by the KSST studios to invite everyone to a public event coming up Saturday May 19, 2018 from 10am til 2pm on the downtown Celebration Plaza. It’s a Public Safety Extravaganza by “The Team” which is made up of Sulphur Springs Police and Fire Departments along with Hopkins County Sheriff , Fire and EMS departments. Sanders stated “One Mission…One Team” is descriptive of the teamwork we enjoy in Hopkins County because...
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