Rabies in Hopkins County
After practicing veterinary medicine for more than forty years, Hopkins County vet J.D. Norris has finally seen his first case of rabies in a horse. The owner brought the horse in about three weeks ago thinking it had colic problems. Norris saw neurogical problems and knew it was worse than colic. He said after the horse became unmanageable the next day, it was sent home where it died. The state confirmed it had rabies. Norris said...
Tomato Care and Hopkins County Tomato Festival
Recently I got an e-mail communication from a Hopkins County resident related to her tomatoes. The digital pictures showed tomato fruit damage similar to hookworm damage. Gardner and Goodwin (Texas Master Gardener’s) wrote related to hookworms as follow: Hookworms are chewing insects (Manduca sexta Linnaeus), with complete metamorphous (egg, larva, pupa, adult stages) affecting tomato, tobacco, eggplant, pepper, potato, datura and...
Health Care Foundation Partners with Hospital District for Whole Blood Project
July 23, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has donated $12,500toward the $25,000 whole blood program that the Hopkins County Hospital District/EMS will be launching soon to benefit the community. This will aid patients experiencing hemorrhagic shock from trauma and other medical emergencies. Due to the size of the county, transport time can be longer than in an urban setting. The...
Assistant City Manager States Applicant Has Withdrawn Zoning Request
December 3, 2024 – In an email received by KSST around 3pm Tuesday December 3, 2024, Tory Niewiadomski stated that the applicant for the recently approved zoning change has with drawn his application. Niewiadomski is the head of the Zoning and Planning board that approved the change during their November meeting. The Board recommended the City Council approve the change at the December 3rd meeting. I wanted to make you aware...
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital News Release 5/22/2023
Sulphur Springs, Texas, May 22, 2023 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. National EMS Week Since 1983, Hopkins County Hospital District has operated the Emergency Medical Service for Hopkins County. The award-winning EMS crew works 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, 365-days a year, and currently provides ambulance coverage to Hopkins, Delta, Franklin,...
Bond Set for Sulphur Springs School Bomb Threat Suspect
According to jail reports, a bond has been set at $100,000 for the suspect, Morgan Rechelle Durrett, on the felony charge of terroristic threat. As of Thursday morning, January 19th, Durrett remained in the Hopkins County Jail on the charge and it is unclear if she has retained an attorney. A felony warrant was issued after quick investigative work by the Sulphur Springs Police Department in the case of a bomb threat made against...
Arrest Made in Sulphur Springs School Bomb Threat
Sulphur Springs Police identified a suspect very quickly in the case of a bomb threat at Sulphur Springs Elementary School on January 18th. Sulphur Springs police then issued a warrant for Morgan Rechelle Durrett of Dallas, located the suspect and arrested her. It is not known at this time what connection, if any, that Durrett has with any student, teacher or staff member at SSES. The bomb threat was called in to the main office of...
Sulphur Springs Lit Up With Holiday Cheer For Annual Christmas Parade, Visits With Santa, Tree Lighting
Sulphur Springs lit up with holiday cheer Friday night for the annual Christmas Parade and Christmas on the square. Light poles along Connally and Main Street wrapped in red and white lights shone bright while trees along those streets also were dressed with shiny balls in holiday colors, all guiding people toward Celebration Plaza. The crown jewel of the city, the downtown square boasts the city’s official Christmas Tree, which...
Fatal ATV Crash Reported Thursday Night In Como
A fatal ATV crash was reported to have occurred Thursday night, Oct. 6, 2022, in Como, county officials reported. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Hopkins County EMS were dispatched at 11:19 p.m. Thursday to what was initially reported to EMS as a vehicle crash on County Road 2335 at County Road 2336 in Como, TX. Hopkins County, Brinker and Como firefighters were also dispatched at 11:31 p.m. to what officials...
Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate And Budget At 6 p.m. Meeting Sept. 20, 2022
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors are scheduled to meet at tonight to review and consider approving the budget, capital items for and set a tax rate for the fiscal year 2022-2023 which will end on Sept. 30, 2023. Proposed Tax Rate During the regular Aug. 25, 2022, HCHD Board meeting the directors recommended a tax rate for the that is roughly 2.5 cents less than the current tax rate. The hospital district’s tax...
