Solar Farm Experts To Speak at Dike Community Center
Monday April 24, 2023 head out to the Dike Community Center for information on Solar Farms and their impact on the environment. It all starts at 6pm. Andy Ivey will be speaking as an Anti-Solar and Anti-Abatement expert. You can find him on YouTube here: Andy Ivey YouTube Channel.
Houseguest Wields Machete: Arrested with 10 grams of Meth
April 20, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a welfare concern around 6pm on Wednesday. The concerned homeowner told deputies that a houseguest, given permission to stay at the residence for a few weeks, was acting strange.
The homeowner reported PEREZ-ENCIZO, ROSALIO, age 39, was climbing trees, hiding in bushes and wielding a machete. Deputies attempt to locate the accused behind the residence. Once located, he was observed looking into the sky and acting as if he was under the influence.
Deputies were unable to verify if he still carried the machete or other potential weapon. Deputies began to give verbal commands to PEREZ-ENCIZO to exit the woods and to come out with his hands up. He eventually exited the woods with what appeared to be a piece of metal in his hands.
Deputies advised PEREZ-ENCIZO to get onto the ground for both everyone’s safety.. He complied partially by laying on the ground, but attempted to return to the woods. Deputies were still unsure if he had a weapon.
Deputies deployed a single duty issued taser in order to gain compliance. They were able to place PEREZ-ENCIZO into double locking handcuffs. After placing him into handcuffs Deputies began to conducted a frisk in attempt to locate any weapons. During the search, Deputies felt a baggie containing a substance believed to be methamphetamine. Deputies removed the baggie and escorted him to a patrol car.
PEREZ-ENCIZO was reluctant to cooperate with Deputies. Deputies placed him in the rear of a patrol car and transported him to the Hopkins County Jail where he was placed into a violent cell due to being extremely intoxicated.
Deputies processed the evidence which field tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed approximately 10.038 including packaging. A/P was booked into the Jail for possession of a controlled substance penalty group 1 greater than 4 grams less than 200 grams.
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.
Lady Cats Softball Completes Back-to-Back Undefeated District Seasons
Lady Cats softball for the second season in a row has completed a perfect district season.
Excluding a suspended 2020 season due to the coronavirus, Sulphur Springs has now won five straight district championships.
Softball head coach David Carrillo said his players almost expect to win district championships, but that is because his team knows the third part of the season for the sport, playoffs, is the most important part of the season.
“They want the real prize, [in that] they want to go as far as we can go,” the softball coach said Thursday afternoon.
The Sulphur Springs coach said his program has a bad taste in their mouths from last year’s early exit from the postseason, so they want and expect to make it further this time around.
Tuesday, Apr. 18 saw Coach Carrillo’s team head out to Liberty Eylau for their last contest in 15-4A play. Lady Cats softball clinched a playoff spot in the second district win in the month of April, back when Sulphur Springs shut out Pittsburg 10-0. In Tuesday’s district finale Sulphur Springs powered their way to a devastating lead early on.
Not only did Coach Carrillo’s squad lead-off the game with three runs in the first at-bat for either team, but the second is when the visiting Lady Cats really did some damage. Sulphur Springs scored a dumbfounding 13 runs in their second at-bat. Seven hits, two walks, and a ghastly six errors all given up by L.E.
In the second inning blew the game open as the Lady Cats led big, 16-0. Two errors, a walk and a double opened the first part of the scoring frenzy at that point 6-0 in favor of Sulphur Springs.
The next set of runs really showed the hitting prowess of the Lady Cats. Two doubles, three singles, coupled with four more errors, saw Coach Carrillo’s team storm out to another huge lead, this time at 15-0. Add in another single and a wild pitch getting Reese Ragan home, and Sulphur Springs found themselves cruising en route to a 19-0 win in their district finale.
Emmerson Thompson continues to hit well for the Lady Cats, going 2 for 4 with three runs and an RBI.
Bayler Boatman went 2 for 3 with an RBI, crossing home twice, and Gracie Adair did the same 2 for 3 in her at-bats, crossing home once but batting in three runs in the 19-0 win Tuesday. Crimson Bryant went 3 for 4 with an RBI.
Jadyn Harper had the biggest day of all though, going 3 for 3 with three RBI and three runs to boot.
As has been the case for three years now, Crimson Bryant was stellar in the circle.
Coach Carrillo said the coaching staff for softball has thrown everything they could at Bryant, because in the coach’s eyes, “if you have a horse, you let it run.”
In the three innings played in Tuesday’s win at L.E. Bryant struck out eight of the nine batters she faced, walking none nor allowing a single hit or run. The Sulphur Springs coach said Coach Bailey Dorner has done an excellent job working with the senior ace to bring out the best version of Bryant that she can be.
Carrillo said Bryant will have to be just as impressive if not more going forward if the Lady Cats hope to make a deep run in the playoffs.
With the 19-0 dismantling of the Lady Leopards, Coach Carrillo and his program have clinched back-to-back undefeated district seasons. It is also the fifth straight* district championship won by Sulphur Springs.
The Lady Cats end their district season heading into a playoff warm-up game 24-4 overall (10-0 district).
All ten of Sulphur Springs wins:
- Wednesday, 03/15 vs Paris, 18-1
- Tuesday, 03/21 @ Pittsburg, 21-4
- Monday, 03/27 vs North Lamar, 12-2
- Tuesday, 03/28 @ Pleasant Grove, 6-1
- Friday, 03/31 vs LE, 13-3
- Tuesday, 04/04 @ Paris, 14-1
- Thursday, 04/06 vs Pittsburg, 10-0
- Tuesday, 04/11 @ North Lamar, 6-0
- Friday, 04/14 vs PG, Senior Night, 10-0
Next up, Coach Carrillo and his back-to-back undefeated district champs host Frisco Heritage for their playoff warm-up game on Friday, Apr. 21.
The postseason tune-up for Lady Cats softball tees off Friday at 6 P.M.
The Sulphur Springs coach said he anticipates some rain to roll through tomorrow, and will have an update first thing Friday morning. If Friday’s postseason tune-up is to be played, Friday’s playoff warm-up game will be broadcasted onto KSST 1230 AM.
It will also be live-streamed onto KSST Radio’s Youtube channel.
* — 2020 COVID cancelled season excluded
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Sulphur Springs Police Address Scam Calls
April 20, 2023- Sulphur Springs Police Department made a post on Facebook Tuesday addressing the several scam calls that residents have been receiving. Several residents of Sulphur Springs have been struck by these phone calls claiming to be the Police Department or any other law enforcement agency threating to arrest individuals unless they pay false fines for missing jury duty that they never had.
Sulphur Springs Police Department released the following statement on Facebook Tuesday:
The Sulphur Springs Police Department is aware there is a **scam** going on where citizens are receiving calls or messages on social media from someone claiming to be with law enforcement and threatening to arrest them if they did not pay a fine for missing jury duty. ***This is a scam**! The Sulphur Springs Police Department or any other Law Enforcement Agency will not contact you and request any type of payment over the phone or on social media. Do not respond to these calls or messages on social media. Remember, this is a SCAM! If you receive one of these calls, just hang up. Please don’t give them any money. If you have any questions, contact us at 903-885-7602.
SSISD Aide Jailed for Tampering With Evidence
April 20, 2023 – Anna-Marie Francis Moreland, age 35, was arrested at her residence this week. That arrest took place early in the morning. She faces a charge of Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence.
Moreland, who reports herself as an employee of the Sulphur Springs ISD, has been charged in connection to her husband’s recent arrest.
Mathew Earl Moreland, age 27, was arrested in Delta County on 03/24/2023. He faces two charges of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, and Burglary of a Habitation. Mathew Moreland, who reports himself as unemployed, is in Hopkins County Jail. His bond on these three charges total $100,000. Mathew also accumulated a Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence charge, but bond has not been set. Additional charges for the husband and wife team may coming, as the investigation continues.
This is not the first time Mathew Earl Moreland has been in jail. In late 2020, Mathew Earl Moreland was arrested in Hunt County Tx and charged with:
- EVADING ARREST DET W/VEH
- POSS CS PG 3 < 28G
- RECKLESS DRIVING
In early 2020, Mathew Earl Moreland was arrested in Delta County Tx and charged with Unauthorized Use of Vehicle – Enhanced.
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.
Unmanned SpaceX Starship Explodes Over Gulf Of Mexico After Texas Liftoff
April 20, 2023- SpaceX experienced an unfortunate sight as one of their starships blew up mid-flight having launched from Brownsville South Texas, Thursday morning. After roughly four minutes of flight passed before the starship came tumbling down falling apart before finally blowing apart.
The upper-stage Starship vehicle apparently did not separate from the booster, and four minutes after liftoff, the automatic flight termination system destroyed the rocket, ending the flight in a fireball.
Though the malfunction came at the cost of a rocket, SpaceX claims it has gathered new valuable data from the rockets failure to use in hopes of preventing such a occurrence again. However, the launch pad for the rocket remained undamaged, a risk SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had said was his greatest worry.
Luckily the rocket was a unmanned flight test and no one was harmed during the explosion.
Currently it is unclear when the company will attempt a flight again. On Twitter, Elon Musk said the company “learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.”
Longview Police Searching For 63-year-old Missing Man
April 20, 2023– Authorities are asking for help finding a man that was reported missing from Longview.
The Longview Police Department said that 63-year-old Mark Horner was last seen leaving his home on the south side of Longview Tuesday morning, driving a black 2018 Nissan Rogue displaying Texas license plate RFJ2817.
Horner is described as weighing 300 pounds and standing 6′ tall with brown hair, a gray beard and walking with a cane. He was last seen wearing an unknown color button-up shirt with a tie, slacks and glasses.
Anyone with information about Horner’s whereabouts is asked to contact LPD at 903-237-1170
Lexi McCoy, Lausen Ost Named SSHS Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Lexi McCoy and Lausen Ost were honored Tuesday morning as the top students at Sulphur Springs High School.
Lexi McCoy achieved the honor of valedictorian with a 4.4773 grade point average. McCoy has achieved many academic UIL honors while attending SSHS. She competed in the most events in the entire school, and was recognized as an academics medalist. McCoy was state runner-up in the Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition.
Being a member of the varsity volleyball team this past fall beginning her senior year, the valedictorian was named Academic All-State. She is a member of Key Club. As well as being the Secretary of National Honor Society, McCoy is a National Merit Commended Scholar and was recognized by the National Recognition Program.
McCoy plans to attend the University of Alabama, where she’s been admitted to the Honor’s College. Alabama offered the graduate a full-ride scholarship based on her ACT score. Taking biology her freshman year, the valedictorian said cell genetics fascinated her. That, and her final two years learning under Kaley Williams who the senior thanked for fostering a great learning environment that solidified her intention to to major in biology, to potentially pursue research in plant & nutritional sciences. The valedictorian’s goal is to make better and healthier food for the world. McCoy’s parents are JD and Jennifer Carter.
Lausen Ost earned the second ranking in his class with a 4.4619 grade point average.
The salutatorian considers among his honors competing in UIL journalism and Current Events. Last year saw the then-junior be named state champion in the Latino Essay competition. Ost is National Honors Society President, as well as being a member of National Technical Honor Society.
His musical achievements include being a varsity choir member at SSHS, on top of that competing well enough to make the 2023 TMEA All-State Mixed Choir, the highest achievement possible for a choir singer at the high school level. Ost said the experience was very memorable and one he will not soon forget.
After graduating SSHS, he plans to attend Texas A&M University in College Station. He plans to study civil engineering and join the Singing Cadets at the university.
Ost is the son of Loren and Christine Ost.
Failure to Signal Leads to Felony Drug Arrest
April 19, 2023 – North Richland Hills, TX resident MICHAEL WAYNE PEHL was arrested this week after an Interstate 30 traffic stop. Pehl, age 17, was stopped by a Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy after he failed to signal a lane change.
Pehl, who lists himself as unemployed, exhibited nervous and evasive behavior during the traffic stop. Pehl refused to allow his white Mercedes to be searched. A K-9 unit was called to the scene. A positive hit from the K-9 prompted a probable cause search.
Around a dozen blue pills, later tested and revealed to contain oxycodone, were found. Ten ‘chocolate bars’ were also located. The bars were labeled as containing 4 grams of psilocybin each. Additionally, drug paraphernalia related to THC abuse was located in the vehicle.
Pehl was arrested and transported to Hopkins County Jail without incident. His Mercedes was impounded.
He faces two felony charges.
- POSS CS PG 2 >= 4G < 400G
- POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=1G<4G
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.
SSISD 27 Resignations, 7 New Personnel, and 9 Personnel Changes
April 19, 2023- Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees met Monday April 10th. During their regular monthly meeting several personnel changes were announced. A total 27 employees resigned from the district, 7 new employees have been hired on and a total of 9 employees have had their positions changed.
Resignations:
- Robinson, Lisa – Assistant Superintendent, Administration
- Lamb, Michael – Superintendent, Administration
- Ibanez, Cassie – SPED Aide, Bowie
- Shearer, Stacie – Academic Specialist, Bush Primary
- Loera, Carmela – HS 4 Teacher, Douglass
- Mendez, Maria B – Headstart Aide, Douglass
- Combs, Kimber – Title 1 Aide, Johnson Primary
- Fierst, Erika – Grade 1 Math, Johnson Primary
- Martin, Jady – Grade 2 Math/Science, Johnson Primary
- Moore, Gracie – Grade 1 Math, Johnson Primary
- Nix, Lori – Grade 3 ELAR, Johnson Primary
- Rollins, Alesia – Music Teacher, Johnson Primary
- Wiggins, Megan – Grade 4 ELAR/SS, SS Elementary
- Figueroa, Itzel – Counselor, Travis Primary
- Adams, Vallesha – Grade 6 Math, Middle School
- Findley, Justin – Police Officer, Middle School
- Foshee, Sandra – Educational Aide, Middle School
- Garmon, Kylie – ELAR SPED Teacher, Middle School
- Griffith, Carrah – Educational Aide, Middle School
- Gutierrez, Nancy – Educational Aide, Middle School
- Rozell, Cody – Teacher/Coach, Middle School
- Stevens, Alison – Art Teacher, Middle School
- Gebel, Lou – CTE Auto Teacher, High School
- Mayo, Beverly – Nurse, High School
- Ladd, Jamie – Counselor, High School
- Moss, Elizabeth – English Teacher, High School
- Shelby, Stephen – Ag Structures Teacher, High School
New Personnel:
- Meisetschlaeger, Stacy English High School replacing Carla Baxley
- Hill, Kassidi SPED Self-Contained Bush Primary replacing Leah Gore
- Hartsell Wade, Christi Academic Specialist SS Elementary replacing Sasha Posey
- Lenius, Brynna Grade 4 ELAR/SSSS Elementary replacing Lauren Price
- Shipley, Ellen Grade 4 ELARSS Elementary replacing Megan Wiggins
- Barrios, Saylor ELAR Middle School replacing Jill Crumo
Evans, Madalyn Art Middle School replacing Alison Stevens
Personnel Changes:
- Ditto, Sean, former position SPED Teacher/SSMS, new position Teacher/Austin, replacing Tamyla Hasbrouck
- Wright, Kathy, former position Testing Coordinator/SSHS, new position CTE Director/SSHS, replacing Jenny Arledge
- DeWitte, Marieke, former position Title 1 Aide/SSES, new position Math Intervention/SSES, replacing Melina Rivera Wilks
- Geeslin, Laura, former position SPED Aide/RJP, new position SPED Aide/Douglass, Position moved to Douglass
- Harris, Tissha, former position Grade 5 ELAR/SSES, new position Music/RJP, replacing Alesia Rollins
- McKinney, Hayley, former position Grade 5 ELAR/SSES, new position Grade 3 ELAR/RJP, replacing Lori Nix
- Daniel, Kendra, former position VI / Special Programs, new position VI / Special Programs, changing to full time
- Crump, Jill, former position ELAR/Middle School, new position English/High School, through attrition
- Thompson, Holly, former position Reading Spec/Johnson, new position English/High School, replacing Liz Moss
