Mount Pleasant News

    Joe Brown The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously confirmed Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. President Donald Trump appointed Brown and his confirmation by the full Senate is expected within the next few weeks. Brown will serve as …

    Hunt County authorities are investigating the death of another infant. It’s the second such investigation in the last week. Deputies and EMS were called to a home in Caddo Mills where a baby was unresponsive. First responders attempted, without success to revive the infant. A Hunt County Justice …

  mugshot not available A Bowie County grand jury has indicted a former Texarkana ISD security guard for soliciting sex from a 14-year-old boy. Michael Carroll James, 42, has been charged with promoting prostitution.

Don’t Mess with Texas Scholarship Contest Rewards High School Seniors for Creative Litter Prevention Efforts.   Applications accepted through April 20, 2018 AUSTIN – Applications for 2018 Don’t Mess with Texas Scholarship Contest are now being accepted. Eligible applicants include any Texas high school senior currently attending public, private or …

  Blake Everett Reed San Luis Obispo, CA  PD Blake Everett Reed, a Texas Ten Most Wanted Fugitive, was taken into custody on January 21, 2018, at a residence in Cayucos, California. Working off investigative information, members of the Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit and Sheriff’s Gang Task Force in San Luis …

Jerry Lowrey Last Friday at 9:00 am, Paris Police arrested Jerry Lowrey, 40, in the 900-block of East Austin after a traffic stop. They discovered Lowrey had an outstanding warrant for unauthorized use of a vehicle out of Lamar County. Martin Harrington Friday at 3:30 pm officers responded to the …

  A 15-year-old student was injured in a shooting at her high school in Ellis County Monday morning and a 16-year-old boy, also a student at the school, is in custody, sheriff’s officials said. The school reported an active shooter about 8:00 am at Italy High School, in the Italy …

    Troopers responded to a one-vehicle fatal crash on VZ CR-3501 in Van Zandt County, two miles west of the city of Wills Point. Preliminary crash investigation shows that the driver of a 2017 Dodge Challenger, identified as William Robert-Dwain Brown, 38, of Forney, was traveling north on Van …

  Courtney Renee Rodriguez Hunt County Jail A jury trial is set for today in Hunt County for a woman accused of failing to seek medical assistance for the child shortly before he died. Courtney Renae Rodriguez, 26, has pleaded not guilty. She was the girlfriend of Ricky Lee Trenton Overly, …

    Harrison County Deputies responded to a welfare concern northeast of the Longview and made contact with 61-year-old who had a history of mental problems. A conflict occurred and McAfee was tased. McAfee’s family, who was at the scene, said the officer then shot McAfee twice while he was …