7th Annual Back 2 School Ready Event
July 30, 2024 – Hello Everyone, it’s that time! We are asking for donations if possible of school supplies, used clothing, snacks and monetary donations! Anything will be of help and be really appreciated! Thank you so much in showing interest in helping our children! It all happens August 18, 2024. Get a haircut, get a backpack, and get ready for school. Come to the HW Grays Building in Sulphur Springs on August 18, 2024.
read moreDavis Street Baptist Church to Hold Back to School Event August 10th
July 28, 2024 – Davis Street Baptist Church invites the public to their Back to School Event August 10th, 2024. The event will begin at Davis Street Baptist Church at 9:00am. School supplies will be handed out to kids grade pre-K through 8th grade. You can expect family fun such as a bounce house, hot dogs and chips, and fellowship. Come early while supplies last!
read moreA Chat With Gena and Garry Jordan With a Reflection on The Good News Bookstore Turning 50
July 26, 2024 – With The Good News Christian Bookstore’s big observance of the store’s 50th Anniversary, KSST wanted to check in on the owners of this locally owned small town business. Gena and Garry talk about the history of the store, including on how they were blessed to become it’s current owners. They also share details about their big sale going on July 27, 2024. Check out the video below and find out how great and blessed this little Christian Bookstore really...
read moreGood News Christian Bookstore Celebrating 50 Years in Business With a Sale on July 27th
Gary and Gena Jordan, who have owned the Sulphur Springs Good News Christian Bookstore for the past 33 years, wish to celebrate and honor the shop’s 50th Anniversary, and the public is invited to share in this joyous occasion! The Jordans shared just a bit of the store’s history with KSST. The happy couple shared that the, “Good News Christian Bookstore has been doing business in Sulphur Springs for 50 years and we will be celebrating on Saturday, July 27th! … The actual anniversary day was June 27th, but we are...
read moreBook Signing Coming Up
July 25, 2024 – The book signing for ‘Living Loved’ is coming up August 3rd, 2024. Local author Tracy Kelly will be on hand starting at 3PM. Deep Routes Coffee in Sulphur Springs is hosting the event.
read moreChamber Connection – July 23, 2024
By Butch Burney Even if you think you know Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County, you are sure to learn a lot through Leadership Sulphur Springs, which is back on this year, with applications online! The leadership class is for Hopkins County men and women who want to learn and become more invested in their local community. It’s an intensive nine-month program that immerses the participants in the business and government of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. The tentative dates for this year’s program are attached to the application, which can...
read moreBlaze Buddy Campers Blaze Camp Experience
July 5, 2024 – Our Blaze Buddy campers will get a Blaze Camp experience of their very own! Blaze Buddy Camp will be held 3 days from 9:00am – 11:30am. Blaze Buddy Camp is for all campers K-8th grade. Come join the Sulphur Springs Blue Blazes in My Blaze Era Buddy Camp 2024!!! Where: Sulphur Springs High School GymCampers will meet at the Cafeteria entrance(Houston Street side) for registration and check in. When: July 29, 30, 31Time: 9:00am-11:30amCost: $65 per camper and $45 each additional camper What’s Included: 3 Camp...
read moreLearn About an Upcoming Book Signing for Sulphur Springs author Tracy R Kelley on This Episode of A Second Cup of Coffee
On this episode of KSST’s A Second Cup Of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey, John Mark sat down with new Christian author Tracy Kelley. Tracy shared her story and her relationship with God. She discussed with John Mark her inspiration for her first book, Living Loved: Learning to Live in the Fullness of God’s Love. Her book is available for preorder from some sellers and is due out in a couple of weeks. John Mark and Tracy Kelley go on to talk about her upcoming book signing event, being held at Sulphur Springs’s Deep Routes...
read moreHopkins County Genealogical Society to Hold Next Lunch & Learn July 24th
Lunch & Learn will be held this coming Wednesday, July 24, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 611 North Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Tx. The Hopkins County Genealogical Society invites anyone who wants to learn more about doing genealogical research to join us. Bring your sack lunch, salad or drive-through meal and your tablet or laptop, if you wish. We are excited to have our society president, John A. Sellers, as our speaker this time. John will be using his...
read moreSpeeding Kills. Slow Down and Save Lives
Speeding is top factor in Texas traffic crashes July 16, 2024 AUSTIN – The telltale red-and-blue lights in a driver’s rearview mirror can inspire shame and guilt. But those feelings don’t come close to the guilt speeding drivers feel after killing or injuring someone – or the pain a family feels when someone dies in a crash. Speeding can kill, and someone is always left behind to deal with the painful aftermath. Speed was a factor in more than 160,000 traffic crashes in Texas last year, and 1,456 people were killed in speed-related...
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