Poverty in Hopkins County: Health, Food, Housing, Programs
By Jim Rogers With a number of local arrest reports showing “homeless” and other visually evident signs of poverty’s affect, KSST News has begun an examination of the local poverty rate and its impact in Hopkins County and the communities and cities that comprise the county. Although the following article, the first of several, is not an exhaustive view of poverty, it does cover information that should cause local residents to...
SSISD High School Food Truck Day
Sulphur Springs ISD High School students will have more lunch choices Friday September 7th, 2018. For one day only, local food trucks will park at the high school and serve ‘student meals’. This treat was initiated by the SSHS Student Council. Student council president Alexis Lopez, council members, and Sponsor Alyssa Butler are in charge of the event. For those students who choose not to visit the trucks, the school lunch...
Five SSISD Schools Qualify for Free Meals for All Students; Other SSISD School Students May Qualify
The Sulphur Springs Independent School District, Child Nutrition Department is announcing a change to Its policy for serving meals to children served under the National School Lunch Program and SchoolBreakfast Program for DOUGLASS ECLC, BARBARA BUSH, BOWIE, LAMAR, AND TRAVIS for the school year 2018-2019. These schools qualify to operate the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program and will provide breakfast and lunch to all...
Historic Old Saltillo UMC Hosts Old Saltillo Cemetery Memorial Day Sunday July 15
Since early this year, the almost 90-year-old Old Saltillo United Methodist Church building has undergone extensive repair and renovation, from foundation and structural corrections to fresh paint and floors. Although the project is not yet totally complete, the church is functional and will open it’s doors for the public for the Old Saltillo Cemetery Memorial Day at 10:30 am on Sunday July 15, 2018. Following an association...
Meal A Day Gets Food and Funds Donation from Oncor
Larry Willis , Oncor Area Manager, Representing Oncor Distribution, Measurement and Transmission Employees in Sulphur Springs and Joyce Burchfield of Oncor made a donation of Canned Goods and $340.00 to the Meal A Day Program on Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
Meal a Day Gets Generous Donation From Burgers And Fries Customers
Burgers and Fries made another Wonderful $ 2,000.00 donation to the Meal A Day Program. A HUGE Thank You to all of their thoughtful employees and generous customers who throw tips in the donation jar when they pick up their food. Shown in Photo : Christina Thomas, Tammy Lawson, Karon Weatherman and Crystal Sims
Hines Keynotes A & M-Commerce 2018 Mental Health Matters Day, April 2
COMMERCE, TX—A&M-Commerce welcomes Kevin Hines as the 2018 Mental Health Matters Day Keynote speaker, for his presentation Cracked, Not Broken, on April 2 at 2 p.m. in Ferguson Auditorium. In 2000, two years after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Hines attempted to take his own life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. In the 20 years since his diagnosis, Hines has been a mental health advocate, receiving numerous...
Community Chest Wins North Texas Food Bank “Excellence in Innovation” Award for REACHOut Program
As Executive Director of Community Chest, Judy Moore is always trying to come up with better ways to assist the needs of the low-income population in Hopkins County. While studying a 2016 list of Community Chest clients, she noticed that most had in-town Sulphur Springs addresses. She developed an idea to offer the services of Community Chest to the outlying areas of Hopkins County to see how it was accepted. It has turned out to be...
You’re Invited to Celebrate Beef at NETBIO’s Ribeye Roundup Oct 6, Hopkins County Beef Day!
NETBIO Cattleman’s Classic and Ribeye Roundup organizers stopped by the KSST studio to invite everyone to Beef Day at Celebration Plaza on Friday October 6, 2017. You’re welcome to attend the free educational programs about beef production inside the courthouse at 2pm with speaker Trent Loos. You can watch the 37 steak cooking teams during the various rounds of competition as they vie for top prizes. And, although the...
Back to School Bash n Splash Water Party at Wesley UMC Saturday Aug 19
Pastor Steve Cook invites all youngsters from pre-K to high-school age to the annual end of summer water party at Wesley United Methodist Church , 614 Texas Street in Sulphur Springs. The Back to School Bash and Splash is set from 3-6pm on Saturday August 19 and it’s absolutely free. There will be a dual slip-n-slide, and large double water slide and other water games. There will also be several stations of Ice Hunt for Toys. A...
