Sellers To Offer History By Foot Again This Saturday
Local historian John Sellers will offer History by Foot on Saturday, May 29. This will be a repeat of the walking tour of Connally Street offered last weekend, May 22.
This month marked his 19th annul History By Foot Walking Tour, a series he started back in 2011 and which is supported in part through the Downtown Business Alliance.
The tour will take in Connally Street, just west of downtown, in this stroll along the improved sidewalks. You’ll learn about new construction and renovations going on there, as well as the old Stockade, the hotels, some of the sulphur springs, a hospital, a school and the two Connally family homes built there.
If you’d like to take the tour, reserve your space by emailing John at [email protected], or phone the Hopkins County Genealogical Society Research Library at 903-885-8523. The cost is $10 person and the tour is typically limited to 30 persons. Tour patrons are asked to gather at the Sulphur Springs Municipal Building (City Hall), 201 North Davis St., prior to 10 a.m. Saturday.
Watch Sellers’ recent interview with Enola Gay on the Morning Show on KSST’s Youtube Channel.
TAMUC Professor To Be Featured On News Program Thursday Night, May 27
Research conducted by Dr. Lavelle Hendricks, local pastor and Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M Commerce, will be featured in a Fox News program at 9 p.m. Thursday, May 27, 2021.
The feature story is on the Black Lives Matter Movement and was submitted to Fox by Shaun Rabb, reporter for Channel 4 TV. The televised presentation is based on research and writings published by Hendricks and colleagues from the TAMUC faculty. The program will provide a further opportunity for the Dallas- Ft Worth viewing audience to follow work done by various University department heads on the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Catch the program on Fox News at 9 p.m. Thursday May 27, 2021. Dr. Hendricks of Commerce, Texas, also serves as Pastor of East Caney Missionary Baptist Church in Hopkins County and is founder of the annual Martin Luther King Awards (pictured below).
Tira News: Two Daily Meals Free, Monday-Thursday, for Those 18 and Under at North Hopkins School Cafeteria During June
By Jan Vaughn
The regular quarterly Tira City Council Meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 7, 2021 at 6:00 P.M.
We recently received some generous donations for the Tira Food Pantry.
We always appreciate the contributions and want to express our thanks to the donors.
Tammy Muse commented that all the rain is washing away her garden.
Also, she reported on Sunday that Clifford Belz had a birthday. “Happy belated birthday, Clifford!”
Robert, Yvonne, and Wesley Weir went to Grand Prairie to Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
Yvonne reported, “Wes loved the mirror maze. We spent the night and then went to Grapevine Mills, where Wes bowled and played games. On the way home Dustin took us out for a late lunch at Amelia’s. Everly entertained us with her dancing.”
Free breakfast and lunch will be served to anyone 18 years of age or younger at the North Hopkins School Cafeteria on Monday through Thursday during the month of June.
For more information, please see the school website – www.northhopkins.net
I always need and appreciate input from my friends to help keep me informed of news in our community.
If you have any news pertaining to Tira residents, past or present, please contact me, Jan Vaughn, at 903-438-6688 or [email protected]
As School Athletic Periods End, Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens Looks Forward to The Edge
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens speculated that had the Wildcats done spring football this year, they would probably have had a Spring Game this past Monday evening (May 24).
Coach Owens decided to forego formal spring football this year and to concentrate on football fundamentals during daily school day athletic periods that ended Wednesday.
Skipping spring football means the Wildcats will get an extra week of practice in August, beginning August 2, and they will be able to have two scrimmages in August instead of one.
Coach Owens said he is happy with what players were able to do in the athletic periods. He is looking forward to continuing the process during The Edge, which starts June 7.
Coach Owens said the UIL will continue to allow one hour daily at The Edge to be used for sports specific skills training. He said The Edge would also continue to feature conditioning, speed work and weight training.
He said The Edge would take place Mondays through Thursdays through July 15. Coach Owens said The Edge for incoming 10th through 12th graders will happen from 8-10 A.M. with The Edge for incoming 7th through 9th graders from 10 a.m. until noon.
He said his coaching staff was giddy and ready to get the summer work going.
Coach Owens said the goal is to have fundamentals be second nature to the players by the start on football practice on August 2.
He said then players could concentrate on the big picture. They will also begin work in pads in August. Coach Owens said hopefully after two scrimmages, the Wildcats would be ready to jump into the regular season.
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.
Weapon Found Near Wanted Felon Results In Additional Charge, 4 Others Also Jailed On Warrants
A weapon found near a wanted felon resulted in an additional charge for the Commerce man. Scurry, Bogota and Greenville men were arrested in other counties on Hopkins County warrants, and an Arkansas man turned himself in at the county jail on a local warrant.
Park Street Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies, after being made aware of two felony warrants for Tylon Ladarryl Greer’s arrest, checked out information regarding a possible location for the 34-year-old Commerce man. They located Greer at 12:05 a.m. May 25, in a bed at the East Park Street residence, and took him into custody on a Collin County warrant for assault of a family or household member that impeded breathing or circulation and a Hunt County warrant for possession of more than 1 ounces but less than 4 ounces of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, Deputies Zack Horne, Drew Fisher and Sgt. Tanner Steward noted in arrest reports.
While at the location, the deputies noticed a pistol laying on the floor directly beside where Greer had been. The weapon was secured. A records check by dispatchers confirmed Greer to be a convicted felon, thus he was also charge with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
Greer, who is also known by Tylon Ladrawl Greer, remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning, May 25, 2021. He was held on the warrants. Bond on the firearm charge was set at $10,000.
Surrender At the Jail
A 19-year-old Jacksonville, Arkansas man arrived at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 and surrendered himself on an outstanding charge.
Deputy Elijah Fite was contacted; he escorted Steven Remone Parks Jr. into the county jail, where the Arkasas man was booked for bond forfeiture on a credit or debit card abuse charge.
Parks remained in Hopkins County jail late Wednesday morning, May 26, 2021, on the charge. His new bond was set at $10,000 on the charge, twice the original bond set following his arrest on Sept. 24, 2020, on the credit or debit card abuse charge.
Transfers From Other Cities
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Amanda Weatherford transported the following individuals to Hopkins County jail on local warrants:
(HCSO jail photo)
Kristofferson Alexa McKinney, 49, of Scurry at 1:39 p.m. May 24, 2021, from McClennan County jail, where he was held for bond forfeiture on a May 29, 2020 theft of property valued at less than $2,500 with two or more previous convictions charge.
He remained in Hopkins County jail in lieu of the new $50,000 bond set on the felony charge. He was most recently jailed in Hopkins County on Nov. 10, 2020 for surety off bond on the theft charge, and released from jail two days later on a $25,000 bond.
(HCSO jail photo)
Michael John Morgan, 26, of Greenville at 8:47 a.m. May 24, 2021, from Delta County for violation of probation, which he was on for February 2018 possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance in a drug-free zone. He remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday, May 26, 2021, on the charge.
Monday was the third time he’s been arrested for violating probation. He was also in custody at Hopkins County jail May 21-June 12, 2019, and Dec. 3, 2020 – Jan. 14, 2021 for violating probation set on the controlled substance charge.
(HCSO jail photo)
David McCoy Chumbley, 63, of Bogota at 5 p.m. May 25, 2021, from Red River County jail for bond forfeiture on a burglary of a habitation charge.
He was held in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning, May 26, 2021.
Chumbley was jailed on the original burglary charge on Aug. 21, 2020. He was released from jail later that same day on a $25,000 bond.
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.
Graduations Moving Indoors For Local Schools Due To Predicted Wet Weather
With predictions of rain and storm up to 80 percent this Friday and 40 percent on Saturday for the area, most schools that had planned to host outdoor commencement exercises have made the decision for those graduations to move inside this week.
Below are locations and dates for graduations and related events that KSST has been notified about, including those graduations moving indoors, with most schedule changes in italics.
Thursday, May 27
- Como-Pickton 8th Grade Graduation – 6 p.m. in the secondary cafeteria.
- Miller Grove Kindergarten Graduation – 9 a.m. in the High School Gym.
- Miller Grove Junior High Graduation – 6 p.m. in the High School Gym.
- North Hopkins Elementary Kindergarten Graduation – 10 a.m. in the gym; no limit on number attending, but all guests will be required to wear a mask.
- Saltillo 8th Grade Graduation – 7 p.m. In the Gym.
Friday, May 28
- Como-Pickton Kindergarten Graduation – 8:30-9 a.m. in the secondary cafeteria
- Como-Pickton High School Graduation – 7:30 p.m. in the secondary cafeteria due to anticipated weather. Seating will be open. No tickets necessary.
- Miller Grove High School Graduation – 7 p.m. in the High School Gym.
- North Hopkins Junior High Graduation – 7 p.m. in the gym; no limit on number attending, but all guests will be required to wear a mask.
- Saltillo High School Graduation – 7 p.m. in the Gym.
- Sulphur Springs High School Graduation – 8 p.m. in the Civic Center Arena
- Winnsboro High School Graduation – 8 p.m. Red Raider Stadium
Saturday, May 29
- North Hopkins High School Graduation – 3 p.m. in the gym; no limit on number attending, but all guests will be required to wear a mask.
Thursday, June 3
- Cumby 8th Grade Graduation – 7 p.m. in the school gym
Friday, June 4
- Cumby High School Graduation – 7 p.m. in the school gym; the graduation will also be streamed live on the district website as well as on YouTube Watch on the Cumby ISD Youtube channel, which can also be found by searching Cumby ISD High School Graduation.
If your school has made changes or has scheduled a graduation not reflected above, please contact KSST at 903-885-3111 or send an email to [email protected] so we can help let the community know.
Chamber Connection – May 26
By Butch Burney
The Sulphur Springs High School honor graduates were feted last week at the Honors Breakfast, but they
weren’t the only SSHS students who had a part in the event.
The entire breakfast, which was held at the Hopkins County Civic Center, was student-driven, including decorations, food, centerpieces and even charcuterie boards. Education at the high school level isn’t just English and history nowadays. It’s a full curriculum designed to prepare students for college, the workforce or the military, whichever they choose.
The Honors Breakfast not only feted the cream of the crop academically, but showed us how diversified
the SSHS student body is.
Chamber Showcase
The Third Annual Chamber Showcase is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 5, at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. Booths are available for $60 each and vendors are asked to being a $25 gift or gift card to be given away at random drawings.
This is a fantastic networking event and a way for you, as a business owner or representative, to get your name and services out to the public.
Only Chamber members can reserve booths for display (the public is invited to attend free of charge), so contact us at the Chamber to find out how your affordable annual membership not only allows you to rent a booth at the Showcase but gives you advantages and opportunities all year long. Come by or call the Chamber office at 903-885-6515 for more information.
A registration link is on our website, hopkinschamber.org
Lunch and Learn
State Sen. Bob Hall and State Rep. Bryan Slaton will be in town for a Lunch and Learn on Wednesday, Sept. 15. More details will be coming soon, but mark that on your calendar for a comprehensive update on the business issues that the State Legislature has tackled this year.
Business Highlight
The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is highlighting a member of the Chamber each week. Please join me in congratulating our Business of the Week for May 10, the Hopkins County Veterans Memorial and Freedom Ball. You can read biographical stories at the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page and Instagram page.
Ribbon Cutting
Brookshire’s Food Store in Sulphur Springs hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its updated store, located at 809 Gilmer St., on Wednesday, May 19. Included in the ceremony was the 13-foot motorized grocery cart.
Davison’s Development and Building hosted a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, May 18, that included a barbecue lunch. The Davison home office is located at 204B Linda Drive.
CHRISTUS Facilities Offer COVID-19 Vaccine, Dermatology and Primary Care
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News, May 25, 2021
By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro and Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs, Texas – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ.
COVID Vaccine Clinic
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs will host a COVID Vaccine Clinic at the Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church (208 Fuller Street) on Saturday, June 5, 2021 from 9 A.M. to 12 P.M. Several of the vaccine brands will be available. No appointment required.
Contact Holly Ragan at 903-439-4033 to find out about future vaccine schedules.
Universal Masking Still in Place at all CHRISTUS Facilities
We are glad to see that the CDC continues to update its guidance about COVID-19 vaccines as more research and information become available. This week, that included guidance for fully vaccinated people (over two weeks after their final vaccine dose) who now no longer need masks indoors or outdoors in most cases.
However, this guidance does not apply to health care settings, so we will continue to require all those in our hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and other locations where care is provided to remain masked. As these locations remain open to the public, and as we will continue treating all those who need us, including those with COVID-19 and those without, it is important that we ask our Associates, physicians, volunteers, patients and visitors to remain masked while in our facilities for now.
We will also continue to require masks in our offices and administrative areas. While we remain open to considering changes for these areas, we are evaluating this new guidance while we wait for further instruction from OSHA. What won’t change is our commitment to serving all those who need us. CHRISTUS will continue to provide COVID-safe care and offering life-saving vaccinations across our system. We remain committed to continuing to update our policies and procedures as more data becomes available and look forward to emerging from this pandemic together with the communities we are privileged to serve.
Hospital Visitation
We continue to ensure a safe and compassionate process for families and essential support persons to visit patients, while preventing person-to-person transmission of infectious diseases in our acute care settings. All visitors will continue to be screened to make certain they do not fit a COVID-19 profile, based on CDC guidelines. To safely regulate access to patient care areas
within our hospital, visitor-screening stations are placed at the entrance of our facilities.
Please note the following guidelines:
- Visitors must acquire masks themselves prior to entering our facility; cloth masks are
- acceptable
- Masks must cover both the nose and the mouth
- Visitors must pass screening before entry
- Emergency Department entrance open 24/7
- Main Entrance open 7am to 2pm, Monday – Friday
- Gift Shop open
- All visitors are screened at the door, including a temperature taken
- All associates are screened at each shift, including a temperature taken
- Visiting hours are 7am to 9pm
- COVID Unit limited to (1) visitor (age 16 and over)
- ER and ICU limited to (2) visitors
- ALL hospital visitors are required to wear a mask. Visitors should bring their own mask; homemade cloth masks are acceptable.
Effective March 17, 2021: We will no longer restrict the number of visitors per patient, however, we strongly encourage to limit visitors to ONE (1) essential support person and for all other visitors – continue utilizing virtual communication through mobile devices to monitor your loved ones in our care. Clinic Services New Staff CHRISTUS Trinity Orthopedic Clinic is excited to welcome Christopher Lutz, PA-C, our new Orthopedic Physician Assistant. He will work collaboratively with Dr. Chris Meltsakos, Orthopedic Surgeon. Lutz will be accepting new patients at 103B Medical Circle, beginning on Tuesday, June 2. To schedule an appointment, call 903-885-6688.
Primary Care
Do you have a Primary Care Provider? As part of our ongoing commitment to the health and wellness of our community, we partner with you to maintain your health with preventative care and treatment of illnesses and injuries. With a number of providers to serve you close to home, we are happy to assist with annual well visits, sick visits, and much more. Call our office today to be established with a local provider: 903-885-3181.
Dermatology
Dermatology & Skin Cancer Surgery Center in Sulphur Springs is accepting patients under the care of Roxanne Swafford, FNP. Their office is located at 1228 Church St. Suite D. To schedule your appointment, call 903-689-7272. You may also visit them online at www.mdbarrows.com
COVID-19
Don’t Delay Care:
We want to be perfectly clear – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances remains a safe place for all
to receive quality care. Go to the Emergency Department or call 9-1-1 if you are urgently ill.
While COVID-19 is new, our processes and procedures in place for infection prevention and
preventing the spread of illness are not. To learn more about COVID-19, go to ChristusTMF.org
or www.cdc.gov
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CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System includes CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospitals – Tyler, South Tyler, Jacksonville, Winnsboro and Sulphur Springs, the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital – Tyler, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital a partner of Encompass Health, Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, a long-term acute care facility, and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is the area’s preferred multi-specialty medical group, with more than 400 Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers representing 36 specialties in 34 locations serving Northeast Texas across 41 counties. For more information on services available through CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, visit christustmf.org
- Bed count – 402 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler
- Bed count – 8 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – South Tyler
- Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Jacksonville
- Bed Count – 96 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
- Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro
- Bed count – 94 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital
- Bed count – 96 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart – Tyler
- Bed count – 51 – Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital
Two Traffic Stops By Police Resulted In Two Arrests Each
Two traffic stops by police resulted in two arrests each Monday, officers noted in arrest reports.
I-30 Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams stopped a Chevrolet Malibu at mile marker 117 on Interstate 30 east at 9:35 a.m. May 24 for a traffic violation. The driver, identified in arrest reports as 23-year-old Ka’Jsean Tyrece Gude of Columbia, Tennessee, reportedly fled the scene and was pursued to the 126 mile marker, where he was arrested.
SSPD Sgt. Brandon Mayes transported Gude to jail on an evading arrest or detention with a previous conviction charge. The passenger, a 22-year-old Dallas woman, was found to be in possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and was transported to jail by SSPD Officer Derrick Williams on the charge.
Police also received records confirmations showing each of the pair to have a warrant out of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and the driver also was shown to have a warrant out of a Saline County for his arrest, and both were noted in arrest reports. However, the woman was not formally booked on the warrant, as the other agency only confirms for in-state arrests only, and no decision was made by the issuing agency for Gude, according to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office.
Consequently, Gude was released from Hopkins County jail Tuesday, May 25, on a $10,000 bond on the felony evading arrest charge and the woman was released on a $1,000 bond on the Class B misdemeanor marijuana charge.
Davis Street Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro reported making a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Silverado around 7:35 p.m. May 24, in the 400 block of South Davis Street. The driver, identified as 40-year-old Amanda Kamile Clawson of Yantis, displayed “bad nervous tendencies” while talking to police, resulting in Castro obtaining permission to search the pickup, the officer noted in arrest reports.
A search revealed bag containing more than 1 gram of a clear, crystal substance the officer believed to be methamphetamine in the truck. A field test on the substance came back as positive for methamphetamine.
When neither Clawson nor the passenger, identified in reports as 58-year-old Terry Ray Boles of Yantis, both were arrested at 8:10 p.m. May 24, 2021, on a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone charge.
Both Boles and Clawson remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in lieu of $10,000 bond set on the felony controlled substance charge.
KSST does not publish the names or photos of people charged with misdemeanor crimes in staff-generated reports, only those accused of felony offenses.
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.
Truck Driving at PJC-Sulphur Springs
Members of the truck driving class at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center, taught by Bob Ashbreck (seated left), heard from a trucking company official at a recent classroom session.
Dale Hunt (seated right), an official with Werner Trucking, told the future truck drivers about the business.
For information about attending the Center, visit the campus at 1137 Loop 301 East in Sulphur Springs.
To obtain more information about this or other workforce programs offered at PJC, call 903-885-1232.
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.
