Mount Pleasant News

There are new details from the Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office concerning the Allen Premium Outlets shooter who killed eight people and wounded seven. The gunman, Mauricio Garcia, 33 years old, was shot by an Allen Police Officer in his head, ear, and arm. He died from a gunshot wound …

Amy Adkins, an assistant principal of Paris Junior High School in Paris, Texas, has been selected to represent the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals as a Region 8 Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year. TASSP recognizes outstanding principals and assistant principals from the state’s twenty regional Education Service Centers. …

Donnie George BassHopkins County Deputies arrested 36-year-old Donny George Bass following a pursuit that began south of Pickton. The chase continued through several county roads until it ended when Bass drove into a pond. He complied when ordered to swim to shore, and they charged him with Unlawful Possession of …

Cobie DavisTitus County arrested 48-year-old Cobie Davis of Texarkana on two warrants for the Revocation of Surety. Her new bonds for Felony Theft and Forgery of a Financial Instrument are $5,000 on each charge Deputies arrested 40-year-old Charles Casey Hooper of Mt. Pleasant on Revocation of Probation for Possession of …

Gregg County Deputies responded to a report at Lake Deverina near Gladewater where a tractor had crushed a man. Reportedly, 73-year-old David Cates was on his tractor working in his yard when the tractor tipped over and fell off a four-foot retaining wall. The tractor landed on Cates, killing him …

  Jimmy Ardell Harden Rains County SO Press Release from DA Robert Vitatow The Eighth Judicial District Court of Rains County selected a jury Monday, July 17, 2023, in Cause Nos. 6260, 6261, 6453, 6454, 6455, and 6456, entitled The State of Texas vs. Jimmy Ardell Harden. Harden, a local …

Froneberger, Boles, Johnson The Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas recognizes and honors nominated agricultural science teachers for their commendable careers with induction into the ATAT Hall of Fame. This Friday, July 28, 2023, in Dallas, four of Sulphur Springs’ finest and most respected agricultural science teachers will be inducted. These …

A woman caught an alleged ‘big cat’ sighting on camera Tuesday evening. The animal was along Highway 64 at the SRS Building Products store in Tyler near The Oil Palace. Edith Martinez was leaving the Woodcrest Mobile Home Park when she saw something mysterious across the street. She immediately posted …

Taj Ramel Lee Wednesday morning at 8:43, Paris officers executed a search warrant in the 3700 block of Askins Drive. It was for the arrest of Taj Ramel Lee for an Assault of a Family Member by Impeding Breath offense. They arrested Lee and discovered illegal narcotics within the residence, …

The Department of Justice filed a preliminary injunction Wednesday against Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas over a string of buoys installed in the Rio Grande. The DOJ asks a judge to order the governor to remove all floating barriers installed in the river until a court decides …