Due to the weather forecast on Tuesday, we are moving the Junior High Meet to this Thursday (Feb 25). We will follow the same schedule with field events set to start at 4:00. The tennis trip for Tuesday (Feb 23) is now Wednesday (Feb 24). We are still playing at …

    TxDOT Atlanta District For Feb. 21-27, 2016 Bowie County US 259 – At Red River north of De Kalb, constructing a new bridge. IH 30 – From SH 8 to Anderson Creek, repairing pavement and installing new guard rails. Various lane closures. US 82 – From IH 30 …

    BASEBALL The LeTourneau University baseball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a doubleheader sweep of the University of Dallas, 8-3 and 10-0 on Saturday in a pair of seven-inning contests in Irving. The YellowJackets (3-5) rallied from an early 3-1 deficit to score a run each in …

  WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The LeTourneau University women’s basketball team posted an 87-79 win over UT-Dallas on Thursday night in Longview. Junior Crystal Jones, who scored a game-high 31 points, led the Yellow Jackets (15-9, 10-4 ASC). Juniors LaTanya Drakes and Jada Roberts, who had 20 and 17 points respectively, joined …

    Some around the area are receiving calls from the IRS. The IRS does not call you on the phone, they contact you by mail. The scam hit a Winnsboro resident yesterday and it came in on his cell phone. Winnsboro’s Police Department stated that was not their first …

  Happy Thursday! Pittsburg Innovative Entrepreneur Contest for 2016. This initiative will function as a competition for business and is a new and different way to foster economic growth in the community. The city will be looking for creative, innovative, and new types of business plans to bring to Pittsburg. …

  USDA Rural Development Home Loan Program Available to rural home buyers TEMPLE, TEXAS, February 17, 2016 – With an abundance of homes for sale in most of rural Texas, buyers continue to have plenty of choices and lots of bargaining power. With the help of USDA Rural Development’s No …

    Agenda Ark-Tex Council of Governments Executive Committee Meeting Thursday (Feb 26) The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Ark-Tex Council of Governments will meet at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, February 25, 2016, at the Titus County Extension Office, 1708 Industrial Rd., Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455. (See …

    Texas High put out a late rally by Mt Pleasant Tuesday 73-65. Texas High is now tied up with Hallsville for No. 2 in the district. Hallsville did in Longview 64-60. Texas High and Hallsville will play in Hughes Springs Friday 7:00 pm to decide the second and …

    H-E-B presented Mt Pleasant Chapel Hill Elementary teacher Julie Levesque and the school district with a check for $1,000 each. Julie is one of seven North Texas educators named finalists for a 2016 H-E-B Excellence in Education Award. All finalists are invited to San Antonio May 12-13 to …