Mount Pleasant Area News

Raymond Ross and Ramon Perez are the two inmates who escaped the Fannin County Jail last November. As a result, a grand jury has indicted them on several charges. They indicted Ross on two counts of property theft between $2,500 and $30,000 and Perez on unauthorized vehicle use. Perez faces …

A fire destroyed a home in Gunter Wednesday night around 2:30 on Stonebridge Pass. It took firefighters around five hours to put out the fire, with Celina, Tioga, Van Alstyne, and Collinsville helping. Because of blowing embers, they evacuated residents in homes around the fire. The fire totally destroyed the …

School Principal Jason Hostetler the lone finalist in its search for the district’s next superintendent this week. Superintendent Jeff Ballard announced his retirement effective at the end of the current school year. Hostetler was born and raised in Paris.

According to the Paris News, officials at the Campbell Soup Company in Camden, N.J., have asked United Food and Commercial Workers Local 540 representatives for an extension in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. According to company statistics, the plant was opened for operation in Paris in 1964 and currently …

Two schools in Lamar County are changing to a shorter school week. The North Lamar and Chisum ISD Board of Trustees voted to adopt a four-day school week. Chisum begins with the 2024-25 school year. According to the district’s website, students will start six days earlier and have an hour …

North and Central Texas Expect more thunderstorms today ahead of a dryline and cold front. The best storm chance will be this morning across the southeast two-thirds of the region. The best storm chances will shift quickly to east Texas this afternoon. The main threats will be hail, gusty winds, …

Susan Michelle Larkin An officer stopped a vehicle Wednesday in the 200 block of NE 13th for littering after he noticed an occupant throw a white paper bag out of the passenger window. The officer identified the occupants, who denied knowledge of the bag. Another officer arrived at the scene …

North and Central Texas Multiple thunderstorms will develop ahead of a dryline today and slowly move east. Expect isolated severe storms capable of producing large hail and damaging wind gusts. Additionally, training thunderstorms will result in a low threat of flash flooding, especially across the urban DFW Metroplex. Rainfall totals …

(Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram) After facing decades of fierce bipartisan resistance to using state dollars to pay for private school tuition, school voucher supporters in Texas emerged triumphant from the Tuesday primaries. Their long-held goal has never felt more in reach. Gov. Greg Abbott knocked off nine fellow Republicans who …

The Bowie County Game Warden reportedly discovered a stolen vehicle from Arkansas submerged in the Sulphur River last week. The Bowie County Dive Team, Game Warden, and Sheriff’s Office coordinated an effort to recover the vehicle. The owner had reported it stolen in Hempstead County, Arkansas.

A Cass County investigation uncovered items worth over a million dollars. The recovered equipment belongs to Graphic Packaging International (GPI) at Queen City, who estimated the worth. GPI personnel also assisted officers in identifying and removing the stolen property from the Cass County home. They identified the homeowner as William …

Greenville ISD trustees this week named Dr. Joe Lopez the lone finalist for the superintendent position. In 2023, they recognized him among Texas’s top five Superintendents of the Year finalists. He comes to Greenville from Kermit, where he was the school district’s Superintendent.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning Wednesday, saying it identified additional cinnamon products in the United States that are contaminated with lead. The ground cinnamon products found to contain lead are La Fiesta, from La Superior SuperMercados; Marcum, from Save A Lot; MK, from SF Supermarket; Swad, …

A Mt Pleasant graduate, Brodie Bruner, passed away Tuesday night. He had battled 98 days with reportedly a blood infection after surgery. His dad, Mike, is a former president of Northeast Texas Community College.  

KLTV-Tyler One person is dead after an 18-wheeler rear-ended another on I-20 in Gregg County at Liberty City. The driver of the semi that rear-ended the 18-wheeler passed away, and they have not released his name. His 18-wheeler caught fire.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office will prosecute three people accused in the murder of a pregnant Kilgore woman. Allen Lamont Sutton, 35, of Henderson, and Laneshia L. Young, 31, of Overton, were indicted in 2021 in connection with the death of Sheryia Grant. Grant was eight months pregnant at the …

Morris County Constable Jim Grisham was in the process of servicing an eviction notice when a juvenile attacked him. It was south of Omaha on Teal Circle off US 259. The constable called for backup, and paramedics took Constable Grisham to Titus Regional Medical Center with head injuries and a …

Shirley Jean Miller Officers arrested Shirley Jean Miller, 57, Tuesday in the 400 block of NE 7th for outstanding warrants for the terrorist threat to Family/Household as well as Assault Causing Bodily Injury to a Family Member. These warrants resulted from an incident in June 2023 in which Miller was …

North and Central Texas Weather returns late this afternoon as storms develop across the Big Country and move east/northeast this evening. Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms will develop late tonight and throughout the day Thursday. A few strong to severe storms are expected throughout this period, with the best …

Donald J. Trump and Josph Biden Jr. carried Texas and Camp, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, and Titus counties. State Representative District 5 went to Cole Hefner. U.S. Senate went to Republican Ted Cruz and Democratic candidate Colin Allred. Camp Sheriff – Michael Sarge Sparks 731, John Cortelyou 718 Tax Assessor – …