Mount Pleasant News

Titus County Deputies arrested 26-year-old Jermaine Tyrelle Hooks on a warrant for Capital Murder. They released no other information, and he’s in the Titus County Jail without bond.

The Delta County Cotton Harvest Festival starts Saturday, October 14, in downtown Cooper from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm. There will be vendors, games for the kids, food, and pedal pull tractors. Then, from 7:00 pm until 10:30, Curtis Grimes and Kyle Park provide musical entertainment with tickets at $10 …

Upshur County District Court convicted 43-year-old Carlton Grant of Capital murder. The court sentenced him to Life in Prison without the possibility of parole. Grant and his accomplice kidnapped and strangled 24-year-old Rachel Rhoads from a mobile home park. They then dumped her body on FM 726 near Hwy 154 …

They found a former Tyler Junior College football player shot to death Thursday morning in Natchitoches, La. Ronald Caldwell, Jr., 21 years old, had transferred to Northwestern State University, where he was a junior safety on the football team. They canceled Northwestern’s football game Saturday against Nicholls State because of …

Thursday, the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office announced an internal investigation led to the arrest of a former employee. They arrested Kaitlyn Rhodes for bringing prohibited items into a correctional facility and having an inappropriate relationship with a person in custody. Both charges are felonies. Her bond is $50,000.

An annular solar eclipse will occur across parts of the state on Saturday, with a partial eclipse visible across the rest of Texas. The eclipse will begin shortly after 10:00 am and conclude around 1:30 pm. Peak coverage will occur between 11:45 am and noon. Areas shaded along the annular …

Former Dallas Cowboys running back Walt Garrison reportedly passed away at age 79. According to Pokes Report’s Robert Allen, Garrison died late Tuesday night at a memory care facility in Texas. He was battling Alzheimer’s in his final years. Fans mourned Garrison’s death on social media. “The ultimate definition of a …

Chase Lee Arrested The Tyler Police Department has located Chase Lee and his two daughters at a hotel at 220 East Grande in Tyler after transmitting an Amber Alert. The girls are reportedly safe and returned to their mother, and detectives questioned Chase before booking him into the Smith County …

A player in California won a $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a top prize winner. The winning numbers were 22, 24, 40, 52, 64, and the Powerball number 10. It was the second-largest jackpot on record.

The members of the 2023-2024 Campbell-Edwards-White NEHS Chapter of Vivian Fowler Elementary School Contact: Kelly Cowan Vivian Fowler inducts students into the National Elementary Honor Society. Thirty-one Vivian Fowler Elementary School 4th graders became members of the National Elementary Honor Society (NEHS) as the Campbell-Edwards-White NEHS Chapter held its 2023-2024 …