Hopkins County Food Agencies Need Help Loading Food onto Trucks…Can You Volunteer?
If you could spare about 1 to 2 hours on Mondays, our community could really use your help. Each Monday between 9:00 and 9:30am, the North Texas Food Bank Truck arrives at the Sulphur Springs Church of the Nazarene parking lot. Six food-distribution agencies who serve Hopkins County residents in various communities meet there to receive a shipment of food. Each agency brings it’s own truck and trailer to pick up their food....
Paula Perkins: Skirts & Skirmishes, War & Widows: Finding Service Records, Pensions, & More
Paula Perkins Paula is a proud 6th generation Texan, involved in family history research over thirty years. Her interest in family history began as a young girl when her parents took her to visit elderly “cousins” along with her maternal grandmother sharing stories and letters of family history. She is a genealogical consultant, lecturer, and genetic genealogist. Currently serving as the TxSGS District I Representative, Collin County...
Dike Property Owners Voice Opinions Regarding Planned Solar Facility, Property Rights, Incorporation
Nearly half of Monday morning’s Hopkins County Commissioners Court meeting revolved around planned solar projects in Hopkins County, especially the one greenlit for the Dike community. Dike property voice their opinions Monday morning regarding a planned solar farm in Dike, property rights and incorporation during public comments portion of the meeting. Dike property owner Michele Barnes Dike property owner Michele Barnes has...
2021 New Landowner Program Series: Hopkins County Soils
By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension One recent educational need identified during our 2020 Leadership Advisory Board meeting was to provide basic education pertinent to Hopkins County to new landowners. With the purpose of providing basic education related to Hopkins County, the 2021 new landowner program was created as a series of 6 mass disseminated articles. I am presenting here the first of the...
COVID Testing Available By Appointment At CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Primary Care
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News – September 14, 2021 CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] Do You Need a COVID test, but are unable to get in to see your provider for testing or an...
Wilson Receives Maximum Sentence For Stalking
A 62-year-old Sulphur Springs man received the maximum sentence for stalking a young man in Hopkins County last December. The stalking charge Rocky Allen Wilson was convicted of was enhanced from a third-degree to a second-degree felony offense because of prior felony convictions. Rocky Allen Wilson (February 2021 HCSO jail photo) The stalking case was tried before 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt on Aug. 11, 2021. After a...
All Invited to Enter the Hopkins County Hay Bale Sculpture Contest; Judging is October 22, 2021
Hopkins County is holding a hay bale contest this Fall, to recognize the importance of hay on the economy of Hopkins County. There’s plenty of time to plan your design; judging will be held on October 22 and winners will be announced at the Civic Center on October 23. The contest is fun and open to everyone, from individuals and families to churches, businesses and youth organizations, etc. There is no entry fee and you may win...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused OF Felony DWI With Child Passenger
Pair Reported For Screaming Jailed On Public Intoxication Charge A 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused Saturday evening of driving while intoxicated with a child younger than 15 years of age in the pickup with him at the time. Three others were also booked into the county jail over the weekend on intoxication charges, according to arrest and jail reports. Felony DWI Arrest Dustin Mackenzie Davis Davis first caught the...
Sept. 11 Blood Drive A Success, American Legion And VFW Officials Report
American Legion Post 66 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8560 host blood drive Sept. 11, 2021. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8560 and American Legion Post 66 officials honored those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks by hosting the Carter BloodCare’s mobile unit for a blood drive Saturday. Group officers report it was another successful blood drive, with 39 volunteering and 33 units actually collected. American Legion Post 66...
Pastor Carey Gable and the Martin Springs Baptist Church Congregation Invite You to the Church 140th Anniversary and Homecoming
Pastor Carey Gable of Martin Springs Baptist Church asked KSST to share the following information. For the upcoming Martin Springs Baptist Church 140th Anniversary and Homecoming, the church family has partnered with the Martin Springs Cemetery Association to host a weekend Homecoming and are joyfully sharing our facilities and inviting the public to join in. Saturday, September 18th: MSBC and MSCA Homecoming Celebration (Hosted by...
