Mount Pleasant News

    Hopkins County Deputies were dispatched to a welfare concern on CR-2408 at about 9:45 am New Year’s Day and found two brothers dead of gunshot wounds. They were identified as 50-year-old Jerry Shortnacy and 44-year-old Jonathan Shortnacy. No information about a possible motive has been disclosed. Both bodies …

    Allen Thomas Sample Hunt County Jail The trial has been set for February 5 in Hunt County District Court for a Campbell man accused in the death of a Hopkins County man.  Allen Thomas Sample is charged with murder for fatally shooting Tommey Joe Tubb of Dike in …

  Brooke Ashley Craig Hunt County Jail More details have been released about the fatal shooting of seven-year-old Kaden Green of Greenville. Investigators say it stemmed from a disturbance between 26-year-old Brooke Ashley Craig and the child’s father, 24-year-old Cameron Rafael Castillo. Craig allegedly fired into Castillo’s car and at least …

  D Arquez Quajon Tennon Hopkins County Jail A 22-year-old Lamar County man has been sentenced in Hopkins County to 19 years in prison for violating his probation. D. Arquez Quajon Tennon, of Paris, had been sentenced to deferred adjudication probation for manslaughter in 2016 in connection with the crash on …

Revealed: Why banning one word from your vocabulary could help you nail your new year’s resolutions With a new year upon us, many of us will be busy setting goals and resolutions that we want to achieve in the 12 months ahead. And now, a lifestyle guru has revealed the one …

We’re a pretty superstitious people. On New Year’s Day, some people eat black-eyed peas for luck, which others swear that pomegranates bring prosperity. Here are seven lucky foods to eat on New Year’s Day. Even the least superstitious of us can dig into symbolically lucky foods on New Year’s Day, because why …

Around 3:20 Sunday afternoon, there was a two-vehicle fatal crash on FM-2208 in Harrison County near Longview. Troopers report that Jessica Marie Click, 19, of Hallsville, was driving the 2009 Nissan Sentra, traveling northbound. A 1996 Dodge Ram 2500, driven by Christopher Brain Derr, 24, of Jefferson, was traveling southbound …

  Multiple Sheriffs’ Deputies are injured, and people are advised to shelter in place after an early morning shooting incident in Douglas County, Colorado. The department tweeted that there were “multiple deputies down” after officers responded around 5:00 am Sunday. The Associated Press reported it was a domestic disturbance at …

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth and Denton Police Department are reporting a mix of freezing drizzle and light snow this morning in the pink shaded area. Some icy sports are occurring, especially on bridges and overpasses which may lead to hazardous travel. A mix of freezing drizzle is …

We are watching the weather and will be treating roads in the Paris District. Road updates are available at drivetexas.org and on our Twitter page @TxDOTParis. TWM Tim McAlavy, Paris District Public Information Officer