Mount Pleasant News

Choctaw Used Toy Drive to Aid Families in Need DURANT – The season is hardly on the horizon. Still, Christmas joy is growing daily in the thoughts and hearts of many. Choctaw Nation’s Going Green program has found a unique way to bring smiles and more to children with Going …

  AAA expects most significant Thanksgiving weekend travel volume in 12 years (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Amid a strong economy and stable consumer confidence, AAA expects Americans to get on the road and trek through airports over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the most massive numbers in 12 years. The auto …

Dr. Lester C. Newman Jarvis Christian College Helps to Make Community Strong by Generating $22 Million in Total Economic Impact. The new UNCF Study Confirms that Jarvis Christian College Contributes To Local and Regional Economies. Hawkins, TX – Jarvis Christian College is an essential economic engine in its community, generating substantial …

Friday morning police worked a stabbing on NE 14th. A known suspect had stabbed the complainant during an altercation. The complainant sustained a single puncture wound to the upper back and healthcare providers treated and released him. Freddy Anderson Saturday afternoon Paris Police responded to the 1600 block of Neathery …

A U.S. Border Patrol agent, Rogelio Martinez, died Sunday morning as a result of injuries sustained while on patrol in the Big Bend Sector. He and his Big Bend Sector partner were responding to activity near I-10 at Van Horn. Agent Martinez’s partner reported that they were both injured and …

Trevis Ladavion Baudoin Commerce authorities arrested Trevis Ladavion Baudoin, 19, on an Ellis County capital murder warrant. Officials took him to Hunt County Detention Center, under a bond of $1 million for a charge of capital murder out of Waxahachie. He was not a student at Texas A&M-Commerce.

AEP/SWEPCO is warning its customers to beware of utility scams this holiday season. The electric company joins about 100 other U.S. and Canadian utility companies in support of Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS). The utilities remind customers that they never demand immediate payment, insist a payment be made with a …

Melvin Brandon Bradshaw A Harrison County grand jury recently indicted Melvin Brandon Bradshaw, 24, of Hallsville, for intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle. It resulted in the death of Bobbie Renne Burke, 17, of Gladewater, last June. The crash occurred west of Harleton.  

Officials seized around 40 illegal gambling machines Friday afternoon. Authorities took them out of four stores in Bailey, Ector, Honey Grove, and Savoy. Between $3,000 t0 $5,000 were also seized. They expect the court to award the enforcement agencies with the proceeds shared with the district attorney.

Texas Rangers are investigating an in-custody death involving Juan Cordova-Sanchez, 26 of Nash, a prisoner at the Bi-State Jail on Saturday morning after 2:00. Paramedics took Sanchez to Wadley Hospital after reportedly losing consciousness while in jail. Sanchez attempted to flag down an officer but fled to the hospital. He …