Police: THC Found During I-30 Traffic Stop
Linda Ann Perkins A routine traffic stop on Interstate 30 resulted in location of suspected THC and a felony arrest Sunday night Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon and Sgt. Joshua Shufeldt reportedly stopped Linda Ann Perkins, 44, of Memphis at 9:30 p.m. May 5 on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 125 for speeding and driving a Saturn Vie in the left lane and not passing. Upon contact, the officers alleged they could smell a...
Sanders Resigns As City Public Safety Director
James “Jay” Sanders, who is reportedly under investigation, has officially resigned from his position as public safety director for the city of Sulphur Springs. Sanders turned in his resignation on Friday, according to Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell. Sanders has been on administrative leave since about March 22, “due to his being involved in an ongoing criminal investigation by another agency. This action should...
SSHS Wildcats Baseball Area Competition Schedule
Wildcats Baseball Playoff Series for Area Round is Firmed Up It appears the Wildcats’ baseball team will be playing Joshua in the Area round series this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday evening Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack said the two teams had agreed to play game one Thursday at 7 p.m. in Prosper with game two Friday at 7 p.m. in Prosper. A third game, if necessary, would be played on Saturday with details still...
Ladonia Rodeo Ticket Giveaway #1
The 15th annual Ladonia Ranch Rodeo is May 11th, 2019. You can win tickets by liking this post on Facebook, and liking KSST’s Facebook page. These free admission tickets also get you into the after-rodeo dance. Cole Scroggins will be preforming. Want to enter your team in the rodeo, call 903 217 9900.
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo Releases Regional Quarterfinal Series Versus Hallsville
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo released the Lady Cats’ Regional Quarterfinal schedule next week against former district foe Hallsville. All games will be at Grand Saline on Thursday and Friday (May 9-10). Game one will be Thursday at 6:30 p.m.Game two will be Friday at 5:30 p.m. and game three, if necessary, will take place after game two. The Lady Cats have defeated Whitehouse in bi-district 14-4 and 6-3...
Alyssa Hebert, Brayden Freeman Named CHS 2019 Valedictorian, Salutatorian
Cumby High School this week honored Alyssa Hebert and Brayden Freeman as the highest ranking students in their senior class. Cumby High School Valedictorian Alyssa Hebert Alyssa Hebert achieved the honor of valedictorian with a 4.04 grade point average, and Brayden Freeman earned salutatorian honors with a 3.94 GPA. Valedictorian Hebert is the daughter of John Hebert and Charoty Hebert of Cumby. Her advice to other students who are...
North Texas Mother Honors Son’s Memory By Publishing Children’s Book
Sue Barker can’t help but smile when talking about any of her kids or grandkids, but she beams with pride while telling a particular story. It all began with the untimely death of her son, Cole Barker, in March 2017. It was at Sue and Ronny Barker’s house when a childhood teacher of Cole’s, Jeanne Lawrence, approached Sue to tell her a story long forgotten by Sue. Sue was thrilled to hear the story. Jeanne reminded...
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo Releases Regional Quarterfinal Series Versus Hallsville
Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo released the Lady Cats’ Regional Quarterfinal schedule for next week against former district foe Hallsville. All games will be at Grand Saline on Thursday and Friday, May 9-10. Game one will be Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Game two will be Friday at 5:30 p.m. and game three, if necessary, will take place after game two. The Lady Cats have defeated Whitehouse in bi-district 14-4 and 6-3 and...
City of Sulphur Springs Election Results
For Place 4, Freddie Taylor is reelected. He received 412 votes and challenger Reiko Alexander 340 votes. For Place 5, Jeff Sanderson beat incumbent Emily Glass 407 votes to 360 votes. For Place 6, Doug Moore is reelected, receiving 566 votes to challenger Landon Thornton’s 158 votes. Also, all 13 propositional amendments to the city charter passed as well. It should be noted, all election results are unofficial until canvassed...
Yantis ISD School Board Election Results
May 4, 2019 – In the Yantis ISD Board of Trustees Election, incumbent April Johnson and challenger Jeff Quinn defeated challenger Jennifer Larkin for the two seats on the school board. Johnson and Quinn each received 60 votes to Larkin’s 28 votes. April Johnson and Jeff Quinn are scheduled to be sworn in at the May 21 school board meeting. All election results are unofficial until canvassed.
