Rotary Club’s 5th Annual Crawfish Boil Set for April 28 on Celebration Plaza
Carrie Nuckolls is a busy member of the Rotary Club of Sulphur Springs, helping spreading the word about the service organization’s most delicious fundraiser of the year! The “Claws for a Cause” Crawfish Boil will be held downtown on Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs starting at 4pm on Saturday April 28, 2018. The open-air event can seat crowds of people and there will be plenty of crawfish…tons, actually…for the masses. Tickets are $25 in advance and will be $30 on the day of the event. You can refill your...
read moreCumby’s Ashley Haygood Named ‘Community Hero’ by Chicken Express
After Cumby High School Senior Ashley Haygood graduates this Spring, she plans to continue the momentum she has built with a goal to pursue and complete a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. With a stellar high school career in sports and in the classroom, Ashley was noticed for the impact she’s made on and off the field of play. In March 2018, Lone Star’s Nick Bolton and Cumby High School’s Ashley Hagood were selected as Chicken Express Community Heroes. Male and female student athletes who lead by example on the field of play...
read moreDinner Bell Menu For March 21, 2018
DINNER BELL MENU March 21, 2018 Wishes to remain Anonymous this week’s Community Partner. Ham and Cheese Soup Garden Salad Cornbread Muffins and Butter Peach Cobbler Crisp with Vanilla Ice Cream Poached Pears (sugar free 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 moreA Huge Thank You to Sulphur Springs and the Community
Cars lined the street as the Lil 4’s one-year celebration had many people there enjoying the free bounce houses, food, music and train rides. KSST caught up with Letitia Conliffe, founder and president of the Lil 4’s, to talk about the event. “Everything turned out great! It makes me excited to (have been) in this place for one year.” Letitia said. Letitia had been up since 5:00 am yesterday and still had a smile on her face enjoying the festivities. The garage sale made approx. $40, and Letitia was still excited. “Everything is a blessing....
read moreMeet Bridgette Taylor Hammers, Emmy Award-Winning Christian Artist
Since graduating Sulphur Springs High School in 1997, Bridgette has not let any grass grow under her dream of a career in music. While pursuing a music major in college and training as an opera singer, she realized that gospel and Christian music was the genre she most wanted to be involved in. When a Curb Records scout in Nashville expressed interest in signing her as a country music artist, she weighed the decision and the opportunity, then followed her heart and what a journey that has turned out to be! With her husband Keith, Bridgette is...
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See “The Women of Lockerbie” at Main Street Theater March 16-25, 2018
The lives of the residents of Lockerbie, Scotland as well as individuals from around the world were forever altered by the in-flight breakup and crash of Pan Am Flight 103 in late 1988. All 243 passengers on the plane lost their lives due to the terrorist bombing, in addition to eleven residents of Lockerbie on the ground. Seven years later, the personal effects of these victims continue to be locked away in storage as evidence, despite protest. Can those who grieve for the victims ever find closure? Grief and a vast range of emotions is...
read morePosse Members Presented with Anniversary Year Certificates of Service
At the monthly Posse meeting held in the Sheriff’s Courtroom, Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum presented his father Sam Tatum with a certificate for 30 years of service in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse organization. Sam Tatum, Roger “Tex” Maynard, Earl Martin and Billy Wayne Orr are the remaining charter members who were present at the Posse’s inauguration in October 1987 and all continue active as 30-year members. Posse Captain Frank Teiman assisted Tatum in presenting other Anniversary certificates to...
read morePilot Club Fundraiser Will Feature BBQ and Major Western Entertainment
Put on your boots and saddle up for Western entertainment, a BBQ Supper and a Texas-size opportunity to lend a hand to the Pilot Club’s efforts to raise funds for 2018 projects. Set for Saturday April 7 at 7pm in the Civic Center, the local Pilot Club Spring Fundraiser will feature Robert Joe Vandygriff, originally of Roxton, Texas. After forming a band in Sulphur Springs in the 1980’s, the musician branched out into rodeo, wrote chart-topping country songs, opened for major acts including Garth Brooks, produced shows for...
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