Mount Pleasant News

A Sherwin Williams box truck was riding between the Dallas North Tollway ramp and the northbound lanes of Interstate 35E near Victory Avenue. Deputies with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office worked to secure a box truck hanging off a bridge near downtown Dallas. It happened around 2:30 on Monday afternoon. …

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan told House members that the lower chamber will wrap up its work on Tuesday, December 5, for its fourth special legislative session. It is potentially the end for a handful of unfinished bills that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pushing to pass. The decision means …

A farewell reception will be held at Love Civic Center today from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, honoring Dr. Pam Anglin for her 20 years of service as President of Paris Junior College. Friends, current and former students, faculty, staff, and supporters of Paris Junior College are welcome to share photos, …

The Greenville ISD Board has named Laurie Hitzelberger interim superintendent. She’ll replace Sharon Boothe, who announced that she is retiring at the end of the semester.

A juvenile is recovering after being hit by one of 35 bullets fired Friday night in Texarkana. The youth, whose gender and age they have not disclosed, was transferred to a children’s hospital in Dallas and listed in good condition. Witnesses reported seeing men dressed in black and carrying a …

A Henderson County man is in jail on a $1 million bond after his arrest on two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. They are accusing 45-year-old Kevin Ray Radican of Kemp of stabbing two men in a subdivision just outside Athens shortly after midnight on Sunday. The …

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Sunday night in Payne Springs, resulting in them flying both the driver and the pedestrian to hospitals in Tyler. The pedestrian was unconscious and suffered several severe injuries. They hospitalized the driver after suffering a cardiac incident. Shortly before the accident, authorities had …

On Sunday, December 3, at approximately 5:46 pm, the Greenville Police Department and other emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle rollover accident on US Highway 69 South, just south of Horne Drive. When officers arrived, they located a white Dodge Ram pickup in the ditch that appeared to have flipped …

On Friday morning at 11:41, a homeowner reported a residential Burglary in the 1800 block of Pine Bluff Street. They had ransacked the residence, and the burglars broke a kitchen door and a window to gain entry. A Brother sewing machine in a plastic case, valued at $300, was the …

Paris Junior CollegeParis Junior College has hired a new chief financial officer and vice president of business services. William Wooten is a retired naval officer who graduated from the Navy Postgraduate School with a master’s degree in business. He previously worked for several school districts in the Metroplex and the …