Cumby Man Arrested for Invasive Visual Recording
September 28, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies traveled to a Commerce TX address this week to arrest a Cumby man wanted for Invasive Visual Recording.
The Invasive Visual Recording crime in the state of Texas gives police the right to arrest you if they believe you take, or help spread, any kind of photograph or video of (1) someone’s “intimate areas” or (2) someone in a bathroom or changing room.
Xavier James Black, age 17, was arrested without incident and transported to the Hopkins County Jail. His bond is set at $100,000. He faces this charge:
1 21.15(C) INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING
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.
Dinner Bell Menu For October 4, 2023
Dr. Andrew Yoder and his experienced team at I Focus Vision Care, this week’s Community Partner, use the latest equipment to acertain the health of your eyes! If needed he will prescribe corrective lenses for you. Stylish eyewear and prescriptive lenses are available on site!
GRAB and GO with a meal from the distribution area under the covered driveway (porte cochere) on the Northeast corner of the First United Methodist Church campus starting around 10:30 on Wednesday.
MENU
Chicken Spaghetti
California Blend Vegetables with Parmesan Bread Crumbs
Yeast Rolls
Garden Salad
Coconut Cake
BE CAREFUL AS THE PANDEMIC AND THE FLU ARE STILL IN OUR MIDST!!! WEAR MASKS WHERE REQUIRED! WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN! GET INOCULATED AND BOOSTED!
DINNER BELL CARES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH!!!
Paris Junior College President Announces Retirement
After decades of service to Paris Junior College, its students and community, Dr. Pam Anglin has announced her retirement as president at the end of the year. A first-generation college student and the first female president of the College, she has served since 2003 and is a true community college success story.
“I’ve heard it said that you’ll know when it’s time,” Dr. Anglin said, “and I’ve realized that time has come. I’ll be relocating to start a new chapter and be closer to family. I’ve loved my time at PJC – the students, the employees, and the communities. I’ve made many dear friends here.”
Despite size and rural location, PJC has been a national leader in the community college shift from open-door access for all to successful completion of a certificate or degree, allowing students to pursue a good job or transfer to university with strong academic underpinnings for continued success.
As confirmation, PJC was chosen for the national Pathways Project in 2017, boosting the College’s work to improve student engagement in the classroom and help students master the knowledge and skills needed. PJC was recognized with an Overall Exemplar Award in 2018 for refining the math courses students needed and removing barriers to help them finish with a certificate or degree and the Texas Pathways 2019 Excellence in Implementation and Scaling award.
“I began working in community colleges because I wanted to make a difference in student lives and I believe community colleges remain at the forefront of that effort,” Dr. Anglin said.
Recently, PJC was one of seven colleges in Texas and 72 nationally chosen for a student success project with the Institute for Evidence-Based Change. These include proven steps for faculty and staff to implement to further boost success for students.
“Dr. Anglin has done a wonderful job for PJC and the community. She’s been a very progressive leader while maintaining excellent financial condition at the College and we wish her well in her new endeavors,” said PJC Board of Regents President Curtis Fendley. “Her legacy has set a high bar.”
When Dr. Anglin arrived in 2003, PJC had a two-month operating reserve. Now, despite historically having one of the smallest tax bases among the 50 Texas community colleges, the State of Texas consistently reports the College has no financial stress indicators. She implemented the return-on-investment concept for student success and retention in 2005, developed a facilities’ master plan that saw new campuses in Greenville and Sulphur Springs, and new and upgraded buildings at the Paris location. A recent groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new workforce training facility in Greenville.
Dr. Anglin also led PJC to begin participating with Achieving the Dream, a national initiative for student success, in 2006 and PJC named an Achieving the Dream Leader College in 2015. The College was twice recognized as one of the fifty fastest growing community colleges in the nation and received the 2012 Excellence in Education Award from the Texas Association of Business.
Dr. Anglin has supported outcomes-based funding at the state level, embracing success points to encourage innovation for student success at all Texas community colleges. This movement culminated in the successful passage of HB 8 in the most recent Legislative session. She developed mandatory orientation to increase student success and has helped develop many national initiatives to improve student success through data usage and career pathways.
Encouraging partnership among local colleges, Dr. Anglin helped form the Texas Community Colleges Consortium for Shared Resources to pursue cost savings in new enterprise resource planning software and annual allocations from the Texas State Legislature. From 2016 to 2018 she chaired the Northeast Texas Consortium of Colleges and Universities (NETnet), which was comprised of 13 member institutions. She was chair from 2008 to 2012, and vice chair in 2007-2008 and 2016-2017.
She served two separate terms on the American Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors and two terms on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Board of Trustees. She has served on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Community and Technical College Formula Advisory Committee intermittently since 2007; as vice chair in 2008 and chair in 2012 and 2018.
Closer to home, Dr. Anglin has served on the Northeast Texas Workforce Board; the Texas Association of Community College Trustees Advisory Board, 2007-2010; and chaired the Upper East Texas Higher Educational Regional Council, 2005-2006 and 2022-2023. She was also a founding board member in 1990 and board vice president of the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs in 1994. The group was created to focus on teaching and learning, as opposed to research, and accredits two- and four-year business programs and schools.
In the area of two-year postsecondary educational concepts, Dr. Anglin has published “Financing Community Colleges: Where We Are, Where We’re Going,” in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice, and “Applying financial analysis to student retention.” Increasing Effectiveness of the Community College Financial Model: A Global Perspective for the Global Economy; Eds. Stewart E. Sutin, Daniel Derrico, Rosalind Latner Raby, and Edward J. Valeau.
Dr. Anglin was recognized with the Teamwork Award 2014 from Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas. She has been named to the Phi Theta Kappa CEO Hall of Honor, the PTK Texas Region Hall of Honor, and received PTK’s Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction.
She received her associate’s degree from Grayson County College before earning her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and her master’s from Texas Christian University. She earned her EdD in educational administration from Baylor University and studied at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University.
A Certified Public Accountant, Dr. Anglin taught accounting prior to becoming an administrator. She began her higher education career as a business officer at Texas Christian University.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
A Candidate Forum For House District 2 Candidates Will be Held October 11, 2023
September 27, 2023 –
The Hopkins-Rains Retired School Personnel, a local chapter of Texas Retired Teachers Association will hold a Candidate Forum on October 11 for candidates who are running in the special election for Texas House District 2.
Citizens in Hopkins, Hunt, and Van Zandt counties are eligible to vote in this election.
The forum is expressly focused on education issues. This is an opportunity for teachers and school personnel, families and business owners, and the public at large to learn more about the candidates and to ask education-related questions to those seeking this position. Each candidate will have the opportunity to speak for three minutes and then questions will follow.
Because the governor has placed such a high priority on education during the legislative session, we felt that focusing on education issues would be very relevant to the citizens in all three counties.
The forum will be held on Wednesday, October 11, from 5:00-6:00 pm at the Sulphur Springs Middle School Cafeteria, 835 Wildcat Way, Sulphur Springs.
Ramsey Back in Hopkins County Jail
September 27, 2023 – Victoria Nicole Ramsey is back in Hopkins County Jail. She was arrested by Wills Point Police on September 24th. The Van Zandt County Sheriff held her on a $150,000 bond till she could be returned to face her charges in Hopkins County.
Ramsey, age 34, was arrested last year after a motorcycle chase along I-30 in Sulphur Springs. When she was eventually arrested she had several credit cards that were listed as stolen in her possession. See that story here.
She is charged with:
1 32.51(C)(2) FRAUD USE/POSS IDENTIFYING INFO # ITEMS 5<10
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.
Odell Arrested After Traffic Stop
September 27, 2023 – Sulphur Springs Police observed the driver of a black Lincoln perform a traffic violation around midnight Tuesday. A traffic stop was performed in the parking lot of a south Broadway retailer. The driver was compliant, and when asked, he gave permission to search the vehicle.
During that serch, Police found a black bag. Inside they found baggies of methamphetamine and associated paraphernalia.
The passenger, 35 year-old Ashton Elizabeth ODell, claimed ownership of the bag and contents. She was arrested and transported to the Hopkins County Jail without incident. ODell, who lists herself as unemployed, was on parole out of Lamar County at the time of her arrest.
ODell is charged with:
1 481.115(D) POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=4G<200G
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.
Hopkins County Records –
Report of Marriage Documents for Hopkins County
8/23/23 Thru 9/7/23
- Ted Robert Patton Jr and Linda LaJean Patton
- Christopher Trent Newton and Sarah April Marks
- Monty Carl Kingsley and Deborah Irby Morgan
- William Hunter McPherson and Makayla Lynn Hall
- Jonathan Alex Motes and Kendall Rita Eapp
- Kenneth Christopher White and Bethany Nicole Moser
- Jimmy Dee Buckholt Jr and Sarah Elizabeth Massey
- Brandon Shane Stotts and Kimberly Ann Chisom
- Juan Antonio Tovar and Summer Michel Weatherford
- Gene Kenneth Ingram and Amanda Dawn Teater
- Jordan Howard Griggs and Jaylee Nichole Williams
- Matthew Jay Stang and Brittney Nicole Bell
Land Deed Transactions
- Tina Marie Knotts, Gregory Leach, and Haley Leach to David Aaron Knotts; Tract in the N R Irby Survey
- Glenn Miller to Nancy Walker and Randall Walker; Tract in the Robert Lee Survey
- Glenn Miller and Laura Miller to Brandy C Pence and Sean P Pence; Tract in the Robert Lee Survey
- Daniel and Patsy Klingemann Living Trust, Patsy R Klingemann Co Trustee to Ellen Shipley and James
- Shipley; Tract Green Acres Addn
- Gary Lewis to Clinton Cline and Misty Cline; Tract in the Irwin Addn Survey
- Pamela Chennault to Juan Perez; Tract in the Juan Palvadore Survey
- Carla Frazier Family Trust, Carla Fay Frazier and Rick Frazier Co Trustees, Rick Frazier Family Trust to
- HP Investments LLC; Tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin Survey
October Gardening Tasks to Consider by Mario Villarino
September 26, 2023 – In Texas, October is a great time for gardening as the weather starts to cool down. Here are some gardening tasks to consider:
Plant Fall Vegetables: You can plant cool-season vegetables like lettuce, spinach, broccoli, and carrots. They thrive in the milder temperatures.
Prune and Trim: Trim back overgrown shrubs and perennials to prepare them for winter. Remove dead or diseased branches.
Mulch: Apply mulch to insulate the soil and conserve moisture. This helps protect plants from temperature fluctuations.
Fertilize: Fertilize your lawn and garden with a slow-release, balanced fertilizer to provide nutrients for the upcoming months.
Bulb Planting: October is ideal for planting spring-flowering bulbs like tulips and daffodils. They’ll bloom in the spring.
Watering: Adjust your watering schedule as temperatures decrease. Plants generally need less water in the cooler months.
Pest Control: Keep an eye out for pests and diseases. Cooler weather can reduce some pest problems, but vigilance is still important.
Fall Flowers: Consider planting fall-blooming flowers like mums, asters, and marigolds for a burst of color.
Lawn Care: Warm-season grasses may go dormant as temperatures get cooler. This is a great time to control fall weeds with herbicides that might become a problem next spring.
Prepare for Frost: Be ready to protect tender plants if frost is expected. Cover them with blankets or use frost cloth. First frost kill is usually in early November for Hopkins County.
Learn a Variety of Important Techniques in Welding at Paris Junior College
September 26, 2023 – BEVELING
Welding student Elijah Symonds, left, is an advanced student in the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding program. Welding Instructor John Plemons is teaching him the process of beveling medal with the auto beveler.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
3rd Annual Jr Commercial Heifer Show and Sale is Saturday
September 26, 2023 – Three participants in the upcoming Hopkins County Jr Commercial Heifer Show and Sale stopped by KSST for an interview on Tuesday. You can hear the complete interview during the KSST Morning Show later this week.
The show and sale is dedicated to FFA and 4-H members in Hopkins County. It provides a showcase for their efforts, and also provides financial benefits that can be used for higher education or to fund additional projects for next year. It aims to help keep kids in the Texas Cattle Industry.
A heifer is a female cow that has never given birth.
The cattle in saturday’s sale will be heifers. Some will be pregnant; others will just be ready. All the details, awards, genetics, etc, of each pen of 3 heifers will be given before bidding begins.
Quality heifers often fetch a premium price. Buyers get to chance decide what genetic influence to use (if they are open), and can expect a long life of production from heifers.
The term ‘Commercial Cattle’ means cross bred cattle most often sold as beef. They make up the bulk of cattle across the world. They are often marketed at local actions barns and are the engine that keeps the cattle industry going.
Of the three interviewees, two are headed to college next year. They plan to study Ag related programs. The third still has a few years of highschool to complete, but plans on pursuing Ag Business or Ag Broadcasting.
The event, at the Hopkins County Civic Center, is open to the public. Judging start in the morning and the show begins at 9AM. There is a buyer’s dinner, sponsored by CNB Sulphur Springs at 5pm. Sale starts at 6 PM.
For people that need an ag exemption or want to increase their herd, this is a great opportunity. People can buy a pen of three bred heifers, and in a few months have six cattle.
Come out and support youth involved in the Texas Cattle Industry. “Bring your checkbook; bid early, bid often.”
