Mount Pleasant News

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.06 billion in December, 3.2 percent more than in December 2022. Most of December’s sales tax revenue is based on sales made in November and remitted to the agency in December. “Overall sales tax collections grew moderately compared with December …

Last Friday at 7:58 am, a Community Service Officer took an Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle report of a 1995 Chevrolet 1500 short bed pickup missing from the 1100 block of Grove Street. The incident is under investigation. At 3:33 last Friday afternoon, a victim reported to a Community Service …

When Paris Junior College reopened on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, a new era began at the institution. Dr. Jerry King. King, the former President of Trinity Valley Community College, is a dedicated educator and took the helm as PJC’s interim President. At the same time, the college is searching to …

A single Powerball ticket sold in Michigan matched all six winning numbers in Monday’s drawing, featuring an estimated $842.4 million jackpot. It’s the first time someone won the jackpot on New Year’s Day since the game started in 1992. The winning numbers were 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 and red …

Police in Fort Worth had 55 calls of people firing guns on New Year’s Eve. One of the stray bullets found Federico Perez’s leg in Northwest Fort Worth. He remembers counting down the final minute of 2023 and beginning to hear the familiar sound of the so-called celebratory gunfire when …

Last Saturday at 10:04 am, first responders worked a minor accident at Washington and Industrial. Saturday evening at 6:18, a vehicle accident occurred on Harts Bluff Road with possible injuries. A car fire occurred Sunday morning at 7:15 on CR 2352 at an RV Park. Sunday at 5:07, Mt Pleasant …

On New Year’s Day, Texas enacted thirty new laws, including one that makes diversity offices on college campuses illegal. The 29 new laws aim to change the economy and upgrade tax codes, property appraisal processes, and the criminal justice system. Others touch on e-cigarette use by minors and commemorative license …

Flu and COVID-19 infections are rising across Texas, and the CDC warns it could worsen. The CDC lists Texas as a level 10 and “high” activity level for the influenza season. Week 50 includes activity reported from December 10 to 16. Texas Health Services says there was a 4.86% increase …

A McCurtain County court has sentenced a teen to six years probation after pleading “no contest” to shooting with intent to kill. They initially charged 16-year-old Kyrese Renovato as a juvenile for shooting an Idabel woman back in July.

A roadside improvement project along a portion of US 271 begins on Wednesday, January 3. The contractor will remove trees and brush on the highway from FM 196 North in Lamar County to State Highway 37 in Red River County at Bogata. TxDOT has given the contractor 92 days to …