First Female Army Ranger Graduates Trained by Sulphur Springs Native
US Army Staff Sgt. Clay Bounds, stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga. is one of 80 Army Ranger Instructors for the first female Ranger class in the history of the U. S. Army Rangers program. On Friday, Bounds will observe as the first females receive their “Ranger tab” during graduation ceremonies. Bounds is a native of Sulphur Springs and the son of KSST’s Enola Gay. Ranger School is a grueling 62-day course in swimming,...
The People have Voted… KSST Best Radio Station in Hopkins County!
KSST is thanking everyone that participated in the 2015 News Telegram Tele-Grammys. And a special thanks to the folks who voted for KSST. KSST was voted the ”Best Radio Station” in Hopkins County. 2015 is the first year for a “best of radio” for the Tele-Grammys. Thus, another first for KSST, the first radio station for Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. “Although we focus on Hopkins County and Sulphur...
JAKE LEG – JUNE 25, 2015 by Eddie Trapp
While in Galveston riding around with the Glossup’s a while back we saw a man limping across a parking lot. Ronny said his dad, Weldon, referred to people like that as having a “jake leg.” I wondered where in the world that phrase came from. When we got home in a few days I did some research. Throughout history, many men (and women) have resorted to occasionally “taking a nip” of alcohol for various reasons. I remember several older...
William ‘Bill’ Bradford
No one title could identify him. There were several. No one specific phrase could be said to be his. Again, there were several. William Earl (Bill) (Brad) Bradford was a man of many titles and several phrases. He became a part of KSST in March 1948 approximately 18 months after the radio station opened in an upstairs studio on the downtown square in Sulphur Springs. At his death in 2013, his voice was a part of the everyday of almost...
A Life Remembered – Antonio Isaac Perez
Family, friends, fellow students, team members, band members, SSISD administrators, high school teachers and staff, school board members, and many others, a majority wearing Sulphur Springs High School colors, filed past his portrait, his medals won, his letter of acceptance from the University of North Texas, and a Green Bay Packers jersey. On the stage, his varsity letter jacket, and variegated flowers stood in remembrance. The...
Jots and Titles # 1370 by Eddie Trapp, February 12, 2015
From my ledger. February, Friday the thirteenth, 1987. Tommy Ingram told me he read in the paper it was the first time in history that Friday the thirteenth came on a Full Moon. I sorta doubt that. The guy that put it in the paper must have been confused. I took a day of personal leave from school today. Got to the Charleston Store at 8:30 and later went to Danny Daniels place north of Vasco to a switch cane thicket on the bank of old...
Author and Coach John Pearce
John Pearce, a 1965 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School, who wrote a book on the early history of Wildcats football, recently published a book called, “Ever Remember”, based on a diary written by his grandmother, Alma Caldwell. She was 16 at the time she wrote about Sulphur Springs’ life from June 1913 to June 1914. Along with school activities, the diary discussed her budding romance with Emmett Thornton, whom she later married....
Columbus Bean And Poor Man, September 25, 2014 #1351
More about our recent fishing trip to Galveston. Tuesday, September 9. Wind and tides bring strange items to the beach. Among the seaweed this trip we found three, relatively rare, large seeds. Some were heart shaped, mahogany brown, and two to almost three inches in diameter. A quick glance reminded me of a buckeye seed and later research showed the seeds to be good luck charms like buckeyes. One looked exactly like a little...
Ty Rollison Day
Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom proclaimed Thursday as Tyrik Rollison Day in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County for the recognition the athlete has brought to the area through his sports career. Rollison, perhaps the greatest quarterback in Wildcats’ history, led the team to a state championship in 2008 and was named an All-State quarterback. Thursday night Rollison opened his senior season as quarterback for Texas...
Coons and Canoes #1338
A few days ago we traveled to Galveston for our annual June fishing trip and following are some of the high lights: Monday’s departure time coincided with a norther and heavy rain that stayed with us almost all the way. Our travel trailer wasn’t quite level enough at the campground to suit Jean and I had to raise up one corner and put one sheet of toilet paper under it. Not really. Fished Tuesday at Retillion Road Beach and used...
