Mount Pleasant News

  It is with great sadness that Texas A&M University-Commerce announces the passing of football student-athlete Keith Miller. Miller passed away tragically in his apartment near campus on Thursday evening. The Lion community profoundly sympathizes with Keith’s family, friends, and teammates. “We are heartbroken by Keith’s unexpected passing,” head coach Clint Dolezel said. …

Sunday morning at 10:35, an officer stopped a vehicle in the 2900 block of Briarwood for a traffic violation. The driver identified himself as Samuel Blake Adams but could show no identification. A consensual search of the vehicle located paperwork belonging to Eric Ray Adams, 38, and they determined that …

North and Central Texas Expect thunderstorms to develop near a dryline across West Texas late this afternoon, then move east-northeast into western North Texas this evening when the main window for severe storms occurs north of I-20 and west of I-35. A cap aloft should help storms weaken during the …

A court sentenced a Pushmataha man to 20 years in federal prison on felony drug and weapons charges. It came after 49-year-old Troy Goforth of Clayton led law enforcement on a high-speed chase where he threw a duffle bag out of his vehicle and fled on foot. Goforth was captured …

Officials arrested a Choctaw County man on felony drug trafficking charges. A search of the home of Joe Harris of Boswell, 39, turned up 40 grams of meth, scales, baggies, and a loaded rifle. He faces charges of trafficking methamphetamine and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

The First Annual Paris Kite Fest, presented by the Paris Area Arts Alliance, will be held on Saturday, April 20, on the North Lamar ISD Grounds. This free event is for “kids of all ages” from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Kite Fest will feature a DJ, food trucks, …

Saturday, April 20, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, there will be a Fly-In at Cox Field Presented by Cox Field and Airport Coffee. There’ll be Live Music, Food Trucks, Discovery Flights for Kids, a Bounce House, and Trolley Rides to Downtown.

The Justice Department announced that a Dallas anesthesiologist was convicted Friday for injecting dangerous drugs into patient IV bags, leading to one death and numerous cardiac emergencies. A criminal complaint in September of 2023 charged Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr., 60, and he was indicted the following month on charges related …

The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office investigation into Everett Jennings’s alleged area-wide thefts has expanded with the arrest of Jennings’ girlfriend, Chelsea Rae Anne Clark. She has been charged with first-degree felony theft of more than $300,000. Her bond is half a million dollars, and Hopkins County released Clark from the …

Rains ISD’s Board of Trustees unanimously named Joe Nicks the lone finalist for Superintendent of Schools. Nicks is the current Assistant Superintendent of Academics for Kaufman ISD and a former principal at Canton and Lamesa High Schools. He and his wife, Jamie, have been married for 32 years and have …