Baseball Ends Season with Senior Night Friday
Wildcats baseball looks to end their season with a bang on Friday, Apr. 28.
Sulphur Springs hosts Pittsburg Friday for their final game in the 2023 spring season.
Festivities are set to begin prior to the 7 P.M. tee-off.
Most recently on Tuesday, Coach Jerrod Hammock and his squad hosted North Lamar for their first in two straight games at home.
Wildcats baseball ended up falling on Tuesday, Apr. 25, 10-2.
The visiting Panthers on Tuesday came out of the gate swinging, reeling off three straight singles with two outs in their first at-bat to take an early 1-0 lead.
Another big inning came in the third when North Lamar, again with two outs but with two runners on, used an error committed by the Wildcats to their advantage, as well as another single and walk, to break open the flood gates for a huge 5-0 lead after 2.5 innings.
The sixth saw the Panthers put up five more on the Wildcats en route to a big 10-2 win over Sulphur Springs.
Coach Hammock’s squad struggled to make contact with North Lamar’s pitcher. Through three at-bats, the Wildcats went three-up, three-down in three straight innings as the Panthers stormed ahead.
Sulphur Springs did make some hits in the seventh, with the game already out of reach, as a leadoff single from Kaden Mitchell, followed shortly thereafter with another one from Kody Barclay, and the Wildcats found themselves in prime scoring position. Before Grayson Hardy struck out in the seventh, Matt Mitchell made the easy trip from 3rd base thanks to a wild pitch from North Lamar to put Sulphur Springs on the board.
Two straight walks followed Hardy’s strikeout, and the Wildcats got themselves on the board again thanks to another wild throw, getting Barclay home for the second and final run for Sulphur Springs in a 10-2 loss at home.
Kaden Mitchell picked up the loss pitching, but had a decent outing all things considered. In his three inning start, he allowed six hits and five runs, but only one of which was earned. He walked three and struck out four on Tuesday.
Coming in to relieve Mitchell was Corbin Argenbright and Barclay. The two pitchers closing the game for Coach Hammock’s squad pitched a combined four innings.
Tuesday’s loss at Wildcat Park drops the team’s season record to 6-17 (2-12 district).
Next up, they end their season on Friday, Apr. 28 with Senior Night as Pittsburg comes to town.
Festivities are set to begin Friday in Sulphur Springs 15 minutes prior to the 7 P.M. tee-off.
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.
Meal A Day And Senior Citizen Center Calendar May 1-5, 2023
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of May 1-5, 2023 includes:
MONDAY, May 1 – Corn Dogs, Green Beans, and Chips
TUESDAY, May 2 – Cheesy Pasta Bake, Yellow Summer Squash and Garlic Toast/Roll
WEDNESDAY, May 3 – TaterTot Casserole, Broccoli and Corn
THURSDAY, May 4 – Ham & Potato Casserole, Stewed Squash and Cucumber Salad
FRIDAY, May 5 – Mexican Chicken Spaghetti, Guacamole and Chips
Sulphur Springs Police Department Looking For New Hires
April 28, 2023- Sulphur Springs Police Department has announced that they are willing to pay for school for any who wish to join the force. Those who currently hold a TCOLE peace officer license may apply as well, however those who do not have a license will be sent to school by the department.
The minimum qualifications to apply are:
- Must be 21 years old
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Must have an honorable discharge from the military (if applicable)
- Must never have been convicted of a Class A Misdemeanor or above
- Not been convicted of a Class B misdemeanor within the last 10 years
- Must have a GED or high school diploma
- Must pass drug screen
- Must complete a physical agility assessment
- Must complete comprehensive medical and psychological screenings
Applications can be picked up at the Police Department or Water Department at 125 South Davis St. If you have any questions, please call 903-885-7602 or email [email protected]
Rich in Jail After Drugs and Fraudulent IDs Found
April 28, 2023 – RICH, LESLIE THEODORE was arrested this week after a traffic stop. A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy saw 47 year-old Rich driving a Tahoe on Highway 154 S. He observed a violation and initiated a traffic stop. The deputy asked Rich to exit the vehicle so he could point out the violation, and to talk further with Rich.
When questioned about what he was doing and if he had a criminal past, Rich stated he had traveled south of Sulphur Springs to shop at a dollar type store. Rich was deceptive about his criminal past. Rich also had glassy red eyes.
When asked for permission to search the vehicle, Rich refused. The deputy called for a K-9 unit to assist. “Chiv” alerted positive on Rich’s vehicle. A probable cause search of the vehicle was conducted. That search yielded:
- 2 fake military ID’s with names, dates of birth, social security numbers and Rich’s photo on them
- A debit card with someone else’s name on it
- A check that was not Rich’s and was not made out to Rich. That check had a name and social security number written on it matching one of the fake ID’s
- A stash of methamphetamine
Rich declared no knowledge of the ID’s, debit card and check. Rich declared no knowledge of the meth.
Rich was arrested and placed in a patrol car. Per his request, a female friend traveled to the scene and took possession of the vehicle. Rich was transported to the Hopkins County Jail without incident.
Rich is charged with
1 481.115(D) POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=4G<200G
1 32.51(C)(1) FRAUD USE/POSS IDENTIFYING INFO # OF ITEMS <5
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.
April Is National Volunteer Month – Hopkins County Master Gardeners Announce Plant Swap
Second Row (Let to Right): Brenda Payne, Jon Dalzell, Ronnie Wilson, Phyllis Kitten, Gere Camper, Pam Jorgenson and Dawn Wilburn.
Volunteers are an ESSENTIAL component of our Extension Office and we love them!. The Hopkins County Master Gardeners conduct demonstration programs, trainings, public events and even make school educational opportunities possible.
Please join our Hopkins County Master Gardeners on their yearly Plant Swap at the Bright Star Veterinary Clinic Parking lot (744 Gilmer street in Sulphur Springs) May 6, 2023 9:00 To Noon for an opportunity to meet them and take home a home raised plant!
2023 Hopkins County Dairy Festival Events
April 28, 2023- The 62nd annual Hopkins County Dairy Festival is coming up and starts June 9th with the theme being “Kickin’ It Up For Dairy”. The upcoming Events for the festival are as follows:
Wed. June 14th through Sat. June 17th:
Carnival, Located at the Civic Center Grounds.
Friday, June 9th:
Hot Air Balloon Media Flight, located at the Clarion Point Hotel, starting at 5:30 am weather permitting.
Hot Air Balloon Rally and Glow, located at Shannon Oaks Church, from 6 – 9 pm weather permitting.
Saturday June 10th:
Hot Air Balloon Rally And Glow, located at Shannon Oaks Church, starting at 5:30 am weather permitting.
Dairy Festival Parade, Leaving from Buford park, down Connally Street to the Square and Down Gilmer St. to Brookshire’s, starting at 10 am. For more information contact David Watson at (903)-439-5020
Jr. Dairy Show, located at the Civic Center Arena, starting at 10 am.
Milking Contest For Candidates, Parents, & Balloon Pilots, Located at the Civic Center Arena, Starting At 3 pm.
Hot Air Balloon Rally & Glow, Located at Shannon Oaks Church, Starting at 6 pm.
Saturday June 17th:
Coronation Pageant, Located at the Sulphur Springs ISD Auditorium, Starting at 7 pm.
Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit Completes Undercover Operation
April 28, 2023 – The Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit successfully completed an undercover operation this week. That operation resulted in the arrest of 19 year-old GONZALEZ, JESUS LEOBARDO. He allegedly sold undercover agents a quantity of cocaine greater than 4 grams.
GONZALEZ, JESUS LEOBARDO was on probation at the time of his arrest. He was arrested at the Adult Probation Office in Sulphur Springs and transported to Hopkins County Jail without incident. His bond is set at $100,000 on the 481.1123(D) MAN DEL CS PG 1-B >=4G<200G charge.
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 Spring Cleanup May 5th-6th
March 28, 2023 – Hopkins County Commissioners Court has announced the Spring Clean up days for 2023. Starting May 5th from 7 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. and on May 6th from 7A.M. till noon. Hopkins County residents may bring larger household items (not commercial) to their county precinct barn to dispose of them properly.
All county precinct barns will be open for the clean up, all trash will be accepted, however no toxic or hazardous materials will be accepted. That means no shingles, no chemicals, no household hazardous wastes, no pesticides, no paint and no appliances containing Freon.
Commissioners plan to have some staff available to assist people when they arrive, but noted those bringing larger items to discard should be prepared to help off load them.
Tires will be accepted this year, however additional charges will be required to be paid upon delivery.
The four county precinct bars will serve as collection sites for the Hopkins County Clean Up Days. The barns can be found at the following locations:
- Precinct 1 Barn – 5516 State Highway 19 south, Sulphur Springs; contact: Commissioner Mickey Barker at 903-485-2040.
- Precinct 2 Barn – 12080 State Highway 11 east, Como; Contact: Commissioner Greg Anglin at 903-488-3514.
- Precinct 3 Barn – 583 County Road 3564, Dike; Contact: Commissioner Wade Bartley at 903-945 2178.
- Precinct 4 Barn – FM 2653, Cumby, 1.7 mile south of State Highway 11 west; Contact: Commissioner Joe Price at 903-582-8840.
Additionally, Sulphur Springs Livestock Auctions will be also be a drop-off site. However, they will only be accepting tires, no other trash or waste items are to be brought to the Sale Barn. Tires drop-offs will be charged a fee for transportation.
Sulphur Springs Livestock Auctions is located at: 1910 S Broadway St
Paris Junior College Offering a Robotics Coding Camp Again at all Three Campuses
Paris Junior College is again offering a robotics coding camp made possible by the Texas Workforce Commission during June, July and August. The free one-week camp is for students entering the sixth, seventh, or eighth grades in the 2023-24 school year.
The Robotics Coding Camp is designed to allow students to explore the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. By using a snap-together robotics system, students will be able to design, build and code an endless variety of robots; watch code come alive on a physical robot and apply key STEM skills. By familiarizing students with coding, programming sensors and automation, they hone critical computational thinking skills needed to succeed.
To apply, a parent or guardian and the student must complete the application form and a parent or guardian must complete the Permission, Medical & Media Release Form. All forms must be submitted by the deadline of ten (10) days before the first camp date for the chosen session. The forms may be found at https://www.parisjc.edu/downloads/coding-camp-flyer.pdf. Dates and locations of those camps are:
June 19-23: Paris campus (Deadline: June 9, 2023)
June 26-30: PJC – Sulphur Springs Center (Deadline: June 16, 2023)
July 10-14: PJC – Greenville Center (Deadline: June 30, 2023)
July 17-21: Paris Junior College, Paris campus (Deadline: July 7, 2023)
July 24-28: PJC – Sulphur Springs Center (Deadline: July 14, 2023)
July 31-August 4: PJC – Greenville Center (Deadline: July 21, 2023)
Enrollment is limited and priority is given to foster youth, students with disabilities, students from low income families, and students from populations underserved in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Campers will work with Sphero Bolt robots and RVR+ programmable robots each camp day.
They’ll be able to take the RVR+ robots home after the camp ends. Those may later be built upon and customized at the family’s discretion.
Camps are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Students may be dropped off at 8:45 a.m. and picked up by 3:15 p.m. Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance. Parents or guardians will be notified if their child has been selected.
For questions or additional information, please contact 903-782-0447. The application may be emailed to [email protected], faxed to 903-782-0443, or dropped off at the PJC Continuing Education Department in Paris or at the PJC-Greenville or PJC-Sulphur Springs by the deadline of 10 days in advance of each camp’s start.
The Texas Workforce Commission is a state agency dedicated to helping Texas employers, workers and communities prosper economically. For details on TWC and the services it offers in coordination with its network of local workforce development boards, call 512-463-8942 or visit www.texasworkforce.org.
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.
$4.5 Billion School Funding Bill Advances From Texas House
April 27, 2023- Texas House gave preliminary approval to a school finance Bill that would increase the amount of state money that schools get per student, start adjusting it for inflation and introduce a major change to how funding is calculated each year.
House Bill 100, authored by Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, would increase the basic allotment, this being the minimum money that schools may get per student. Currently the amount that schools get per child is $6,160, with the new Bill, authored by King, would increase this amount to $6,250 in 2024 and when the state would also consider raising the allotment further due to increasing inflation increase by at least $50 by 2025 to make $6,300.
The Bill will be voted on one more before heading off to Senate.
Texas House and Senate have approved separate proposals that would give school districts billions in a attempt to lower property taxes from homes and businesses. The Senate passed a bill that would give teachers one-time bonuses of either $2,000 or $6,000, depending on their school district’s size. The House passed a $1.6 billion school security bill in response to the Uvalde shooting last year and half a billion dollars for improvement to teacher preparations.
The Bill would raise the portion of the state dollars that districts are required to use to pay for teachers raises from 30% to 50%. the rest may be used for other school expenses such as maintaining school buildings and buy necessary school supplies.
The Texas American Federation of Teachers has stated that the House Bill 100 would at best put a extra $80 in the paychecks of teachers. The teacher union also stated that they calculated that the allotment would need to increase to $7,671 per student to account for inflation.
In Texas, if a student misses school, their district’s attendance average goes down — and so does the amount of money it receives. And in a post-COVID-19 world in which parents are quicker to keep their children home if they’re feeling ill, some districts’ finances have become more volatile than ever.
Under house Bill 100, most schools funding will be determined by the attendance of the students, using the average attendance of the students to calculate the amount to be given to the school, but the state would swap that metric for enrollment when counting how many children are bilingual, poor or enrolled in special education programs. By using average enrollment, districts would get money based on how many kids they’re expected to educate each year, not how many show up for class.
In texas there are roughly 5.5 million K-12 students, however only about 92% regularly attended school last year, schools would’ve received millions in state dollars for the remaining students if funding were based on enrollment.
Currently, a teacher with 10 years of experience has to be paid at least $54,540. Under HB 100, that teacher would need to be paid at least $55,000 if they don’t have a teaching certificate and $60,000 if they do.
