Mount Pleasant News

    Mt Pleasant and Mt Vernon Superintendents say a major gas line has broken causing schools to canceled in both districts for Wednesday. Also closed today are the Winfield, Harts Bluff, and Chapel Hill Mt Pleasant school districts. Northeast Texas Community College is open. Centerpoint Energy is at the scene working …

Reward Offered for Most Wanted Sex Offender from Houston John Wayne Stoneham AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added John Wayne Stoneham, 49, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list, and offered is a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to …

  At approximately 6:32 Tuesday morning, Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on US-259 1.5 miles north of Ore City. Preliminary reports indicate that the driver of a 2017 Freightliner truck-tractor towing a semi-trailer was pulling out of a parking lot, failing to yield the right of way to cross …

    Due to current fire danger conditions that continue within Lamar County, and due to lack of rainfall, The Lamar County Commissioners’ Court, under the advisement of the Lamar County Department of Emergency Management, and the Lamar County Volunteer Fire Departments, has issued a 30-day Burn Ban beginning today, December …

  From DPS Sgt Jean Dark At approximately 7:24 am this (Tuesday) morning, Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash involving Harmony ISD school bus #24 on SH-154 and FM-2869 in Wood County. Preliminary reports indicate that the driver of a Dodge pickup ran into the back of the stopped school bus due …

Jeremy Cantrell Monday morning around 11:00 Paris Police arrested Jeremy Cantrell, 37, at the parole office in regards to a warrant. Officers worked another fraud complaint Monday afternoon in the 200 block of N. Collegiate. An unknown suspect had used the complainant’s credit card information to conduct online transactions. The …

  Brandon Black Hopkins County Jail Christopher Morgan Hopkins County Jail More information has been released about the arrest of two men by Hopkins County Deputies on drug charges. Brandon Reid Black, 31, of Eustace, and 34-year-old Christopher Michael Morgan, of Gun Barrel City, were taken into custody after they …

    A Diana man charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon has been released from the Gregg County Jail after posting $20,000 bond. Richard Lenoir, 33, had been arrested in Morris County on a Gregg County indictment for allegedly threatening to kill his girlfriend and using a knife …

        Kayla Ann Wheeler Gregg County Jail A 29-year-old East Texas woman has pleaded guilty to murdering her mother. Kayla Ann Wheeler of Kilgore was sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing Elizabeth Jane Wheeler in October of 2016.

  Texarkana USA Chamber of Commerce New Addition to 2018 Chamber Board of Directors Texarkana, USA (December 11, 2017): The Texarkana USA Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce an addition to our 2018 Board of Directors. LaTonya McElroy is a new Chamber of Commerce Board of Director beginning in …