EastTexasRadio.com Powered by Ten Stations
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.1 Billion in November. (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.1 billion in November, 3.7 percent more than in November 2022. Most of November’s sales tax revenue is based on sales made in October and remitted to the agency in November. …
Read More »MPISD – News
The 2023-2024 returning members of the MPJH National Junior Honor Society The 2023-2024 new members of the MPJH National Junior Honor Society Contact: Kelly Cowan MPJH students inducted into the National Junior Honor Society Fifty-three Mount Pleasant Junior High School students are now National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) members following …
Read More »Texas Lottery Cautions Gifting To Children
TEXAS LOTTERY URGES CAUTION IN GIFTING TICKETS TO CHILDREN The agency joins lotteries and community organizations worldwide in the 2023 Gift Responsibly Campaign. AUSTIN – During the holiday season, lottery products stand out as a popular gift choice, but the Texas Lottery emphasizes the importance of not gifting them to children. …
Read More »MPISD – MPJH Theatre Presents, “The Wizard of Oz”
Dorothy (Madison Zepeda, left) tells Aunt Em (Summer Murrillo, center) and Uncle Henry (Jose Jimenez, right) about meeting Miss Gulch on her walk home Zeke, a.k.a. The Cowardly Lion (Joey Dunn, left), tells Dorothy (Madison Zepeda) to have courage when she talks to Miss Gulch Dorothy (Madison Zepeda) gazes into …
Read More »Texas Transfers $8.5 Billion To TxDOT And Rainy Day Funds
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Transfer of $8.5 Billion to State Highway and Rainy Day Funds. (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he has completed the transfer of about $3.06 billion into the State Highway Fund (SHF) and $5.46 billion to the Economic Stabilization Fund, ESF, commonly known …
Read More »Paris Police Report For Friday, December 1
Briana Lafrance Brisker | Shaquishala Sharnae Wooten Thursday, a Paris business reported shoplifting amounting to over $100.00 but less than $750.00 in the 3800 block of Lamar Avenue. Two suspects intentionally scanned items with a false retail tag before attempting to leave the store. Officers arrested them after being stopped …
Read More »Mt Pleasant Fire Department
An all-city page went out for firefighters to go to Applebee’s Thursday night at 10:51. There was a fire in the kitchen, and everyone was out of the building. Another structure fire occurred near NTCC across the road. A mobile home had smoke coming from the windows at 8:14 Thursday …
Read More »Sulphur Springs Man Gets Seven Years
Judge Eddie Northcutt sentenced Gerald Lee Adams, 61, of Sulphur Springs, to seven years in prison in connection with a vehicle crash that resulted in the deaths of four people in December 2022. Reportedly, Adams was traveling northbound on State Highway 19 when he failed to control his speed and …
Read More »Death Penalty Won’t Be Sought Against Man Charged With Murdering Two Dentists
Smith County prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty for a Tyler man accused of killing two dentists when he became angry over his dentures. Smith County indicted 41-year-old Steven Alexander Smith on a capital murder of multiple persons charge in connection with the incident.
Read More »Charges Dropped Against Former Athens ISD Bus Driver
Officials dismissed the charges against a former Athens ISD bus driver in connection with a fatal crash his bus had with a freight train in 2019. The crash killed 13-year-old Christopher Bonilla and seriously injured nine-year-old Joselyne Torres.
Read More »