Mount Pleasant News

Rain and heavy wind Sunday night knocked about 2,700 customers off the power grid Monday morning. The storm affected fourteen Northeast Texas counties, including Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Morris, and Van Zandt.

The Hopkins County Commissioner’s Court voted to enact a burn ban immediately. Outdoor burning of any kind is now not allowed. Camp, Franklin, and Titus are the only counties you can burn outdoors. In Titus, Mt Pleasant has a burn ban.

A Leavenworth Kansas County woman lost $94,000 in a celebrity imposter scam by people outside the United States. Someone who claimed to be country music singer Neal McCoy persuaded her into sending them cryptocurrency, cash, cell phones, passwords, gift card account numbers, and proceeds from selling an antique vehicle. The …

The victim in Marshall’s 50-people brawl last Saturday was Russell Dale Crawford Shyne, 36. He died at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Tramaine Rondell Dunn, 40, was booked into the Harrison County Jail for murder.

Sheriff, Tommie Johnson III The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Del City officer working off-duty security firing his weapon at the football game last Friday. A 42-year-old man was shot in the chest and remained in critical condition. Sheriff Tommie Johnson III said the officer “perceived some sort …

Huntsville Fire Chief Greg Mathis  A large fire started at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Facility in Huntsville around 2:30 am Friday. It happened at the Walls Unit in the 800 block of 12th Street. During a media briefing around 7:00 am, Huntsville Fire Department Chief Greg Mathis said …

Javier Villarreal Amador Camp County Deputies arrested Javier Villarreal Amador, 22, of Mt Pleasant, on Sunday, August 24, charging him with kidnapping. On July 20, Deputy Andrew Cox investigated him at Walker Creek Apartments about a female being held captive. Investigator Tim Hall responded to that location and learned Amador …

A two-vehicle crash on TX-19 has claimed the life of a 16-year-old Murchison teen Sunday at 7:40 pm. It was three-tenths of a mile east of Athens. The teen was driving a 2008 Chrysler Sebring eastbound when they lost control and traveled into the westbound lanes. He struck a 2021 Lincoln …

Dr. Paula Wilhite | Jim Swann Recently, Northeast Texas Community College celebrated the retirement of two faculty members. They thanked Dr. Paula Wilhite and Mr. Jim Swann for their positive impact on the lives of their students and those who have worked with them over the years.

The City of Mount Pleasant will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Pilgrims Community Center in Oaklawn Park on Thursday, September 7, at 4:00 pm. They invite citizens to join them in celebrating the completion and opening of this new community amenity, according to Mayor Tracy Craig, Sr. The …