Thomas (Tommy) Rawson
Funeral services for Thomas (Tommy) Rawson, 72, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Spence Chapel at First Baptist Church with Fred Lewis and Ray Glenn Jordan officiating. Graveside will be at City Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, with Gordon Payne, David Gulley, Paul Bennett, Dickie Scroggins, Kim Monico, and Jimmy Lloyd serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Tommy Davis, Johnny...
Donnie Glenn Wilson
Donnie Glenn Wilson, 86 of Pittsburg, Texas went to be with the Lord on February 26, 2023 in Longview, Texas. Services will be held Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Temple in Mount Vernon, Texas with Pastor Troy Hollingsworth officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be: Cory Wilson, Monte Wilson, Wade Wilson, Paul Woody, Chad Wilson, and Brian Collings. Interment will be at North Hopkins Cemetery in Sulphur...
Cynthia Mae (Miller) Chavez
Cynthia Mae Miller Chavez,66, of Sulphur Springs, Texas went home to her Heavenly Father on February 22, 2023, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas. Cynthia was born on February 21, 1957, in Greenville, Texas, the daughter of Jean Mitchell. Many people knew her as Cindy, and she definitely was Mama to anyone she Loved. She loved her kids and grandkids unconditionally. She enjoyed every moment she got to spend time with...
Billie Jean Hooten
Billie Jean (Bagby) Hooten, 72, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Baptist Health Medical Center while on a brief stay at Twin Rivers Rehabilitation Facility. She was born January 22, 1951, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Billy Gene O’Shields and Nancy Lee Bagby. Billy Gene passed away shortly before her birth. After Nancy passed away in 1953, BJ was adopted by her beloved grandparents, William...
Meal-A-Day Menu And Senior Citizen Center Calendar March 6-8, 2023
Volunteers prepare meals at the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center and deliver them five days a week to Meal A Day program recipients in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The Meal A Day Menu for the week of March 6-8, 2023 includes: MONDAY, March 6- BBQ Rope Sausage, Corn Bread, and Broccoli TUESDAY, March 7- Cabbage Roll Casserole, Mashed Potatoes and Carrots WEDNESDAY, March 8- Tater Tot Casserole, Ranch...
Woman Slaps Her Nursing Home Bound Mother
March 1, 2023 – GOLDEN, LAQUANTA CELISSE was arrested and charged with assault of an elderly person. The incident occurred at an assisted care facility in Sulphur Springs, TX. The alleged victim is her mother. Around 10am, Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched to a Sulphur Springs care home on a report of a disturbance. Staff reported 37 year-old Golden was visiting her mother at the facility, and had slapped her in the face....
Wildcats Golf Wins Mount Pleasant Tournament
Coach Jeremy DeLorge and his squad won their second competition of the spring semester. In Mount Pleasant at their district course come late-March, Sulphur Springs teed off with most of their district foes, and yet again beat the competition. “It was a great day despite all the conditions that we had to deal with, so everything’s great,” the men’s golf coach said following his team’s outing. Caleb Kesting...
Woman Arrested for a Fraudulent Narcotics Script
March 1, 2023 – MCNEAL, DEAJENAE DERIEN was arrested and charged with submitting and collecting a fraudulent prescription for a Codeine-Promethazine containing drug. The 21 year-old Georgia resident, who reports herself as unemployed, is charged with a Third Degree Felony. MCNEAL, DEAJENAE DERIEN, 2023 The script was allegedly sent from a Waco, TX physician to a Sulphur Springs pharmacy. McNeal arrived at the pharmacy and...
2023 CTE Final Feature: Family and Community Services
Editor’s Note: February is Career and Technical Education Month, a public awareness campaign to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country. To help Sulphur Springs High School celebrate CTE Month 2023, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. Students interested in family and community services can take...
Chamber Connection – March 1
Spring seems like it may finally be here, so it’s time for the 34th Annual Chamber Golf Tournament, set for April 7 at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. Like last year, the registration fee for a six-person scramble team is $750, with tee times at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. We have room for 25 afternoon teams and 18 morning teams on a first- come basis. Registration includes 12 mulligans, six meal tickets, and three carts. We also have many...
