Football Camp Starts
Wildcat Football Camp for Kids Entering 3rd Through 7th Grade Starts This Evening
The Wildcat Football Camp is the first of the SSISD summer sports camps this year. It is designed for boys entering the third through the seventh grade next school year. The three-day camp gets underway Tuesday (May 28) and runs through Thursday (May 30). It has usually been held in late August and it’s been during the day. This year’s football camp has not only moved to late May, it has also been moved to evening. Camp hours will be 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building. Wildcats Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Greg Owens explains he wanted to try something different since attendance for the third grade through seventh grade group at Wildcat Football Camp has been just okay but not great. Cost of the camp per student is $20. Coach Owens says the camp may be beneficial for kids that will play peewee football this summer. Members of the Wildcats’ football coaching staff will instruct the campers who will receive training for all aspects of football. Coach Owens says the goal is to have a camp where kids have fun. Seventh graders planning to play seventh grade football will be separated and will work with middle school football coaches. Registration forms for football and all the SSISD camps are available at the school district website at www.ssisd.net.
Summer Paving Projects Wrapping Up
Work on the city’s summer paving projects is nearing completion, with work on Locust and a block of Mulberry completed, thanks to the new street maintenance fee, but at least two city streets remain closed or at least partially closed due to road construction, according to City Manager Marc Maxwell.
Locust Street between Main Street and Houston Streets has been repaved, as was one block of Mulberry Street said to be in most disrepair, according to the city manager.
Work on Sunset Street, however, has been held up due to weather. The ground has to be dry enough to put down cement to stabilize it. Cement will be mixed in the sand, to give it a good base on which to build the concrete street, according to Maxwell.
In the CrossTown Trail project, work on Connally Street continues, marked by areas fenced out in orange, mounds of dirt, road construction signs, and pipes at the corner of Connally and Rogers Street.
This road project is still months from being complete, with utility and drainage work to be completed. This project will connect Coleman Park and downtown, via a sidewalk, which will be the very last part of the project. Water, sewer, drainage and gas lines have to be in place first, and the road rebuilt. Water mains and lines, and Atmos main were on the list for work this month.
KSST is Giving Away Texas Rangers Baseball Tickets! – June 1st, 2019
KSST is giving away tickets (4 tickets to two lucky winners) to the Saturday June 1st, 2019 Texas Ranger Game. The Rangers will be facing the Kansas City Royals. 3:05PM first pitch.
Rules and Information:
The passes must NOT be resold!
Unclaimed passes will be dispersed by KSST.
Employees of KSST/KRVA can’t win.
Winner’s names and picture will be posted on Facebook.
Police Arrest Man After Finding Methamphetamine In His Pocket
A 31–year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed after police found methamphetamine in his pocket, according to arrest reports.
Jason Allen Hooten reportedly caught Sulphur Springs Police Officer Zach Brown’s attention by driving a Jeep Cherokee on the “wrong side of the road,” in the 1500 block of East Industrial Drive at 10:36 p.m. Monday, so Brown stopped him on the traffic charge.
Brown reported the driver,when contacted, appeared “extremely nervous,” to the point the man’s chest could be seen beating and his t-shirt shaking, according to arrest reports. Hooten claimed to have just left a family member’s home but couldn’t remember the person’s name, Brown alleged in arrest reports.
Hooten reportedly gave officers permission to search him and the vehicle for anything illegal. A clear bag with suspected methamphetamine was allegedly found in Hooten’s pants pocket, resulting in his arrest at 10:45 p.m. for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and the vehicle being impounded, according to arrest reports.
Hooten remained in the county jail late Tuesday morning, May 28, on the controlled substance charge. Bond was set at $5,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.
According to jail reports, the arrest marks the second time Hooten has been jailed this month. He was arrested May 12 on a warrant for leaving the scene of an accident, and released from custody later that day.
Free Summer Meals Offered 4 Days a Week at 2 Local Schools For Kids
Two local school districts will be offering free breakfast and lunch for children up to age 18 years starting next week.
- Sulphur Springs ISD will take part in the Summer Food Program Monday-Thursday, June 4-July 26,, at Sulphur Springs Elementary, 829 Bell St . Breakfast will be served from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for any child age 1-18; district enrollment is not required. For more information about the Sulphur Springs ISD program contact Child Nutrition Director Veronica Arnold at (903-885-2153, Ext. 1113 or 1114
- North Hopkins ISD will also offer free breakfast and lunch for any child up to age 18 Monday-Thursday, June 1-July 1, at North Hopkins Elementary, 1994 FM 71 west. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. For additional information about North Hopkins ISD’s program contact Cindy McPherson at [email protected] or 903-945-2192, ext. 8020.
Paris Man Jailed After Marijuana, Handgun Found During Traffic Stop
A Paris man was jailed early Sunday morning on a weapon charge after a handgun and marijuana were found in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
A sheriff’s deputy reportedly stopped a Jeep Grand Cherokee at 2:20 a.m. May 26 for traveling 72 mile per hour in a 65 mile per hour speed zone on State Highway 19 north, just south of County Road 4764.
While talking to the 27-year-old Paris man, the deputy reported smelling a marijuana odor emitting from the Jeep. When asked if he’d smoked any marijuana in the vehicle, he allegedly denied doing so, but said he’d driven past a skunk and the smell was still in the vehicle.
The deputy requested and was given permission to search the vehicle. The deputy reported finding a plastic bag containing a green leafy substance he believed based on his training to be marijuana, as well as a small 9 mm handgun under a secondary compartment in the center console. He told the man it is unlawful to be in possession of illegal substances while carrying a firearm, and took the Paris man into custody.
Another deputy arrived to assist in concluding the vehicle search. A glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke marijuana an a small cigar with marijuana rolled inside of it were allegedly reportedly found. The man was jailed for unlawful carrying of a weapon; the vehicle was impounded.
He was released from the county jail later Sunday on $2,000 bond on the weapon charge, according to arrest reports.
Man Accused Of Interfering With 911 Call During Disturbance
A 34-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested Saturday for allegedly preventing a woman from calling 911.
Police were dispatched at 11:12 a.m. May 25 to a report of a disturbance in progress at a Woodlawn Street residence. Upon arrival at the man’s residence, they contacted the man and another party alleged to have been involved in the disturbance, police reported.
He was accused of taking the phone away from the other participant and still had it on him. She reportedly tried to get it back but he wouldn’t give it to her. Officers asked the man if he had the phone; he admitted he did and took it from his pocket, police alleged in arrest reports.
An officer reported listening to the recording from the 911 call and could hear the woman yelling in an attempt to take the phone back. Consequently, the man was arrested for interference with an emergency request for assistance, a Class A misdemeanor offense, according to arrest reports.
Man Reportedly Arrested For Cocaine Possession Twice In 10 Days
Jesus Daniel Olguin, 18, was arrested by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Davis for cocaine possession early Monday morning, following a routine traffic stop on at mile marker 127 on Interstate 30 east.
He reportedly admitted to being arrested recently for possession of cocaine, and deputy was given permission to search the Chevrolet Silverado. A baggy with a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine was found under the driver’s seat, Davis alleged in arrest reports.
The vehicle was impounded; Olguin was taken to jail for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.
May 18 jail and arrest records do show a Jesus Daniel Olguin, 18, to have been arrested May 18 and released from jail May 19 on $30,000 bond on a possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. Jesus Daniel Olguin and another man were alleged in arrest reports to have been in a vehicle stopped by police 8:04 p.m. May 18 on Kyle Street for an equipment violation and found to be in possession of a white substance that field tested positive as cocaine, resulting in both men being arrested.
Man Accused of Assaulting, Putting Girlfriend In Choke Hold
Scotty Ray Price, 36, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 1:47 p.m. Sunday on 9th Street in Sulphur Springs for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman was dispatched a disturbance at his residence. Upon arrival, the man was alleged to have assaulted his girlfriend by punching her in the face and body numerous times, and placing her in a choke hold, which impeded her breathing, Hoffman wrote in arrest reports.
The man allegedly admitted to putting the woman in choke hold. The woman allegedly had numerous injuries. Consequently, Price was arrested for family violence assault causing bodily injury and impeded breathing, Hoffman alleged in arrest reports.
Price remained in the county jail Monday. His bond was set at $10,000 on the felony assault charge, according to jail reports.
