Mount Pleasant Area News

Early voting begins on Monday, April 22, in the Texas Municipal Election and will run through Tuesday, April 30. At stake are seats on city councils, school boards, and some hospital boards. There are quite a few school bond elections on area ballots. Election Day is on Saturday, May 4.

Choctaw County Deputies arrested a woman for allegedly stabbing a man multiple times and setting a couch on fire in the home. The fire injured a dog. Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park reports that Paige Shultz of Boswell was checked out at a local hospital and then booked into the …

  A Princeton Police Officer was killed in an off-duty car crash Saturday evening at about 5:30. Texas DPS said a pickup lost traction due to the wet road conditions and skidded into oncoming traffic. Officer Nancy Dominguez’s Honda Civic was traveling east when the truck struck her in the …

Tailored Rides of Paris presents its Spring Show on Saturday, April 27, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Tailored Rides 384, CR 42520. There will also be burgers and hot dogs provided by Credit Union of Texas. Tailored Rides provides therapeutic riding, an equine-assisted activity for the purpose of …

The Rotary Club’s “Claws for a Cause” seafood boil, sponsored by Signature Solar, is on Saturday, April 27, at Celebration Plaza. In addition to crawfish, the boil will include shrimp and snow crab. Individual tickets are $40, and you can purchase them by scanning the QR code on posters around …

North and Central Texas Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will begin developing and continue through Saturday night. There will likely be periods of light rain or breaks in the rain, but confidence is low in where or when these will occur. A few strong to marginally severe storms are …

Officers made 18 traffic stops, arrested one adult, and answered 114 calls for service on Thursday, April 18.d. Captain John T. Bull

The head of the C-I-A is spending some time in Texas and says we must keep helping our allies. Bill Burns spoke at a forum at the Bush Library at SMU and said dictators won’t stop by just wielding power within their borders. He says the U-S needs to help …

The Clarksville City Council met in executive session and named Interim Police Chief Tommy Hunt the official Chief of the Department. The council also named Christie Ussery the May 4 Election Day judge. City Secretary Marisa Webster was named early voting clerk, and City Manager Deana Smith, Berenice Armenta, and Kristi …

Cook County arrested a North Texas police officer following his indictment on child sex crimes. Gainesville charged Officer Dustin Duncan with alleged indecency with a child by sexual contact. After the arrest, Duncan resigned from the department. The Cooke County Sheriff’s Office has taken over the ongoing investigation. 

Moisture lifting over a cold front will produce scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms Friday through Sunday, with the best storm chances on Saturday. There will likely be periods of light rain or breaks in the rain, but confidence is low in where or when these will occur. Do not …

Seven agencies worked on and arrested a Marshall man in Daingerfield on a child sexual abuse case. Cameron Payton, 21, was booked into the Morris County Jail for sexual assault of a child and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. Marshall PD, the Joint Harrison County Violent Crime and Narcotics …

The Mount Pleasant Tigers Boys Basketball Camp will be held again this summer on May 28-29, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am at Willie Williams Gym. It is open to completed 1st-6th grade students. The cost will be $40, including a shirt and ball. To register, use the QR code …

  Wednesday, officers contacted Damien Jace Freisen in the 100 block of E. Houston for a traffic offense. Freisen gave officers several different names, but they eventually identified him by paperwork in his possession. Friesen had drug paraphernalia in his possession, indicating that he may have been trafficking in narcotics. …

North and Central Texas A cold front will arrive this afternoon, bringing thunderstorm chances back to the region late afternoon through this evening. A few severe storms with large hail and damaging winds are possible. Cooler air will enter tonight behind the cold front. The graphic depicts the latest thinking …

Three new inductees into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame were announced Wednesday morning at the Hall of Fame’s headquarters in Carthage. The Hall honors “those who have made outstanding contributions to country music and were born in the state of Texas.” This includes singers, songwriters, disc jockeys, and …

  Oklahoma and Texas are looking for an armed and dangerous sex offender. They want 33-year-old Rondal Scrogum for escaping from the Department of Corrections and making lewd or indecent proposals to a child under 16. He had been previously convicted of rape in Tishomingo and failing to register as …

  Last Tuesday morning at 8:17, a Paris Patrol Lieutenant responded to the 600 block of Bonham Street and met with store employees, who stated that an unidentified black male had entered the store, selected and purchased an item, small in value, paid with a $50 and left the store …

Collin County sentenced a Princeton man to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole for continuous sexual assault of a child. The Collin County District Attorney’s office says the victim was nine years old when the assaults by 41-year-old Joseph Ray began. The child was 14 before telling …

The John Chester Dutch Oven Cooking Class is scheduled at Heritage Park from 8:00 am to noon on Saturday, April 20. The cost is $20 per person. For a reservation, call Rick Wilson at 903-335-2752.