Mount Pleasant News

    Mt Pleasant Police will be putting extra officers on duty Thursday to begin conducting a large-scale warrant round-up. The round-up will target offenders who have ignored contacting the Municipal Court after receiving a citation. Offenders could be arrested at home, work or in their vehicles. To find out …

    An Ellis County  husband and wife are facing charges in a kidnapping and human trafficking case. Investigators say they drugged, kidnapped and kept a woman as a slave inside their home for two weeks. Ovilla Police arrested 51-year-old Jean Claude Demars and 48-year-old Charlotte Kelly Demars for kidnapping …

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt the execution of a 64-year-old North Texas man for the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend while he already was on parole for killing his estranged wife. William Rayford was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday night in Huntsville.

  Monday is the last day to register to vote in the March primary elections in Texas. At stake are many county offices, seats in the state legislature, and national offices such as Congress and U.S. Senate. Early voting is from February 20 through March 2. Election Day is March 6.

  A&M-Texarkana recognizes 32 honor graduates at spring commencement TEXARKANA, Texas – Thirty-two students were recognized as honor graduates by Texas A&M University-Texarkana at the fall 2017 commencement ceremony December 15 at The Perot Theatre in Texarkana, Texas. The University considers recognition for students who complete a minimum of 45 …

Monday morning police found a Frito Lay worker dead in his truck on Bonham Street. Police say they do not suspect foul play.   Anthony Myers Monday morning at 10:30 Paris Police worked a family disturbance in the 1500-block of Graham. Allegedly Anthony Myers, 26, assaulted and choked the victim …

  file photo A tip to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the seizure of more than 200 fighting roosters from property off Hwy 11 between Sulphur Springs and Como. A drone, utilized by the Sheriff’s Office, determined a cockfight was in progress and deputies responded to the …

  Justin Dean Cowart Hopkins County Jail No bond has been set for a Yantis man arrested by Hopkins County Deputies for Criminal Solicitation of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and Attempted Trafficking of a Child to Engage in Sexual Conduct. Justin Dean Cowart, 31, had allegedly attempted to …

  Robert Ray Owens Hunt County Jail An area man has been arrested on multiple counts of Indecency with A Child by Sexual Contact. Robert Ray Owens, 46, of Greenville, is being held in the Hunt County Jail on $200,000 bond on each count.

    An East Texas man was killed in a crash Monday morning that occurred during a high-speed pursuit by State Troopers. Investigators say 43-year-old Shane Hudson of Marshall, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant,  failed to stop at a stop sign in Marshall and collided with a work …