Local Football Legend Forrest Gregg Passed Away Early Friday
Football legend Forrest Gregg died Friday at his Colorado home at age 85. Forrest Gregg, a true local football legend, passed away Friday at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 85. Gregg was originally from Birthright and he played high school football at Sulphur Springs High School. He played in college at SMU. Gregg spent 15 years in the National Football League as an offensive lineman, almost all of it with the Green Bay Packers....
KSST’s ‘Nice People Awards’ is Valentine Season Favorite
The “Nice People Awards” has been a Valentine-season feature on KSST for the past few decades. It is a program which spotlights the everyday, nice things that local people do for others in their community. Held annually during the time of the Academy Awards and the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce recognitions, this simple showcase is for the everyday nice folks we all know, and KSST listeners love to get involved....
Chaffer’s Place Academy and Arts Offers Musical and Homeschool Education
Bringing a background of performing arts as well as homeschool skills, Kenya Duffey Chaffer and her husband Charles Chaffer have opened a first-of-it’s kind school in Sulphur Springs. On Tuesday January 29, 2019, the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting at Chaffer’s Place Academy and Arts located near downtown at 410 Main Street. Kenya and Charles opened the doors of their building to a host of friends...
Merle Norman Spa Opens With Ribbon Cutting
Owner Gay Bailey cuts the ribbon Gay Bailey is the Beauty Consultant at the Merle Norman Studio, downtown Sulphur Springs. She is happy to be adding a Facial Spa to her cosmetics and hair studio. The spa room was added during late 2018 and will expand the beauty services already being offered at the 212 North Davis Street salon. On January 22, 2-19 the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce grandly opened the facility with a ribbon...
Lions Club Planning Bigger Brighter Christmas Parade
As the season of giving approaches, the Sulphur Springs Lions are making plans for a bigger and brighter Christmas Light Parade. The eleventh annual Sulphur Springs Lions Club Lighted Christmas Parade presented by Carriage House Manor will be held in downtown Sulphur Springs on the evening of December 7th at 7:00 PM. As the city lights go out, the parade entries, which are required to be lit up with working Christmas lights,...
Charles Bruce Fielden
Funeral Services for Charles Bruce Fielden, age 86, of Sulphur Bluff will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Sulphur Bluff High School with Bro. Robert Newsome officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Bluff Cemetery with Richard Fielden, Fred Fielden, Bill Henderson, Scott Henderson, Gerald Fielden, Jr., and Mark Phillips serving as pallbearers. Honorary pall bearers will be Vaden Richey, Harold Petrea, Leroy Cox,...
Maria Jesus Ramires “Nana” Aguilar
Mass of Christian Burial for Maria Jesus Ramires Aguilar age 81, will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at the St. James Catholic Church with Fr. Juan Carlos Sardinas, Deacons Loren Seely, Buddy O’Brien and Jose Moreno officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Tony Abercrombie, Mark Maxwell, Mario Camargo, Tony Murray, Larry Powers, Jack Orwosky, Rigoberto Estrada, Issac Abrego, Luis A....
“The Courtyard”, a Proposed Residential/Business Enterprise for Downtown Sulphur Springs
April 3, 2018 – As we have mentioned here before, Billie Ruth Standbridge loves her hometown’s downtown district so much that she built her home there. Now, upon moving into the new residential/business construction this Spring, “Ms. Downtown” has unveiled another project, “The Courtyard” for the 200 block of Main Street in Sulphur Springs, Texas. The Courtyard will offer upstairs apartments for...
Elliott Leaves Legacy of Community Service
A legacy of community service remains following the death of William S. “Billy Sam” Elliott, 75, of Sulphur Springs. Elliott passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at his residence. Elliott served as president of the Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees and president of the Hopkins County Dairy Festival. He is best remembered by many for his service as President and CEO of the Hopkins County...
William S. (Billy Sam) Elliott
Funeral services for William S. “Billy Sam” Elliott, age 75, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 29, 2018, at West Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Charles Moore officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery with Mike Blount, Ronnie Branscome, Mike Broyles, Bob Carpenter, Jim Gilbert, John Icenhower, Charles Snell, and Key Walker serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Max (Poss) Baxter and...
