Mount Pleasant News

A Marshall woman has filed a lawsuit against a daycare, claiming her 11-month-old daughter suffered second-degree burns due to the daycare’s negligence. The lawsuit alleges that the daughter was in daycare on August 3, taken outside without shoes or socks, and allowed to walk barefoot in 104-degree heat. The daycare …

U.S. Congressman Pat Fallon, who represents a large portion of Northeast Texas in Washington, including most of our listening area, will not seek reelection to the House of Representatives. He filed Monday for State  Senate District 30, a newly open seat after its incumbent, Sen. Drew Springer, announced he would …

A new report shows that major U.S. airlines and the Transportation Security Administration are preparing for a record number of travelers over the Thanksgiving holiday week. Reuters reports that Airlines for America, a group representing major airlines, predicts that 29.9 million passengers will take to the skies from November 17 …

A man led police on a chase through Grayson and Fannin Counties after allegedly stealing alcohol  from a store in Tom Bean. Officers found 61-year-old Carlos Bowden Jr. of Olney  driving nearby, and they attempted a traffic stop. Bowden then took off and led officers on a chase that ended …

Van Zandt County Deputies responded to a report of a shooting on I-20. Deputies say that the driver of a westbound vehicle shot a firearm at another vehicle, striking that vehicle’s passenger. They transported the passenger to a local hospital, and they were released. Deputies arrested Juan M. Wilkins for …

A head-on collision with a truck towing trailer in Cherokee County killed an East Texas woman. The DPS reports that 41-year-old Sabrina A. Gray of Cuney was driving the wrong way on US Highway 175. The driver of the truck, 59-year-old Pete E. Garner of Brownsboro, was traveling southeast and …

Group photo from left to right: TxDOT Executive Director Marc Williams, TxDOT Chief Engineer Lance Simmons, TxDOT Deputy Executive Directors Brian Barth & Brandye Hendrickson, Extra Mile Award recipient Elton Bolden, Texas Transportation Commissioner W. Alvin New, Texas Transportation Commissioner Alejandro “Alex” G. Meade III and Texas A&M Board of …

 Press Release from Preserve Northeast Texas – Stop Marvin Nichols Northeast Texas (November 13, 2023) — Morris County Commissioners have unanimously passed a resolution opposing the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir. Morris joins Red River and Cass counties in formalizing their opposition to the project, which has been discussed for decades but …

Davey Allen Officers stopped a vehicle Saturday afternoon for an equipment violation in the 1900 block of Pine Bluff and made contact with Davey Allen. While searching, they found methamphetamine, which Allen claimed was his. They arrested Allen for Possession of a Controlled Substance and released the vehicle to a …

Pope Francis on Saturday ordered the removal of the bishop of Tyler. A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” 65-year-old  Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler and appointed the bishop of Austin as the temporary administrator. Strickland had been a leading critic of Francis, …