Mount Pleasant News

Paris Police arrested Chelsey Lingle, 30, of Paris, after responding to a disturbance call. Mr. Lingle had an outstanding warrant charging him with endangering a child. That case was reported in September of this year and involved drug use while children were present. Officers responded to a theft of a …

  McKinney Police arrested a man and woman in connection with a shooting in Greenville Thursday that left a seven-year-old dead.  Brooke Craig and Cameron Castillo were arrested early this morning in McKinney. They charged Craig with a Capital Murder warrant. At this time, police billed Castillo with violating his …

  Walgreen’s Flu Index According to the Walgreens ‘flu index,’ the Tyler, Longview, Lufkin, and Nacogdoches areas rank tops the nation for flu activity. The index is compiled using retail prescription data for antiviral medications used to treat influenza across the country. The Index does not show the severity of …

    Kenneth Dewayne Nelson Bi-State Jail A Northeast Texas man has been indicted in Bowie County on multiple counts of human trafficking and sexual assault. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, of Texarkana, is accused of trading drugs for sex with five teenage girls. He faces up to life in prison …

  Teddy Ray Emmons Hopkins County Jail A Hopkins County man charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, in connection with a disturbance on FM 900, has reached a plea bargain with prosecutors. During the course of the incident, 58-year-old Teddy Ray Emmons barricaded himself inside a residence, but …

    Emergency crews responded an explosion off US Hwy 69, near Love’s Lookout in Cherokee County. State Troopers said the blast happened at an active gas well. No injuries were reported. The explosion remains under investigation.

  Oncor is sending around 80 utility workers from Texas to Puerto Rico next month to help restore power. The company said its sending crews as part of partner utility effort with the island which is working to fully restore its power grid several months after Hurricane Maria slammed onto …

  E-Z Mart Stores Inc. has signed an agreement with GPM Investments to acquire 273 of the company’s convenience stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018.

With winter precipitation predicted for New Year’s Weekend, TxDOT’s trucks out today and tomorrow spraying significant highways, bridges, and overpasses with a brine solution. The solution is a mixture of salt and water that binds to the pavement and helps prevent any precipitation from freezing on the structures. The treatment …

Wednesday (Dec 27) at approximately 5:35 pm, Troopers responded to a three-vehicle fatal crash on SH-64 two miles west of Tyler in Smith County. Reportedly the driver of a 2004 Jeep Liberty, identified as Jason Howland, 36, of Tyler, was traveling west on SH-64 in the inside lane while a …