December 14, 2023 – What should have been a routine traffic stop escalated into a high speed pursuit as a Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a green Kia for failing to stop at a stop sign in Como. The attempted traffic stop occurred at the intersection of West Gate Street and Haygood Street but the vehicle proceeded towards Highway 11 East failing to come to a stop. The vehicle then turned onto Highway 69 South with law enforcement in pursuit with sirens activated. Deputies pursued the fleeing vehicle in Wood County reaching speeds of over 100 mph. The Kia Soul then made it’s way onto FM 515, circling onto some county road and then back onto FM 515 in the opposite direction and now headed towards Winnsboro. The 2013 Kia turned on Main Street in Winnsboro finally coming to a stop in the Winnsboro Police Department parking lot. A felony take down was initiated with several officers that had joined in the pursuit. The driver was identified as Eual Eldon Hayes III, age 37, of Winnsboro who was placed under arrest for the charge of Evading Arrest with a Motor Vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, drug paraphenalia was found in the vehicle with the Possession of Drug Paraphenalia charge being added to Hayes arrest report as well as the same misdemeanor charge added to the arrest of a passenger in the car. Both subjects were transported to the Hopkins County Jail without incident where they remain awaiting bond to be set on the charges.

December 14, 2023 – Someone who wishes to remain anonymous has gotten into the Christmas spirit in a big way and they are using their checkbook. Meal-A-Day director Amanda Dietlin was contacted earlier in the month of December from a donor issuing a challenge to spur donations to the program. Dietlin reports, “This benefactor wishes to donate up to $5,000 in matching donations made by anyone in the month of December.” Dietlin continued by saying, “Other folks have already stepped up like the Corvette Club donation of $1,000 and we have had another big donation of $750 plus several other donations bringing our total to over $2,500 which will be matched dollar for dollar by this Secret Santa.” Director Dietlin is in hopes more donations will come through to take advantage of this Holiday generosity. 

2023 Livestock and Forage Education Hopkins County. Dr. Mario Villarino| County Extension Agent- Agriculture and Natural Resources. Livestock and forage production are a 3.96 billion dollars industry in the Central. Region . Livestock and forage enterprises are affected by climate and market. variability. Hopkins County currently has more than 100,000...

December 13th, 2023 – WINNSBORO, TX – The Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center (NETCAC) today received the largest historical charitable gift made as a beneficiary of the Help-A-Child Benefit held annually in Hopkins County in October. This year’s gift totaled $48,250, an increase of more than $11,000 over...

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December 13, 2023 – Come out to McAlister’s Deli in Sulphur Springs on December 19th and support Meal-A-Day in Sulphur Springs. 20% of your purchase will go directly to help feed area Senior Citizens. The giveback starts at 5pm sharp. If you are ordering in person, make sure...

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In 2nd Corinthians 5:8, the Bible tells us that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Kay Annette Penn passed from this life on December 11, 2023. She was born July 24, 1947 in Perryton, TX to Dale and Annabelle Kerns. She graduated from Perryton High School in 1965 and then went to work for the Texas Rehabilitation in Amarillo, TX. In 1969 Kay met the love of her life, David, and they married on November 14, 1969, enjoying 54 years of a wonderful, full life together. She retired from the Hopkins County Clerk’s office in 2017. She was a member of Peerless Baptist Church.

December 12, 2023 – COLLEGE STATION, Texas – It’s time for Texans to brace for cedar fever season once again, complete with runny noses, itchy eyes and general misery. Cedar fever is an allergic reaction to the pollen released by mountain cedar trees, and unfortunately, you don’t have to be allergic to the pollen for it to affect you.

Welding Lab Facilitator Karl Jansson is setting up equipment for the welding students at the PJC-Sulphur Springs Center welding shop for a recent class. Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.

Funeral service for Wendell Stonaker, age 81, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with interment following at Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Friday, December 15, 2023, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mr....

December 12, 2023 – The Sulphur Springs Corvette Club made a substantial donation of $1000 to the local Meal-A-Day program in an effort to enhance the meals prepared by the hard working volunteer staff five days a week. Corvette Club President Tim Gee noted, “the rising cost of food has not only hampered the efforts of the Meal-A-Day volunteers to turn out the over 600 meals a week, it has also made those meals even more important to the recipients.” Gee added by saying, “hopefully this donation will enhance the meals for several weeks, giving the Meal-A-Day staff a little more flexibility in their food purchasing budget.” 

Funeral services for Terry Lynne Byram, 56, of Yantis will be held at 10 AM Thursday, December 14, 2023 in the Chapel of Horn-Nail-Haggard Funeral Home with Bro. Byron George of Amazing Grace Fellowship in Alba officiating. Mr. Byram will lie in state from 9 AM until service time on...

December 12, 2023 – Former Sulphur Springs Police officer Bo Fox along with Larry Hand and Darrell Bobbitt who are all Special Rangers with the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) began an investigation of cattle theft back in December of 2021. That investigation proved to be lengthy as the three investigators were contacted by an absentee landowner in Smith County who noticed “irregularities” in cattle sales from their ranch. Their investigation led to ranch worker Jesus Sergio Perez-Sanchez, age 67, who was arrested March 11, 2022 on two felony charges for theft of livestock. One charge for allegedly taking three yearlings to the livestock auction and placing one of them in his own name without the absentee landowner’s consent. The second charge is for allegedly taking one bull and one cow to the livestock auction and placing the cow under his own name without the consent of the same absentee landowner. 

December 12, 2023 – As the current County Court at Law Judge Clay Harrison has announced he will be stepping down January 1, 2024, it will be up to the Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court to fill the vacany. Appllications are now being accepted to appoint the next person to fill that vacancy.

December 12, 2023 – Thanks goes out to everyone who attended and donated during this holiday event. By the numbers, over 2700 attended and the Salvation Army received $564 in donations. The Hopkins County Community Chest also collected a significant amount of food for distribution. This special train makes...

Sulphur Springs, Texas – Have you ever driven down Airport Road and passed CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs? Maybe you noticed to the west of the main building an immaculately kept garden. The Gardens at Memorial was installed in 2007 as the first project funded by proceeds of the Hopkins County Health Care’s Gala. Funds raised from the first two Galas, which were held in 2006 and 2007, were used to pay for the garden construction.

Bobbye Hopkins, age 89, of Winnsboro, Texas, passed away on Friday, December 8, 2023, at Autumn Wind Assisted Living. Bobbye was born to Samuel and Lorena (Duke) Dougherty on December 22, 1934 in Whitehouse, Texas. After completing high school and attending some college courses, she went on to become an insurance underwriter assistant for USF&G for many years. She married Earhl Blackmon on March 27, 1997, in Hugo, Oklahoma. She was a member of the Baptist faith.

December 12, 2023 – In a press release received by KSST News, Hopkins County Court at Law Judge Clay Harrison has announced he will step down from his appointed position January 1, 2024 to enter private practice in the Sulphur Springs area. Harrison has served in the post since 2019 upon the retirement of Judge Amy Smith. The Hopkins County Commissioners Court will announce a replacement to take over the position.