Channel 18 News:  Monday, July 8, 2019
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Margaret Ann Box
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Margaret Ann Box

Funeral Service for Margaret Ann Box, age 78, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Buddy Wiggins officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Cemetery with C.J Aaron, Cody Box, Gary Clen, Jeffery Hathcoat, Tucker Hathcoat, Turner Hathcoat serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral...

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Fall Soccer Registration
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Good Start for The Edge Monday During an Unusual Week
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Good Start for The Edge Monday During an Unusual Week

An unusual, week five of The Edge conditioning program got off to a good start Monday, July 8, according to Wildcats Football Offensive Coordinator Matt Young. After 4th of July week, Monday’s attendance at The Edge continued right where it has been with 60 showing up. Coach Young said only two or three players did not show up out of the top 25 varsity football players. He said that was one of their best attendance days since...

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Donnie Ray Pipkin
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Donnie Ray Pipkin

Funeral service for Donnie Ray Pipkin, age 63, of Pine Forest, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Shannon Gammill officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery with Tode Johnson, Brad Mobley, Billy Huie, Rusty Garmon, Ryan Garmon, Chris Pryor, Randy Mobley, and Jason Mobley serving as pallbearers, honorary pallbearers will be Pine Forest Coffee Drinkers, David Screws,...

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54th Annual Ladonia Rodeo and Frontier Days ticket give away
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54th Annual Ladonia Rodeo and Frontier Days ticket give away

The 54th Annual Ladonia Rodeo and Frontier Days is to be hosted on Friday and Saturday, July 12th and 13th. The event will be located at the Eastman Area in Ladonia, Tx starting at 8:30 on both dates. The Ladonia Rodeo will feature nine events total, everywhere from team roping and steer wrestling to bronc and bull riding. There will also be a dance after the event on Saturday night featuring Grant Gilbert. KSST Radio wants to send...

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Student Accident Insurance, Budget, TASB Delegates Top July 8 SSISD Board Meeting
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Student Accident Insurance, Budget, TASB Delegates Top July 8 SSISD Board Meeting

School Health Advisory Committee composition, student accident insurance coverage and conference delegates are among the items Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees will be asked to consider approving during their regular monthly meeting tonight, July 8. The trustees too are scheduled to hold a budget work session during the 6 p.m. meeting. At the regular June meeting, SSISD Business Manager Sherry McGraw...

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Connally Street Water Main Installation Complete; Drainage Improvements, Contract Work Planned
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Connally Street Water Main Installation Complete; Drainage Improvements, Contract Work Planned

Connally Street construction continues with drainage improvements, excavation, stabilization and concrete paving still to go. Work to rebuild Connally Street progresses, with a contractor hired to excavate, stabilize and pave the street following the next phase of construction. With water main installation complete, city crews in the last week began connecting residences to the new water main. Sulphur Springs’ Construction...

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Sulphur Springs Woman Turns Self In Sunday To Serve State Jail Sentence
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Sulphur Springs Woman Turns Self In Sunday To Serve State Jail Sentence

July 8, 2019 – Ashlei Nichole Thomas, 35, of Sulphur Springs turned herself in at the sheriff’s office and was escorted at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 7, by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Chaney into the county jail to serve time for abandoning or endangering a child-criminal neglect, according to arrest reports. She was slated to appear at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, for a trial before the court on a motion to...

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1 Man Arrested At ER On Parole Charge, Another Turned Self In On Warrant
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1 Man Arrested At ER On Parole Charge, Another Turned Self In On Warrant

Two men were jailed over the weekend on felony warrants. A 55-year-old Sulphur Springs man was taken into custody at the hospital and the other turned himself in, according to arrest reports. Eddie Charles Evans Sulphur Springs Police Officer Chad Norris reportedly came into contact with Eddie Charles Evans, 55, of Sulphur Springs at 12:08 a.m. Monday, July 8, at the CHRISTUS Mother Francis Hospital emergency room. Aware the man was...

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