Marching Band and Blue Blazes Begin Monday
There will more than just athletes returning to Sulphur Springs High School Monday. The Marching Band, which actually started Friday, will have 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. practice. The Blue Blazes Drill Team will be on campus half a day before heading for its’ annual retreat in Joshua By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
Wildcat Teams Begin Workouts Monday
The Wildcats Football Team and Lady Cats Volleyball Team begin workouts Monday on campus. The Football Team will begin to work toward its first scrimmage at Liberty-Eylau on August 15. Volleyball has scrimmages by the weekend. The Wildcats Tennis Team will also get underway Monday. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
KSST Radio Begins New Era
On Friday morning, KSST radio began a new music format, Good Times Oldies, music of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. It replaces an Adult Standards format. KSST Station Manager Jim Rogers talked about the change on KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Friday morning. Rogers also said the station would be adding the Red Steagall Cowboy Corner Saturday at 6 a.m. followed by a one-hour local Western swing and country music show at 7 a.m. with...
Sulphur Springs Police Department Personnel Changes
The Sulphur Springs Police Department has made the last personnel move necessary due to the departure of Chief Jim Bayuk who began as a Sulphur Springs ISD Police Officer Friday. The Police Department has hired Zach Brown, a Sulphur Springs native, as a Patrol Officer. Brown currently works for the Mt. Pleasant Police Department. He’ll start in Sulphur Springs September 1. He’ll fill the position of Officer Brian Shurtleff, who is now...
Former Sulphur Springs ISD Police Officer Sent to Jail
A former Sulphur Springs ISD Police Officer, 30-year old William Nathan Gaddis of Sulphur Springs is serving a 90-day sentence in County Jail after entering a guilty plea Thursday in District Court to a reduced charge of reckless bodily injury to a child. In early January he was arrested for indecency with a child. Gaddis has been sent to the Delta County Jail. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
Veterans Memorial Adds FM Channel
The Hopkins County Veterans’ Memorial Committee has enhanced enjoyment of the Veterans’ Memorial with a continuous loop broadcast signal that contains all kinds of information on the Memorial. It’s available on FM radio 107.9 using an unlicensed low power non-commercial FM radio transmitter. Committee member Jim Thompson came up with idea and he recorded a four and a half minute script that he wrote. By Don Julian, KSST News and...
Sulphur Springs Catching Up To Rainfall Averages
The month of July was actually a wetter month than usual in Sulphur Springs. Average rainfall for July is 3.22 inches and the city Water Treatment Plant recorded 4.60 inches, 1.38 inches of rain above normal. That cuts the rain deficit so far in 2014 from 8.1-inches to 6.72 inches. We have received 20.83 inches of rain for the first seven months of 2014. Average is 27.55 inches. In an average August, Sulphur Springs would receive 2.35...
New Pastor At Wesley United Methodist
New pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church Steve Cook was Enola Gay’s guest on KSST’s Good Morning Show Thursday morning. Cook felt right at home having been in radio before he was called to preach. Among the Wesley news that he had, the church will be having a blended contemporary and traditional service at 9:30 a.m. followed by Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. starting this Sunday. Pastor Cook also said Vacation Bible would be taking...
Jim Bayuk Says Goodbye SS, Hello SSISD
At his Farewell Party Thursday, outgoing Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jim Bayuk said he was speechless. He called it a good day. It capped his 19-year career with the police department, 13 years as chief. He said the department wouldn’t miss a beat with his departure. Bayuk said recent promotions were deserved and he said the department contained a good group of dedicated men and women. He added he was looking forward to his new job...
Angels Fall Out Of World Series
The Hopkins County Dixie Angels were eliminated from the 2014 Dixie Angels World Series in Atoka, Tennessee when they lost Tuesday night to Alabama. The local Angels also loss in the double-elimination tournament on Monday to North Carolina. The Angels opened the World Series with a Saturday win over Oklahoma and a Sunday victory over host Tennessee. The Angels ended up in the top four in the tournament. By Don Julian, KSST News and...
