Mount Pleasant News

Justiss Students Compete In The National Coding Contest. Third and fourth graders at Justiss Elementary School are competing in the Learning.com Code-a-Thon this week. Students use Code Monkey to learn basic computer programming and coding which is an essential skill for many technology careers. “Developing computational thinking skills and coding …

  Today is the Great American Smokeout. Each year on the third Thursday in November, the American Cancer Society challenges smokers to quit cigarettes for 24 hours with the hopes that this decision will continue forever. 42% of Americans were smokers in 1965. What percent smoke today? The annual Great …

    Titus County Commissioners have donated four acres of land to the City of Mt Pleasant to build a new animal shelter. The proposed $2 million shelter will be built at the corner of Industrial Road and Enterprise Boulevard. Plans also call for a  dog park and set of …

    Billy Joel Tracy TDCJ Photo A Telford Prison unit inmate has been sentenced to death the murder of a correctional officer who was escorting him to his cell. Billy Joel Tracy, 39, had been convicted in New Boston of beating to death Timothy Davison of Simms. Tracy had …

      As the result of an autopsy report, four people have been arrested in connection with the death of a Pittsburg man who was found dead on September 24 just off CR 3211. Christian Omar Garcia, 25, 21-year-old Leticia Nonely Ramirez, 23-year-old Luis Osvaldo Ramirez, and 22-year-old  Mario Perez …

Earlier Wednesday afternoon, a Trooper stopped a silver Toyota Camry westbound on SH-31 in Henderson County for a traffic violation. While speaking with the driver on the shoulder of the roadway, the passenger, Karalyn Nicole Collins, 28, of West Park, FL, slid into the drivers’ seat and fled the scene. …

American Pickers plans to film in Texas. Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to Texas! They plan to film episodes of the hit series American Pickers throughout the region in the Winter of 2018. American Pickers is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of …

    Billy Joel Tracy TDCJ Photo The punishment phase of the capital murder trial of Telford Prison inmate Billy Joel Tracey continues this week with the defense resting its case. More psychological testimony will make up the remainder of the trial and the Bowie County jury should get the …

    James Paul Stewart Harrison County Jail A 31-year-old East Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after reaching a plea bargain with prosecutors. James Paul Stewart, of Hallsville, pleaded guilty in Harrison County to four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The victims …

GoFundMe: For the children of Sulphur Springs https://www.gofundme.com/for-the-children-of-sulphur-springs Thirty years ago, she was living under a bridge with her one-year-old daughter. She would place leaves in her daughter’s diapers to make them last longer. Now, she is committing her entire life to making sure the children in her community are …