April Smith and The Company will perform live at the upcoming Cowboy UP for Ignite Youth Club of Mt Pleasant on Saturday, September 23. The live indoor concert will start at 7:00 pm and host a Dolly Parton Look-Alike Contest, Silent Auction, and Cow Patty BINGO. Tables for eight …

The City of Mount Pleasant is updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan, and Mt Pleasant requests citizen input via a simple online survey. “Our mission is to keep the Mount Pleasant community safe, and hazard mitigation is a strategy to reduce loss of life and property by decreasing the impact of …

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday the U.S. Government will relaunch a program to provide free COVID-19 home tests to Americans. U.S. households can order four free tests from covidtests.gov starting Monday, September 25. The upcoming tests are intended for use through the end of 2023 …

Darius Alexander Presley, 22-year-old of McAlister, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to murder in Indian Country. They charged him with shooting two people at a McAlester home, leaving one victim dead and another seriously wounded. He had also pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm. He is awaiting sentencing.

The Annual Ducks Unlimited Banquet is at the Elks Lodge in Paris this evening. Doors open at 5:30, and dinner is at 7:00. There will be door prizes, auction items, and many other activities. For more information and tickets, call Mike Endsley at 903-784-2333. The Mission of Ducks Unlimited is …

A Mineola woman surrendered to authorities after Wood County issued a warrant for her arrest. They charged Rachel Sneed, a 45-year-old of Mineola, with embezzling $300,000 from her employer, Lake Fork Special Utilities District. The thefts allegedly occurred between 2021 and this year and were first discovered in June. Deputies …

Officials charged an Illinois truck driver with murder in the Van Zandt County road rage shooting. Van Zandt County Sheriff Joe Carter reports that 46-year-old Jason Rashad Williams of Danville, Illinois, was driving an 18-wheeler at the 520-mile marker of I-20 when he opened fire on a vehicle. One of …

Raul Rodriguez-GarciaTitus County Deputies arrested 43-year-old Raul Rodriguez-Garcia of Mt. Pleasant on two counts of Tampering with Evidence, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Prohibited Substance in a Correctional Facility. Bonds total $35,000, and he remains in the Titus County Jail.   Deputies arrested 24-year-old Joel Davis Staeger of Talco …

TEXARKANA, Texas: The Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs says the court sentenced a Texarkana man who sold thousands of fake oxycontin pills that contained fentanyl. Terrance Lamar Peacock, also known as T, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, resulting in a …