Mount Pleasant News

    LeTourneau University in Longview has been named one of the top 30 conservative Christian colleges in the nation by OnlineChristianColleges.com. Other Texas colleges on the list include Southwestern Assemblies of God University at No. 11, the University of Dallas at No. 19, Houston Baptist University at No. 23 …

  Chelsey Rae Penney Gregg County Jail An East Texas woman has been arrested by Longview Police for allegedly assisting in trafficking a young girl for sex at Tyler, Longview, and Dallas hotels. Chelsey Rae Penney, 22, of Longview, was charged on Dallas County warrants with compelling prostitution of a …

    State prison units in East Texas have been hit hard by the current flu situation. Officials are seeing outbreaks at the Hodge Unit in Rusk, which houses intellectually challenged inmates. Also the Jester Four Prison in Richmond. Visitation was closed last weekend at both prisons. It’s not known …

  Texas and nationwide retail gasoline prices are up again. AAA Texas reports the average price at the pump statewide rose two cents to reach an average $2.28 per gallon. The national average is $2.54 a gallon.

Schools Closing Due to Flu Outbreak (Associated Press) More than a half dozen school districts in Oklahoma and two in Texas have closed for at least a day because of a flu outbreak. In Oklahoma, the Cleveland and Union City schools both closed for a day earlier this week, while …

Quadrea Dillard Wednesday morning Paris Police arrested Quadrea Dillard, 24, at the Probation Office on an outstanding warrant. The warrant was for assault on a family member last December. William Brown William Brown, 46, turned himself into the Police Department on an outstanding bond surrender warrant. It pertained to two …

    A new winter peak demand record for electricity use was set Wednesday morning due to the extremely low temperatures across Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says that the previous winter peak demand record was 62,855 megawatts. The new record, 65,731 megawatts, was set between 7:00 a.m. …

    A crash on Daingerfield Street in Pittsburg Wednesday morning between a passenger vehicle and an 18-wheeler cost the driver of the passenger vehicle his life. Investigators say a Ford driven by Randy Huitema got out of control on a patch of ice and struck the tractor-trailer driven by …

  Authorities have identified the victim of a Mineola Motel fire. The 32-year-old Gerardo Valdez’s body was sent to a Tyler lab for an autopsy. He was reportedly a visitor from Mexico. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Fire officials have been unable to get inside the motel …

  Updated Thursday 6:15 am Schools not on this list did not report Road Conditions http://conditions.drivetexas.org/current/   Avinger – ISD Thursday and Friday Closed Cumby – ISD Thursday and Friday Closed – flu Daingerfield – ISD 2-hour delay Thu Hughes Springs – ISD 2-hour delay Thu Paul Pewitt – CISD …