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Teen Allegedly Caught With Ecstasy During Traffic Stop

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Teen Allegedly Caught With Ecstasy During Traffic Stop

A Hillcrest Drive traffic stop Saturday night resulted in location of marijuana and two baggies containing suspected Ecstasy in a vehicle, and one arrest, according to arrest reports.

Dylan Cole Anderson


Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Joe Scott reported the passenger in the vehicle, stopped at 8:22 p.m. Feb. 1 because half of the license plate wasn’t visable due to the light being out, appeared “extremely nervous.”

Thus, the passenger, identified in arrest reports as Dylan Cole Anderson, was asked to step out of the car. Anderson allegedly admitted to having marijuana and removed a bag with suspected marijuana in it from his pants.

When Anderson was placed into custody, the 17-year-old Sulphur Springs resident allegedly admitted to having Ecstasy as well; a bag with numerous colored pills believed to be Ecstasy were removed from the teen’s jacket pocket, Scott alleged in arrest reports.

During a probable cause search of the car, Scott reported finding a bag with more suspected Ecstasy behind the driver’s seat, within reaching distance of the front passenger’s seat. Anderson allegedly admitted ownership of all of the substance and was taken to jail for possession of approximately 2 grams of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.

Anderson remained in Hopkins County jail Monday morning, Feb. 3; his bond on the third-degree felony controlled substance charge was set at $10,000, according to jail reports.

Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol vehicle

KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.

If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.

The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.

If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1

The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.

Dr. Lavelle Hendricks Honored at Appreciation Service at East Caney BC

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Dr. Lavelle Hendricks Honored at Appreciation Service at East Caney BC

Dr. Lavelle Hendricks has pastored East Caney Missionary Baptist Church for 30 years. In addition to that milestone, it was 30 years ago that he also founded a celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Hopkins County. It is for his love, courage, servanthood and commitment that he was honored in a special service on Sunday February 2, 2020.

Pastor Hendricks was ushered into the sanctuary to the applause of 100 friends and parishioners.

A number of pastors attended to speak about their regard for Pastor Hendricks as a friend, leader and servant. Women of the congregation sang “Give and It Will Come Back To You” as the crowd filed past the offering basket and back to their seats. The music was joyful and inspiring, performed by the visiting Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Choir and the East Caney Choir.Pastor Willis Taylor delivered a strong sermon about obedience and faith based on 1 Kings 7:8-13.

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Choir
East Caney Church Choir
Bro. William Simmons and Emcee W.C. Pryor with a guest from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Choir with visiting Pastor Corey Young and Pastor H.B. Nash
Dr. Henry Ross spoke of Pastor Hendrick’s role as a leader
Guest Pastor Willis Taylor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church gave the address
Brother Larry Shaw spoke on What My Pastor Means to Me
Pastor Barry Stribling spoke on the impact of Pastor Hendricks positive spirit
Sister Glenda Brown gave thank you’s and closing remarks
Pastor Lavelle Hendricks with a message of love

Hot Potatoes

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Hot Potatoes

The First Baptist Church Kitchen is alive this morning. Steamy bins of baked potatoes are ready for delivery or pickup.

Potato pickup location, look for the yellow signs.

The initial number of potatoes to be sold was around 300. Inside sources tell KSST that the actual number is north of 400.

Headed to Haiti

An assembly line of sorts will form this morning to produce the boxed meals. No additional meals are available for order. Remember the cost is $6 per potato lunch or $8 for potato topped with pulled pork. Have your cash and extra napkins ready.

Milestones Reached For 2 Programs At County Jail

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Milestones Reached For 2 Programs At County Jail

February 2, 2020 – Hopkins County jail marked two milestones this week – success in two of the programs offered to inmates.

This week, two of the women enrolled in the GED program at the jail passed their tests to earn their certificates. Two trustees also found their smiles, thanks to the new teeth they received, as part of a dental program as well.

Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Jamie Dowell, Robert Stephens, Dr. Millie Nylan, Maranda Miller, Mary Wooten, Keyra Dunham, Kenneth Dean

GED Program

Mary Wooten and Keyra Dunham are the first who attended the class at Hopkins County jail to earn their GEDs. In the past, classes were offered, but inmates weren’t able to take the test required to attain the GED while in jail.

“We’ve had that we know about 11 graduate TDC after they left here, but they are the first two straight out of the jail. I’m guessing at least half of my students never went to TDC. Life happens. That’s why they don’t go back to school and pursue other opportunities that I tell them about. They just get busy trying to get a job, have place to live and all this stuff. It’s just life — very hard. So, I was blown away that Mr. [Kenneth] Dean came in and said he and the sheriff wanted to have graduates from the jail. I told him I’ve got two girls ready, right now,” said Dr. Millie Nylan, who taught GED in the prison system for 12 years before home schooling her granddaughter.

Nylan said she approached the sheriff about teaching a GED program at the county jail. She’s been donating her time a few days each week since June 2017.

Dunham said she quit school in 11th grade and was excited to have the chance to attain her GED. She was was arrested July 2, 2019 and was released Dec. 21, but has faithfully returned to the jail to attend classes in readiness for the test.

“As soon as I got out of school I went through GED classes and still never went and took the test, so the likeliness of me getting it accomplished if I wasn’t in here were it wouldn’t have happened. I’m really excited I got that chance,” Dunham said.

While she was excited about the personal opportunity, Dunham said she wants others to continue to have the opportunity to work toward a GED. She said she didn’t want to let the staff and other inmates at the jail down. She hopes that seeing her attain a GED will show other inmates that it’s possible. She said having a GED should open up more job opportunities for her and a chance for school if she wants to go back. She’s still looking for a job, but is staying at her dad’s, something that wouldn’t have happened before she was jailed. She said she isn’t sure what her dream job would be, but feels blessed to have had the opportunity to succeed.

“We are blessed to have the GED here. Mrs. Nylan is an amazing teacher,” Dunham said of Dr. Millie Nylan who teaches the GED class at the jail.

Wooten entered Hopkins County jail on April 11 and entered the class on the 16th. She said her formal education only took her through the ninth grade, and getting her GED has been on her to-do list since she was 16, but she never got around to it.

“God blessed me with the opportunity and the perfect people, and the right places at the right time to be able to achieve that,” Wooten said.

She says she has faithfully attended the class, where she not only was prepared to take the GED, but also had received important life lessons.

“Ms. Nylan has been a blessing in my life in everything that she taught me, she’s taught me things I didn’t need for the GED but other things I’m very grateful for. She’s taught me so many things I’m very grateful for and prepared me for the GED,” Wooten said.

Wooten said Nylan also teaches about God, which allowed her to begin believing in herself. The opportunity to not just take the GED class, but also test and attain it have shown her that with Him the impossible is possible.

“We get a lot of spirituality and God, and all the knowledge that they have, they pour into us, willingly. Like they said, Mrs. Nylan isn’t getting paid for this. She pours all of her knowledge into us, not just about academics education. It’s everything that she knows. It’s the basic things for life, to help us to know our worth and our worth in Christ. It’s helped us. And when it’s consistent like that it’s when it takes, the consistency of that,” Wooten said. “They offer so many opportunities. We just have to be open to receive those and take advantage of it. We have a better support system.”

Wooten said she feels stronger and more confident now that she has a GED. She hopes to one day go to college. The next step for her will be a career assessment, an evaluation of what she’d be best at, so she can consider her options, upon release from custody.

The lessons and love shown to her at Hopkins County jail, she said, show her that the possibilities are endless. She says she’s always leaned toward employment in the medical field, because it’s what her grandmother did, and would allow her to help people. She said she’d like to be a teacher, but isn’t sure that’s possible, because of past mistakes which resulted in her being jailed. She said she’d really like to work with children.

Mary Wooten, Millie Nylan, Keyra Dunham and Maranda Miller

Jail Administrator Kenneth Dean said the women’s successes are due to their dedication to attend the class, a desire to change and willingness to put in the work to learn and attain their GEDs. He also credits Nylan, who he says is just as dedicated if not more so to all of her students. Nylan volunteers her time to teach the inmates who truly want to learn and are willing to work hard. She also builds in life-lessons along with the test material.

Nylan said while the numbers in the GED class still tend to be small. She’s had up to six attending the class at one time, but over the last 2 ½ years has maintained three consistently in the class, a comfortable number. When needed, she’s been allowed to bring in an additional tutor on subjects outside her scope of expertise.

Maranda Miller is also in the GED class while serving as a trustee at the jail. She said she quit in the second semester of 11th grade. She has been taking it for the last couple of months said the class is going great. She said previously it wasn’t something she would have pursued but plans to continue taking classes, even if she is released from jail, so she can attain her GED. Seeing Dunham and Wooten receive their GED makes her want to strive to do it too.

“It’s a blessing to be able to have the GED,” Miller said. “Mrs. Nylan is an amazing teacher.”

Nylan said those who attend the class have to work. In addition to the class work, each has to dedicate themselves to completing work on their own when they return to their dorms.

Miller said having the two other women at one point in the same dorm helped. They’ve encouraged and helped each other.

When inmates show a desire to work toward a GED, prison curriculum is used to assess needs. However, she says she uses it more as a review or tutorial than a lesson plan. She uses other resources from her personal library and available to her to teach lessons. The students don’t typically start in the GED book until nearer to time to take the test, as it’s for review, not teaching.

Dunham and Wooten said some of the more basic lessons, the building blocks, they learned early on were at times more difficult than more advanced lessons. In math, for instance, Wooten remembers studying about polynomial in school, but she had more difficulty understanding about them this go round. Dunham said she expected science to be her most challenging subject but did well on it.

They also had to make the adjustment from textbooks to computer, where they were tested in reading, language arts, science, math and social studies.
Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center allowed the trustees to take a practice test and GED test on the computers at the school. That was an adjustment.

Wooten said she hasn’t used computers in the 9 months she’s been in jail, so making the change from paper to computer where the test is administered was an adjustment. Nylan helped keep that in perspective, reminding them they know the material, they’re just having to use a different part of their brain is used for computer work than tactile pencil and book work.

Wooten and Dunham admitted to being a little nervous taking the test, but felt they’d been well prepared. Dunham admitted she’s always had test anxiety, and would have felt a lot more confident taking the test had Nylan administered it, instead of the computer test. Their hard work paid off this week, when they passed the test, each earning a GED.

Dunham said even without a GED, having different options available and things happen have made her feel like a different person, more confident. It’s taught her that if she can accomplish the things she sets out to do if she sticks with it.

Dean said the county is in discussions with Paris Junior College to offer more programs for inmates to help them be better prepared to enter the work force when they are released from custody.

“We do have some opportunities upcoming with PJC that that may have some program that they can continue to expand, vocational classes and different opportunities for them to do that. Judge [Robert] Newsom talked to PJC the other day and they were receptive with trying to help them pursue even further,” Dean said.

Workforce Solutions also has a grant that is currently being utilizing to help individuals upon their release from jail into the program to employment. Additional job placement opportunities through community partners are still being pursued, Dean noted.

Dental Program

Robert Stephens, Jamie Dowell and Maranda Miller

Two jail trustees also this week received new teeth, part of a dental program offered to select trustee.

Maranda Miller and Jamie Dowell during the last week couldn’t stop smiling after benefiting from the program. Robert Stephens is having teeth pulled so he too can benefit from the program.

Dean said when the sheriff’s office reached out to Dr. Phil Jackson’s office, they were “just overboard with wanting to help.

“They give us a discount to help up to be able to afford to do what we’re doing on the teeth. Hats off to them. They were very, very willing to participate,” Dean said.

“They are good,” Dowell said. “I feel so pretty.”

Miller said having new teeth and has allowed her to feel confident in herself, to the point she feels like a different person. She sees many opportunities ahead and feels that she can accomplish her goals.

“I’ve seen the confidence level in every one of them just skyrocketed. They have that self esteem that they might not have had before. That’s huge,” Dean said.

“We selected three. All this is funded out of our commissary account, which we can utilize that for the benefit of the inmates. It’s not open to just anybody. The ones that really rose to the top by showing that change, that want to change in their life. For a female it’s important for their smile, especially if they’ve got a job. Before they got their teeth they’d always walk around with a hand over their mouth. Now, they smile proudly, confidently.”

“It’s neat to see. Robert is in the process of his. Those three as far as the teeth go they’ve shown it.”

“I lost my confidence and Mr. Dean said, ‘We’re going to get that confidence back.’ I finally got it back. It’s amazing,” Miller said.

“This is going to help us further away in our future, further jobs. We get more. Yes, this is the county jail, but this is a jail that helps and they thrive. Even though we are inmates, the look at helping, just that hand of helping that we’ve always needed in our life that the sheriff and Mr. Dean provide for us. That’s just through the goodness of God, our blessings, that we got put in this position to both of these programs that they provide for us. Because, they don’t have to give them to us.That just shows you that they care about their inmates as much as they care about their families,” Stephens said.

Miller said being open to the opportunities that are available and the support system have been a big part of the trustee program’s successes. She said the other inmates and staff offer a support system that many didn’t have at home.

“It’s wonderful,” said Dowell.

“I lost my confidence and Mr. Dean said we’re going to get that confidence back. I finally got it back. It’s amazing,” Miller said.

Full Circle

Sheriff Lewis Tatum views the trustees programs are the completion of a circle.

“The sheriff’s philosophy is that we do what we can to provide that change for anybody that’s incarcerated in our jail. We provide opportunities and these have taken part in it and have made that change, which benefit them, it benefits our community. It’s a benefit all the way around. When it’s so many components involved: Mrs. Nylan with the GED, the ministries that come in, there’s so much involved. That’s what it’s about. Making that change. they have to want to make the change, which will benefit them and the community. There are so many choices involved,” Dean said.

Sheriff Lewis Tatum

“They’re helping us. We’re helping them. They’re helping the community. We’re saving taxpayers money. I don’t look on them as inmates. I don’t treat them any different than anyone else. I don’t want them to be treated different than anyone else. They need to get out of here and take care of their lives and their families. They gotta take care of me when I get old, and I’m getting there now,” Sheriff Lewis Tatum said.

“For over 20 years, I’ve put plenty people in jail and sent plenty to prison while I was an investigator and deputy. I want to put them out in the world. The other way wasn’t working too well. So, lets contribute back to society,” Tatum said.

Tatum said he understands to some degree what people in jail feel, having experienced being away from his family, locked up, anxious and unable to converse with anyone kin him during his time in the service on an amphibious assault ship. He wants to help inmates make that adjustment and better prepare them to return to society.

“I can see where they come from, and it’s hard. So if you will take these blessings here and contribute to society, go on out on your own and be somebody that will reward us more than anything. We know some of them are going to stumble and fall, and we’ll try to pick them up again,” Tatum said.

“That’s exactly right,” Dowell said. “But the stumbling and falling part is no option.”

“I would never be able to face Mr. Dean again,” Miller said.

“It’s kind of like all of our lives we’ve never had somebody to stand up for us and go to bat for us and have our back. We’ve been in families where it’s not been that way. So to have somebody stand up for us, go to bat for us, makes us look at like completely different, makes me look at life completely different. To say, wow, I do have value. I do have a light inside of me. There’s something inside of me that has these people around here in this community want to stand up for me, go to bat for me. That right there, I will never, never change or go back to my old ways. It’s an amazing feeling,” Dowell said.

“It’s building my self esteem back up. It’s something I probably wouldn’t have got if I wasn’t incarcerated. It’s not only that. There’s just so much that this county provides right here out of this jail. It’s such a blessing, an opportunity to come here and grasp that and grab a hold of it and go further in. I look at myself different than how I used to look at myself,” Stephens. “The trustees here, they put us out there to do good jobs for them and they hold us on a high standard. We don’t want to ever let them down.”

Dowell said she loves being able to go out into the community and work.

“The ladies that we go work for, we pray with, we talk with, we cry with, we build family with them. So, it’s amazing for the ladies, I don’t know how it is for the men. The places we go work, you would think we would come in in stripes and they would look at us weird and not talk to us but they don’t. We give hugs. We do everything together. It’s amazing. It’s not just the people in this community. This town is amazing. Everybody works together. It doesn’t clash, it coincides; it goes together, like she was teaching, and it’s amazing,” Dowell said.

Dowell was booked into the county jail on July 27 and became a trustee on Aug. 11. However, an event on Aug. 10 made a huge impact on her life.

“I went to Restoration Fire on Aug. 10. My life has been forever changed since that. I was lucky enough to be able to go out to a church with Mr. Dean and a few of the ladies and really let go and let God. Ever since that night, I have been completely changed. I feel like a different woman. Then, I go into the trustee and have all these doors open for me,” Dowell said.

“God has truly opened so many doors in my life that wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t messed up in my life and got to this point right here, right now. I know that for every season is a reason, and I know that in my mess, God is going to turn it into a miracle and God is going to be forever in my life,” said Dowell.

She said her family has been contacted regarding her children, who she lost all rights to, and a potential opportunity for a family reunion in which she can smile at them again. She’s excited about potential job opportunities upon her release.

“I didn’t gain people up here, I gained a family up here and I will be forever knocking on yall’s doors,” Dowell said with a laugh. “This community has helped me more than I could ever hope for or dream for in my entire life. … As Ms. Shelly would say, this ain’t a set back it’s a set up. This place is a complete set up for us in our lives. All you’ve got to do is say yes and go with it. Go. I’m ready to go and continue to walk in it.”

“To mess up at all we’d have to take deliberate action. I don’t think any of us will ever go back to anything like that. I think that we are set up. All we’ve got to do is be persistent,” Wooten.

“It just shows us the life skills we should have been walking,” Stephens said.

He the jail has helped change from a criminal mind set to one in which he wants to go to out out and work every day and come home to a loving family at night, instead of waking up and thinking of criminal acts.

“Now, we think positive. We live by faith. We walk by faith, not by sight,” Stephens said.

“We are loved and we feel loved,” Dowell said.

“More free in jail than I was out in the world,” Miller said.

Stephens said he’s enrolled in another new program, just started at the jail, a disciples class.

“It helps you learn more about the Bible, how to pray, how to dig in deeper,” Stephens said.

Dean explained the discipleship class is an advanced class taught by a local minister; only 10 were selected to participate in the class.

Dowell touted One Accord, a ministry she’d never heard of before being jailed, as the “most amazing church I’ve ever been to in my life.” She said the church, open on Tuesday at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m., is spirit and love filled, very inclusive and welcoming.

“It started out as a Bible study at Judge Newsom’s house and it’s grown so much so they had to start renting a building. Well, I want it to grow even more, where they can just buy a building,” Dowell said.

Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center, 298 Rosemont St., Sulphur Springs, Texas

If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1

The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.

Potato Lunch Fundraiser for Haiti Mission Monday Feb. 3

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Potato Lunch Fundraiser for Haiti Mission Monday Feb. 3

The Potato Lunch Fundraiser is one way that four local missionaries pull together to raise funds for a Haitian mission. It will be held at kitchen entrance of First Baptist Church on Monday February 3, 2020 starting at 11am. Baked potatoes and the trimmings with or without pulled pork will be prepared and sold. The cost is $6 per potato lunch or $8 for potato topped with pulled pork. You can pre-order by calling 903-439-5336. Find out more about the mission fundraiser on the Facebook pages of any of the missionaries, or by reading the full story on ksstradio.com

The Potato Fundraiser helps toward raising money to feed Haitian families who live in remote villages. A 70-pound box or “basket’ of food staples will feed an entire family for a month. These missionaries take money along to assemble as many baskets as they can before they leave the area at the end of each Spring trip. For more details, check the Facebook pages of Sandy Mullens, Yvonne King, Gail Bain and Cindy Lancaster to learn more about their personal experiences with the love, faith and gratefulness of the people of Haiti.

Meal A Day Menu For Feb. 3-7, 2020

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Meal A Day Menu For Feb. 3-7, 2020

The Meal A Day menu for Feb. 3-7

  • Monday – Rope sausage, sauerkraut, black-eyed peas and corn bread
  • Tuesday – Fish, hush puppies, sweet potato fries and cole slaw
  • Wednesday – Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans and roll
  • Thursday – Chicken spaghetti, English peas and garlic toast
  • Friday – Vegetable beef soup, crackers and tossed salad


The Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center is a place where Senior Citizens age 50 and over can have a good time with old friends and make some new ones. Meal-A-Day is just one service the center provides. The coffee pot is always on and a smile is on each face. The SCC has a full library with all different kinds of reading books that can be taken, read and returned. Take as many as you like and bring some of your books in to share with others. Click here to find more information for seniors citizens.

13 New Members Inducted Into The Geral Kennedy Chapter Of NTHS At SSHS

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13 New Members Inducted Into The Geral Kennedy Chapter Of NTHS At SSHS

Sulphur Springs High School National Technical Honor Society, Geral Kennedy Chapter, recognized 32 students this week during the annual induction ceremony.

Sulphur Springs High School sign

Seventeen new members were inducted into the NTHS, which honors student achievement and leadership, promotes educational excellence, award scholarships, and enhances career opportunities members.

Individuals under consideration as candidates for NTHS regularly exhibit the characteristics which have been observed by his/her instructor(s):

  • a desire to pursue a career in his/her course of study,
  • scholastic achievement,
  • honesty,
  • dependability,
  • responsibility,
  • high quality task performance and pride in work performed,
  • cooperation and ability to work well with others,
  • interest in learning,
  • initiative,
  • leadership, and
  • citizenship.
(Back row) Norrisa Lane, Daniel Soto, Cameron Beard, Raydon McCormack, Caroline Goggans, Koben Wyly and Harleigh Stegient; (Front row) Kerie Wright, Rorie Young, Makayla Pullen, Lizbeth Alvarez, Savannah Allen, Miranda Baugh and Jasmin Vargas

The applicant must be classified as a junior or senior with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5. The candidate must have been enrolled and/or completed a minimum of three Career & Technical Education courses, and be a current member of a Career & Technical Student Organization.

Inducted into the Geral Kennedy Chapter of NTHS on Jan. 27 were

  • Savannah Allen
  • Lizbeth Alvarez
  • Miranda Baugh
  • Cameron Beard
  • Carolina Escobedo
  • Caroline Goggans
  • Freddie Gomez
  • Annie Horton
  • Norrisa Lane
  • Raydon McCormack
  • Kerie Wright
  • Koben Wyly
  • Rorie Young.
(Back row) Alex Post, Adam Ost, William Reagan Kesting, Cameron Kaufert, Erika Van Bentham, Campbell Cody and Shelby Aulsbrook; (front row) Allison Thurman, Meredith Hooten, Mattingly Thurman, Macie Moore, Ashley Noe and Alivia Walker (Photo courtesy SSISD)

Returning members recognized for continued achievement and leadership, and educational excellence were:

  • Natalya Allen
  • Shelby Aulsbrook
  • Campbell Cody
  • Ana Diosdado
  • Meredith Hooten
  • Cameron Kaufert
  • William Reagan Kesting
  • Grayson McClure
  • Macie Moore
  • Hannah Morrill
  • Ashley Noe
  • Adam Ost
  • Alex Post
  • Allison Thurman
  • Mattingly Thurman
  • Alyssa Underwood
  • Erika Van Bentham
  • Alivia Walker
  • Genesis Zamora

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African American Studies Course Receives Preliminary Approval Of SBOE

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African American Studies Course Receives Preliminary Approval Of SBOE

Texas could become the fifth state in the country to approve a state-level African American Studies course for high school. The State Board of Education on Friday approved the one-credit elective high school course on a preliminary vote, Texas Education Agency reported in a press release.

Texas State Board of Education logo

North Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, and Tennessee are the currently the only other states to have a state-approved elective course in African American history, according to the TEA/SBOE release.

The course would become the second ethnic studies course approved by the SBOE. A one-credit elective course in Mexican American Studies was approved in 2018.

The African American Studies course was approved for first reading and filing authorization. It will next move to a formal public comment period, scheduled from March 6 to April 10. The course is then slated to be considered for final approval at SBOE’s April 17 meeting.

The proposed African American Studies course, TEA and SBOE report, is based one created by the Dallas Independent School District and implemented for the first time this school year at 16 Dallas ISD schools

According to TEA, the course will offer a broad overview of the history and culture of African Americans and covers topics such as history, citizenship, culture, economics, science, technology, geography and politics.


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First Affiliated Driving Class Of The Year Conducted At Senior Citizens Center

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First Affiliated Driving Class Of  The Year Conducted At Senior Citizens Center
 Affiliated Driving Class held at Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center

Several senior citizens took advantage of the Affiliated Driving Class at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center on Thursday, Jan. 3O.

The Senior Citizens Center offers the class a couple of times a year.

The class gives participants a 10 percent discount on liability insurance for 3 years. The class is also good for a ticket dismissal, according to Senior Citizens Center Marketing/Programs Director Karon Weatherman.


The Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Activity Center is located in the heart of Sulphur Springs, Texas.  The City of Sulphur Springs has provided a place senior adults age 50 and over can go to for fun and fellowship. The Center offers a variety of activities for seniors citizens Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Activity Center can be found at 301 Oak Ave in Sulphur Springs.

Wildcats Basketball Team Finishes First Half Of District Play With Win At Lindale Friday

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Wildcats Basketball Team Finishes First Half Of District Play With Win At Lindale Friday

Early in the second quarter, the Lindale Eagles Basketball Team was hanging with the Wildcats and trailed only 13-12 in Lindale Friday night, Jan. 31.

A short time later, after eight straight Wildcats points, the Wildcats lead grew to 21-12. By halftime the Wildcats were up 33-17. The Wildcats outscored the Eagles in every quarter to take a 67-41 win.

Again in this win, different players shouldered the scoring load during the game.

Senior Day Day Hall scored 9 first quarter points.

Junior Boo Wilkerson had 11 second quarter points including three 3’s. Junior Lamodrick Johnson chipped in 5 second quarter points.

In the third quarter, Hall contributed 7 points and senior Cameron Kahn put in 8 points.

Three different players off the bench had three-point baskets in the fourth quarter: junior Malique Cole, sophomore Caleb Alexander and junior Jatavian Hall.

Day Day Hall led the Wildcats with 20 points. Wilkerson had 15 points. Kahn had 10 points. Johnson had 7 points. Senior Grayson McClure had 4 points. Jatavian Hall, Alexander and Cole all had 3 points. Sophomore Justin Haire had 2 points.

Lindale was led by junior point guard Colton Taylor and junior center Jaymond Jackson with 14 points each.

The Wildcats, ranked #9 in Class 5A, are now 4-1 in district play and 22-7 for the season.

The Wildcats hope to avenge their only district loss of the season as they play Greenville at home Tuesday night.

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