Mount Pleasant News

    Governor Greg Abbott has appointed new members and reappointed current members to the Sulphur River Basin Authority Board of Directors. New members are Kelley Mitchell, of Texarkana, Gary Cheatwood, of Bogota, and Chris Spencer, of Hughes Springs. Reappointed were Brad Drake and Wally Kraft, both of Paris, Bret …

    Kaufman County Sheriff’s investigators say they have learned of more victims in their investigation of sexual assaults allegedly committed by members of the Forney High School soccer team. No other information was disclosed. So far, 18-year-old Jacob Fisher and at least four juvenile soccer players have been arrested …

    An East Texas man in his 90s was seriously injured Wednesday when his clothes caught fire on a space heater. The Smith County man was transported to ETMC and then flown to Parkland Hospital in Dallas with second and third-degree burns over fifty percent of his body

    Henderson County investigators will obtain warrants for unnamed individuals in connection with an 18-month-old baby who was shot in the face in Mabank. Initial indications are that the gun used in the shooting may have been accessible to another child.

    A former police officer has filed a lawsuit suit in federal court in Houston against the Huntsville Police Department and its chief, accusing both of sexual discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Kimberly Webb alleged in her suit that despite earning positive reviews and promotion to a senior police officer, she was …

Photo: Mount Pleasant Junior High School District UIL Meet Participants MPJHS Competes at Hallsville UIL Meet Mount Pleasant Junior High School took 45 seven and eighth graders to the recent District 16-5A Middle School UIL Academic Meet in Hallsville and brought home multiple medals and ribbons. The seventh-graders came in …

  Nations to come together in remembrance of fatal AT6 crashes 75 years ago Representatives of the United Kingdom, The Royal Air Force, Choctaw Nation, Rattan School, VFW, #1 BFTS Museum, and community members are marking the 75th anniversary of the crashes of two AT6 aircraft. It was carrying students …

Happy Tuesday! The Whatley Center at NTCC will present “A Tribute to the King” performed by Travis LeDoyt on Fri (Feb 9) at 7:30 pm. LeDoyt is considered the world’s best young Elvis. Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for students and can be purchased at www.whatleycenter.com or by …

  TxDOT Urges You To Keep Campaign Signs Legal All signs must be off the right of way ATLANTA – Texans take great pride in their beautiful, scenic state. They also like to boast about its nationally renowned highway system with its many varieties of wildflowers. During campaign season, however, …

Tuesday morning just before 10:00 Paris Police arrested Bradley Kyle, 27, in the 3700-block of NE Loop 286 for allegedly delivering marijuana at that location. Reportedly Kyle provided four ounces of marijuana and was placed under arrest for delivery of marijuana and a misdemeanor charge. Officers found approximately 11 ounces …