Mount Pleasant Area News

Clint Anthony Edwards Wednesday afternoon at 3:10, officers worked a theft in the 2000 block of Spur 139. The victim said a small framed white male came into the business and stole a Dewalt Power Saw, leaving the scene before the officer arrived. Just before 5:00, the officer working the …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit seeking damages and, ultimately, a permanent injunction against the Austin-based company VA Claims Insider. Paxton’s complaint charges that VA Claims Insider inaccurately promotes certain services as “free” before locking veterans into contracts that demand exorbitant sums – including for potentially illegal …

They arrested the Mannsville, Oklahoma Public Schools Superintendent on school grounds on Tuesday. Johnston County Sheriff Gary Dodd confirmed that they took 42-year-old Brandi Price-Kelty into custody for allegedly being intoxicated at the school. A series of impairment tests determined Price was under the influence of alcohol and other intoxicants. …

https://www.igluski.com/lapland-holidays/what-are-the-names-of-santas-reindeerThe American Veterinary Medical Association sent two doctors to the North Pole to examine Santa’s reindeer. At the end of the in-person exam, the doctors declared the nine reindeer healthy and ready for their magical Christmas Eve journey around the world. https://www.igluski.com/lapland-holidays/what-are-the-names-of-santas-reindeer

They arrested the former chief of the now-defunct Coffee City Police Department on several charges on Wednesday. They charged 51-year-old John Jay Portillo of Houston with six counts of tampering with government records. Each account had a $150,000 bond totaling to $900,000. Records show Portillo bonded out of the Henderson …

Tyler Scott Headley Officers responded to the 600 block of Martin Luther King Dr. Tuesday at 5:29 pm about a Violation of Protective Order complaint. They witnessed Tyler Scott Headley, 29, on the property sitting next to an individual with a protective order. Officers asked Headley to step out of …

Family farmers in East Texas are awarded $17,500 in research and innovation grants from the Transfarmation Project to help support their farms’ transition from animal agriculture to specialty crops.  The Halley family has gone from raising chickens for slaughter to growing hemp and rescuing homeless animals. As contract farmers, the Halleys raised six batches …

PLANO, Texas – The Eastern District of Texas charged three North Texas individuals with sex trafficking crimes, according to U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. William McKinnley Garland, 40, of Plano; Jalen Alexander Bobo, 24, of Dallas; and Robberta Marie Khan, 27, of Euless, have been charged by an indictment returned …

  SHERMAN, Texas – U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs of the Eastern District of Texas announced that Homestar North America, LLC has agreed to pay $798,334 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay customs duties owed for furniture imports from China. Customs laws …

The Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation has identified 48-year-old Earnest Threadgill of Eagletown as the man who beat his father to death during a domestic assault last week. He’s been charged with first-degree murder and is in the McCurtain County Jail.

  Deputies arrested Tammie Joyce Lawings, 46, of Naples, in Titus County, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, a Morris County warrant for Burglary of a Vehicle, and a misdemeanor. Her bonds total $16,000. Titus County arrested Della Irene Moore, 48, of Naples, Tuesday for Possession of a Controlled Substance …

Monday morning at 11:14, officers responded to a residence in the 1400 block of NE 12 about a Burglary. The victim advised that someone entered and several items were missing, with some in the yard in preparation for theft. A tiller and a small engine were gone from the residence. …

The Texas Tribune is reporting The Texas Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order that would have allowed a Dallas woman to get an abortion. The ruling came down hours after Kate Cox’s lawyers announced she was leaving the state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy. Her unborn child suffers …

AAA has a warning for holiday travelers this year, be prepared for long lines and possible delays. The nonprofit said 115 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this year, the second busiest season in 23 years. The travel period from December 23 to New …

A Hughes Springs man has announced he is seeking the Republican nomination for the Texas House of Representatives in District 1. Chris Spencer, the Chairman of the Sulphur River Basin Authority, announced his campaign will file the necessary paperwork on Friday. Spencer will run against incumbent Gary VanDeaver. House District …

A court sentenced a former Lindale ranch manager to six years in prison after pleading guilty to cattle theft. They accused 67-year-old Jesus Sergio Perez-Sanchez of putting three yearlings up for auction in 2021 and placed one of them in his name without the landowner’s consent. He was then accused …

Texas Rangers and police arrested Rafael Govea Romero, 23, in the murder of 16-year-old Lizbeth Medina, an Edna High School cheerleader. They found her stabbed to death in her bathtub. They took Romero into custody at his home in Schulenberg. Romero, who police say is undocumented, was taken to the …

Adriona Alexia Dunwood On Friday morning at 8:34, a Paris Detective, knowing that Adriona Alexia Dunwood, 21, was wanted on three Dallas County warrants, spotted her in the 2900 block of Clarksville Street. He placed her under arrest for Felony-Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Felony-Violate Protective Order Assault/Stalking, and …

Are you buying from a televised shopping network? Watch out for impostors. ‘Tis the season for shopping, and scammers are taking advantage by impersonating television shopping networks. BBB Scam Tracker is seeing an influx of scam reports about con artists impersonating networks like QVC and HSN to sell shoppers products that don’t …