Mount Pleasant News

  Jermaine Robinson East Texas authorities are looking for a Marshall man who was reportedly stabbed multiple times by his girlfriend early Sunday morning. The victim, 37-year-old Jermaine Robinson fled after the stabbing and has not been seen or heard from since. Kristen Lindsey, 27, also of Marshall, has been charged …

  Rhonda Ledawn Ballew Henderson County Henderson County Deputies have arrested a woman for smuggling tobacco to an inmate and sex-related crimes. Rhonda Ledawn Ballew, 47, of Eustace, worked in food service through a third party vendor. She’s charged with two counts of violating the civil rights of a person …

    The woman killed in an East Texas fire over the weekend has been identified as 95-year-old Sybil Alexander of Gregg County. Fire officials say the blaze has been ruled accidental. Investigators say Alexander was burning household and yard waste when the fire got out of control. Authorities say …

  A North Texas probation officer who pleaded guilty in federal court to extorting cash from Spanish-speaking immigrants after threatening deportation has been sentenced. David Delgado, 35, of Dallas, was sentenced to three years in prison and must repay $2,900.

    After deliberating for only an hour Monday afternoon, a Lamar County jury of nine women and three men sentenced a former Texas Ten Most Wanted Fugitive to 108 years in prison. The same jury had convicted Donald Jack Robertson, II, on multiple counts of sexually abusing two Lamar …

UIL State Executive Committee Meeting Results AUSTIN, TX – The State Executive Committee of the University Interscholastic League met Monday to issue penalties for UIL rule violations. The UIL issued Avinger High School and Yantis High School penalties for fighting with opponents. Avinger head basketball coach David Schubert and Yantis …

Local Hospice Joins Effort to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse A local hospice is joining a substance abuse prevention coalition to prevent their patient’s prescriptions from falling into the wrong hands. Cypress Basin Hospice is distributing prescription drug disposal bags to families who need a way to dispose of their loved …

Kenneth Lancaster Friday evening after 6:00 Paris Police assisted EMS in the 200-block of N. Main. Officers arrested Kenneth Lancaster, 59, who allegedly had a small amount of synthetic marijuana and two Clonazepam pills. Once inside the Municipal Jail, officers found Lancaster in possession of more synthetic marijuana and eleven …

    Mason Kyle Pool, 22, has been sentenced in Hopkins County for Violating his parole. He received two years in a state jail for Tampering or Fabricating Physical Evidence.

      AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD AT 6:30 P.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TITLE 5, CHAPTER 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS, PERTAINING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A FINANCE DIRECTOR.   The regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, …