Contact: Kelly Cowan MPHS FFA members compete at the Leadership Development Event The Mount Pleasant High School FFA teams competed at the Longview FFA Leadership Development Event (LDE) invitational competition Tuesday, October 18. Students are practicing for the upcoming district and area competitions in November. Notably, MPHS FFA members placed …

MORE THAN 79,000 DEAD ON TEXAS ROADS. IT’S TIME TO CARE. November 7, 2000, was the last deathless day on Texas roadways. The cell phone video from Easter Sunday shows the convertible Chevy Corvette going 110 mph on Dumas Highway in Amarillo. “Joey! Chill, bro!” is what the passenger, Dyego Mendoza, shouted …

(Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) NFL Monday Bears (3-4) 33 – Patriots (3-4) 14 Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles expressed support for quarterback Justin Fields during an impromptu news conference inside Gillette Stadium hours before his team beat the New England Patriots 33-14 on “Monday Night Football.” NBA Monday Rockets (1-3) 114 …

McKinney firefighters are investigating the cause of a large fire downtown on Sunday night. According to officials, the fire began just after midnight on North McDonald Street. Firefighters initially began fighting the blaze at the New Outreach Church of God in Christ, located at 506 Wilcox Street. Soon after, a …

  According to David Chenault and the Rusk County Office of Emergency Management, a Sunday night fire has destroyed the First Baptist Family Life Center in Overton. Hot spots from the fire Sunday night flared back up Monday morning, even though the Overton and New London VFD remained at the …

Before Monday’s drawing, the Powerball jackpot jumped to an estimated $625 million, one of the highest in the lottery game’s history. If a ticket matches all six numbers listed below, the winner will take home the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot on record. The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing are 18, 23, …

If someone is lucky enough to have all six numbers correct for Monday’s Powerball drawing, they’ll be walking home with one of the most significant prizes in the lottery game’s 30-year history. During Saturday’s drawing, three Powerball tickets, one in New York, one in South Carolina, and one in Texas, …

Wesley Tyrone Neal, Jr. Last Friday morning at 11:45, Paris Police arrested Wesley Tyrone Neal, Jr., 28, of Paris, at the Parole Office in the 3900-block of North Main Street on a Parole Violation Warrant. They booked Neal into the Paris Police jail. At 2:33 Friday afternoon, officers met with …

MLB Sunday G5 Phillies (4-1) 4 – Padres 3 Winner G4 Astros (4-0) 6 – Yankees 5 Winner The Astros won Game 4 of the ALCS 6-5 on Sunday night to punch their fourth ticket to the World Series since 2017. Thursday Phillies at Houston Astros TBA FOX NFL Sunday …

Today, voters will decide on Pittsburg ISD’s $88.350 million bond election. It involves a new sixth-grade wing and cafeteria at the junior high and a new high school campus to alleviate space constraints. The bond should impact the average homeowner by approximately $27.68 per month if approved. However, for those …