Mount Pleasant News

Pittsburg is one of several Northeast Texas communities planning for April 8. That is the date of the next total solar eclipse that will last three and a half minutes, bringing an influx of those on Earth interested in viewing the once-in-a-lifetime event. The next occurrence will be 3000. It …

Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.1 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments.   (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems, and special purpose districts $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for December, 2.5 percent more than in December 2022. Texas …

Dandre Hayes Tuesday morning, an officer who served warrants at the Parole office came into contact with Dandre Hayes. During the arrest, Hayes admitted to the officer that he had a quantity of urine in a container on his person that he had intended to use to falsify a drug …

WASHINGTON, December 5, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched an online application for Direct Loan customers. More than 26,000 customers who submit a Direct Loan application each year can now use an online, interactive, guided application that is paperless and provides helpful features, including an electronic …

State Rep. Frederick Frazier of McKinney, a grand jury indicted for Impersonating a Pubic Servant, has entered into a plea bargain, where he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges. Frazier accepted a year of probation and a maximum fine of $4,000 for each offense. Frazier also pleaded guilty to …

A Texas woman has filed an emergency lawsuit, asking a Travis County judge to allow her to terminate her pregnancy. The 31-year-old Dallas woman learned last week that her fetus was diagnosed with significant medical problems that are almost always fatal before or soon after birth. The fetus has a …

Cowboy Church in the Camp on Lamar CR 42570 presents the Nativity Story Thursday through Saturday, December 7-9, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. It’s the traditional story about the birth of Jesus and is titled “Christmas in the Camp.” Nine scenes with church members playing angels, wise men, Mary and …

https://www.facebook.com/NorthPoleOfTexas/The North Pole of Texas, located off FM 269 at 227 Co Rd 3378 in Pickton-Pine Forest in Hopkins County, is open every weekend until Christmas. For 25 years, families have enjoyed the free train rides, spectacular lighting displays, scenery, and the best hot chocolate anywhere. Alan and Kim Screws …

They have deported the man accused of murdering two sisters in Upshur County back to Gilmer from California. Alvin McKnight, Jr. of Gilmer, is charged with capital murder in the deaths of Mandy Ray and Dermetrica Dashaunda Waters.

Officials think that a missing 43-year-old woman in Kaufman County could be in danger. They issued a statewide CLEAR Alert for Wendie Chavarria, whom friends last saw in Kemp wearing pajamas. Authorities throughout the region are looking for 47-year-old Salvador Chavarria. They think he’s driving a Dodge Ram with the …