Mount Pleasant News

  The Texas A&M -Commerce football team has been picked to finish sixth in the eight-team Southland Conference this fall. Southeastern Louisiana was picked first, with Incarnate Word a close second. Those two teams tied for the conference championship last year. McNeese State was picked third, followed by Nicholls State, …

  The Sulphur River Basin Authority board passed a $196,000 budget for fiscal year 2023-24 and named a new executive director at its latest meeting at the Mount Pleasant Civic Center. The board named David Weidman, of Mount Vernon, to be the new executive director. HE’ll begin his new duties …

  Forty-year-old Alishia Dann Bragg of Mt Pleasant was arrested over the weekend on warrants for Surety off Bond for Assault of a Peace Officer or Judge. New bond was set at $30,000. She was also charged with Resisting Arrest, Search or Transport. Bond on that charge was set at …

    At last report, Titus County Investigators are still seeking timely information as to the whereabouts of fugitive Zachary Taylor Holt. They spoke by phone with Holt last week, and as a courtesy offered him the opportunity to turn himself it at any county of his choosing yet he …

  The Mount Pleasant Chamber Orchestra presents its Summer Pops Concert, “Magical Realms,” on Saturday, Aug 5 at 6:00 pm. The free concert is at Northeast Texas Community College’s Whatley Center. There is sure to be lots of beautiful music that you will recognize. Listen for magical music you may …

    An Annona, Texas nurse has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs today. Crystal McLin Lipe, 41, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2023, to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Aileen Goldman Durrett .According …

President Joe Biden announced what the White House calls a first-ever heat “Hazard Alert” as temperatures across Texas pass 100 degrees for days in a row. President Biden directed the Department of Labor to increase heat-safety inspections in outdoor workplaces like farms and construction sites. The Labor Department also will …

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 …