Mount Pleasant News

    After deliberating for about eight minutes, a Wood County jury convicted a man on six counts of sex crimes against children. Randall Todd Greenough, 55, was found guilty on four counts of sexual assault of a child and two counts of Indecency with a child by sexual contact. …

  Northeast Texas Choral Society The Northeast Texas Choral Society is holding auditions on Saturday, January 13, from 10:00 am to 12::00 pm at First United Methodist Church Choir room in Sulphur Springs. For additional information, call Glenda Duncan at (903) 243-7258. This is Choral Society’s  20th year. The society is …

  Lucas McCarley A Texarkana man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife by running over her with his pickup. Lucas McCarley was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He also pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine.

  Ikee Wyrick Bowie County A Northeast Texas man is behind bars for possession of more than $70,000 worth of drugs. Authorities executed a search warrant at the Texarkana, Texas home of 25-year-old Ikee Wyrick and seized 19.5 pounds of marijuana, 31 grams of cocaine, 1,238 Xanax pills, and three tablets …

  Broderick Maximillian McHenry Harrison County Jail A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty in Harrison County to robbing an EZ-Mart in Marshall and beating two store clerks with a baseball bat. Broderick Maximillian McHenry, 32, of Shreveport was sentenced to 60 years in prison. He must spend at least 30 …

Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $709 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he would send cities, counties, transit systems and particular purpose taxing districts $709.2 million in local sales tax allocations for January, 9.5 percent more than in January 2017. …

  The new members of the MPJHS National Junior Honor Society recite the membership pledge. NJHS 2018 Officers (l-r): Vice President Madison Grundy, Secretary Jezzaniah Jeffrey, Treasurer Sarah Godfrey and President Connelly Cowan.   Over 100 Mount Pleasant Junior High School seventh and eighth-grade students are now members of the …

Aaron Moreno Tuesday afternoon, Paris Police Officers responded to the 1200-block of SE 15th in regards to a warrant arrest. They arrested Aaron Moreno, 28, on an outstanding warrant out of Lamar County for theft $30,000 to $150,000. Around 9:00 Tuesday night police worked a disturbance in the 300-block of …

    Bradley Curtis Kougher Hopkins County Jail A jury has been selected and the trial begins today in District Court in Sulphur Springs for a man accused of multiple sex crimes against children. Bradley Curtis Kougher, 41, had turned himself over authorities in October of 2017 after being on the run …

  Micah McCarty Hopkins County Jail Bond was set at $30,000 for a Sulphur Springs man arrested by SCU officers arrested on felony drug charges. Micah Wayne McCarty, 46, was charged with Manufacture or Delivery of more than one gram but less than four grams of methamphetamine in a Drug-Free …