Mount Pleasant News

Kendall Price Korpus Officers responded to the 800 block of SW 3rd regarding a disturbance Wednesday night at 11:55. Kendall Price Korpus had entered a room where the victim was sleeping and threatened to kill her. Korpus had then allegedly attempted to gain access to a firearm but was unsuccessful. …

NOTICE from the City of Clarksville The City of Clarksville is experiencing a water main break. Crews digging hit a live east of town. The city is now under a boil water notice! The city employees are working on the break at present. We apologize for any inconvenience this is causing. 

Texas has executed Jedidiah Isaac Murphy for murdering an elderly Garland woman. Court documents show that Murphy carjacked the vehicle of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham, threw her in the trunk of her car, and shot her. He then drove to Van Zandt County and drowned her.

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) raided a business in Love County. They seized over 45,000 marijuana plants and 700 pounds of processed cannabis at Harvesting Valley LLC in Burneyville. The OBN alleges that Harvesting Valley has been cultivating and trafficking large quantities of marijuana to the black market. They …

Wilfred Dean FrazierTitus County arrested 41-year-old Wilfred Dean Frazier of El Dorado, AR. They charged him on a warrant for Failing to Comply with his duty to register as a Sex Offender for Life. They have not set a bond amount. Deputies arrested 26-year-old Demarkes Derick Allen of Mt Pleasant …

Harrison County authorities in Marshall are investigating after being notified that someone took a three-month-old baby to a local hospital, and they later flew the child to a children’s hospital in Dallas. On Wednesday, the hospital declared the newborn brain dead, and they conducted an autopsy. Officials have not disclosed …

A cafeteria worker was gunned down in a Forest Hill elementary school parking lot Wednesday morning. Police said a woman who worked at Sellars Elementary School was talking with a person in a vehicle in the back parking lot when someone shot her several times. They transported her to John …

The Talley Amusements Carnival will take over the Sulphur Springs High School parking lot, thanks to the sponsorship of City National Bank. The carnival will run through Sunday, October 15, offering exciting rides for all ages, games, and food.  

Texas A&M Forest Service encourages responsible recreation during annular eclipse. COLLEGE STATION, Texas­ — Within six months, two eclipse events will crisscross the heart of Texas. The first is an annular solar eclipse occurring October 14 and featuring a “ring of fire” created by the sun’s shadow around the moon …

JaVante Marquestha Black On Tuesday morning at 9:14, officers executed a search warrant for stolen property in the 1200 block of SE 15th. Officers arrested JaVante Marquestha Black and another Juvenile at the location and recovered identification information and a firearm, ammunition, and accessories. Black was booked and transported to …