Mount Pleasant News

The City of Mt Pleasant will host a ribbon-cutting on Thursday, September 7, at 4:00 pm. It will be at the completed construction of the new Pilgrims Community Center in Oaklawn Park. Citizens can join the celebration and opening of the new center, according to Mt Pleasant Mayor Tracy Craig, …

    At a recent memorial service, a group of nurses dressed in a traditional nurse’s uniform – white scrubs, white shoes, white cap, and blue cape – approached the casket. A burning candle led them down the aisle, where they delivered a card to the family, extinguished the candle, …

During the morning session, Paxton sat between two of his 12 lawyers, Tony Buzbee and Dan Cogdell. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s historic battle to remain in office suffered an early blow Tuesday as the vast majority of Texas senators rejected motions to dismiss the articles of impeachment against him. …

Texas’ leading electric grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), has issued a weather watch for Wednesday through Friday. ERCOT issued the Watch due to “forecasted higher temperatures, higher electrical demand, & the potential for lower reserves. The council has not issued a conservation request and expects the …

Tuesday afternoon, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced it is canceling all driver license appointments for Wednesday Morning, September 6, between 7:30 and noon “due to an ongoing outage of the driver license system.” The outage impacts all driver’s license services, including renewing or replacing a driver’s license …

A Massachusetts community is mourning a 14-year-old high school student who police say died the same day he participated in the social media trend known as the “One Chip Challenge.” Harris Wolobah’s family says the sophomore took part in the challenge, which involves eating a single tortilla chip seasoned with …

Rance Warren A Choctaw Nation Lighthorse officer from McAlester, Rance Warren, 32, died in a UTV crash on Labor Day. Warren was speeding in a UTV when he lost control on a gravel curve on a country road a few miles south of Wilburton. The crash hurt a 30-year-old passenger …

Authorities said a driver in Nebraska called 911 reporting a wrong-way driver on Highway 77. Deputies responded and pulled over the wrong-way driver. The man’s blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit, and it turned out he was the one who called about drivers going the wrong way.

An international Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Barcelona, Spain, was forced to turn around two hours into its journey. The pilot said the flight was affected by a “biohazard issue” concerning a passenger. The passenger had diarrhea down the aisle of the airplane.

The President of Mt Vernon’s Industrial Foundation informed Mt Vernon ISD they had a gift. The district can now purchase 20 acres across from the football stadium. It will help in the growth of the school district.