2022 CTE Month Feature 1: Pharmacy Technician Certification Program
Editor’s Note: February is Career and Technical Education Month, a public awareness campaign to celebrate the value of CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs across the country. To help Sulphur Springs High School celebrate CTE Month 2022, KSST has compiled short videos featuring a few of the CTE programs offered at SSHS. One will be featured each week during CTE Month. Six students are...
Weather-Related Schedule Changes
Oncor Still Working To Restore Power In Some Areas The sun is beginning to peek out from the clouds, melting some snow and ice, but temperatures remained below freezing late Friday morning. Hopkins County residents, along with those across North Texas, are still cautioned to be remain home if they can to avoid the patches of ice that remain on roadways. With temperatures only expected to be above freezing for a few hours, and...
Thursday afternoon & Friday Weather-Related Closures, Delays, Schedule Changes
The following weather-related closures, delays and schedule changes have been reported to KSST for the weekend of Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (To report a schedule change to KSST, send an email to [email protected].) Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 Due to inclement weather, all Alliance Bank locations will close at 3 p.m. Thursday, February 3, 2022. Bank personnel are actively monitoring the weather and will post further updates regarding...
TDI: Winter Driving Tips To Help Keep Your Family Safe
News Release Even in Texas, winter weather can turn your daily commute into an icy obstacle course. Texas Department of Insurance offers the following winter driving tips to help you stay safe if you take to the road in the cold. Frozen city access street during the extreme winter storm of February 2021. Winterize As Early As Possible. Check your car before the weather changes. Test your battery, antifreeze, windshield wipers and...
Wildcats Colt Silman and Jakobe Yarbrough Sign On to Play at Next Level
Wildcats football players Colt Silman and Jakobe Yarbrough both signed their national letters of intent Wednesday, Feb. 2 at the Multi Purpose Building to play football at the next level. Wide receiver and corner Colt Silman heads to ETBU in nearby Marshall and Yarbrough is a bit further from home in Conway, AR to play at Hendrix College. Silman is set to play WR at ETBU. The senior slot receiver is the son of Bruce and Julie Silman....
SSISD, Other Weather Closures & Preparations
As the winter storm approaches, schools and businesses are evaluating conditions and making preparations and decisions regarding operations. Below are some of those changes and preparations that have been reported to KSST. CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs is cancelling this week’s COVID vaccine clinic that was schedule for Friday, Feb. 4, from 9 to 11 a.m. Clinics will resume as usual on Friday, Feb. 11, from 9 to 11...
City Applying For 2 Grants Which Would Provide 18 New Portable Radios For SSPD Patrol Officers
Contractor Selected for Phase I of College Street rebuilding & Sidewalk Project, Reinvestment Zone For Designated For D6, Industrial Drive Property Rezoned Sulphur Springs City Council worked through the regular meeting agenda – which included application for two grants for portable radios, selecting a contractor for Phase I of College Street rebuilding and sidewalk project, and approval of a reinvestment zone and zoning request...
Lady Cats Soccer’s Comeback Falls Short to Mount Pleasant, 3-2
For most of the game Tuesday, Feb. 1 it looked as though the Mount Pleasant Lady Tigers would cruise to a shutout victory at Gerald Prim Stadium. “Right off the bat they started moving the ball,” Lady Cats head Coach Javier Aguayo said. “They usually play a 3-4-3 [formation] which gives them more possession of the ball,” the women’s soccer coach said. Mount Pleasant controlled both time of possession and the midfield. The visiting...
Chamber Connection – Feb. 2: Membership Banquet To Include Food, Music, Fun & Awards
By Butch Burney Time is running out to get a table for the 95th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 17. If you need incentive to get into the 1980s mood for the banquet at the Civic Center, then how about a couple of tickets to a Bon Jovi concert? Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas Clayton Homes is sponsoring the prize for the best 1980s-dressed person at the...
Dinner Bell Menu for February 2, 2022
TODAY WE CELEBRATE OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY! ON FEBRUARY 1, 2012 DINNER BELL SERVED ITS FIRST MEAL TO 5 PERSONS!!!! Today 200 meals are distributed on Wednesdays!!! T. C. Hamilton and his lovely wife Sally will be be in Sulphur Springs to celebrate that birthday. It was T. C.’s idea to start this feeding ministry at First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs. He probably never dreamed that ten years later Dinner Bell would...
