Reigning Dairy Festival Queen Kennedy Potts
Reigning Dairy Festival Queen Kennedy Potts called this past twelve months awesome and a good experience. She has learned how much people respect her title, what being the Queen represents and how much little girls want to one day follow her footsteps. Kennedy’s mother Kristen Potts says she has enjoyed watching her daughter grow as a person becoming who she is now. She adds Kennedy makes her proud. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports...
Queen’s Dinner
The six contestants hoping to be the next Dairy Festival Queen attended the Queen’s Dinner Monday night at The Lodge. They have lots of things they are looking forward to. Keely Moore wants to make new friends and experience a hot air balloon. Felicia Thomas anticipates being on her parade float and performing at the Pageant. Grace Prichard looks forward to milking a cow and watching her parents try. Madison Rater anticipates...
Knights Head Inn Update
After a structural engineer looked at the old Knight’s Head Inn building in the 200 block of Main Street Wednesday morning, a plan was formulated by a builder on how to proceed with renovation work. That work Tuesday afternoon had the façade looking like it would collapse at any time. Cracks and bulges appeared in the façade after some windows and framing were removed causing two large iron columns to come off their bases and drop...
Texas State Champion Homemade Ice Cream Freeze Off
The weather for Saturday afternoon is expected to be to be mostly sunny with a temperature right at 90 degrees. Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President Meredith Caddell would tell you that’s perfect for an ice cream freeze off, specifically the 13th annual Texas State Champion Homemade Ice Cream Freeze Off. It takes place at 4 p.m. Saturday on the Civic Center grounds near the AgriLife Extension Office. There will be lots of...
HC Budget Meeting
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom began the budget process Tuesday morning by discussing budgets of the four County Commissioners. Judge Newsom anticipates no increase in their road budgets due to projected appraised taxable property value that shows very little or no increase. Eventually Judge Newsom will interview every elected official. He wonders what the impact of the new county jail project will be on the budget. Judge Newsom...
New County Jail
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday finalized their contract with Sedalco of Fort Worth to be the Construction Manager-At-Risk for the new County Jail project. County Judge Robert Newsom said Sedalco had not yet received bids from potential subcontractors. The earliest the project can get underway is August 1. That’s the date the Sedalco on-site manager Hopkins County wants will be available. He’s currently on another job....
School Board Meeting 06/09
Here is some information Sulphur Springs School Superintendent Mike Lamb made about the school and county Auditorium agreement approved by both entities Monday. Lamb said the school district would pay for the work by using its’ healthy fund balance. The original time frame would not work so plans are to start renovation next summer. The school district will welcome with open arms anyone wanting to use the facility. Previous users have...
Knights Head Inn
The old Knight’s Head Inn building in the renovated block of Main Street in downtown Sulphur Springs partially collapsed Tuesday afternoon. A crew was working on a façade renovation when problems developed after some windows and some wooden framing were removed. City Manager Marc Maxwell said some columns appeared to come off their base and dropped down a few inches. A structural engineer will evaluate the building Wednesday. Maxwell...
Salutatorian Alex Burney
Perhaps the Sulphur Springs High School 2014 Graduation will always be remembered as the one where Salutatorian Alex Burney took a selfie with the Prim Stadium audience in the background. It reinforced what he had just said, quoting a Latin proverb, which translates to, The Future Favors The Bold. The selfie wrapped up a welcome speech full of thanks to teachers, coaches, friends and family. Burney also noted the grads were fortunate...
Sulphur Springs High School FFA
Two Sulphur Springs High School FFA students and one from Stephenville will be attending a judging of their Supervised Ag Experience Thursday in Waco hoping to qualify for scholarship money. Wildcats’ senior Taylor Swinson has interest in agri-science research on sheep. Her brother Tanner Swinson has experimented with ozone’s beneficial use in raising tilapia. Connor McKenzie of Stephenville, whose grandparents live here, has interest...
