Mount Pleasant News

Stolen PIckup Hopkins County Deputies are looking for two suspects who may have stolen a white GMC Pickup from a gas station. They also allegedly burglarized several other vehicles. In a later development, the suspects were seen at Walgreens in Greenville using some of the burglary victims’ credit cards. Pictures …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas: The Plantersville-Stoneham Volunteer Fire Department sits across from the town’s Baptist church on F.M. 1774 and is surrounded mainly by pastureland. The community, a quiet railroad town in southern Grimes County, measures its population in the hundreds. But Plantersville isn’t isolated. The nearby Texas Renaissance Festival draws thousands …

James Steven Casey On Tuesday morning, an officer recognized James Steven Casey, wanted for Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance, sitting in a vehicle in the 700 block of Bonham St. After confirming, the officer booked Casey into Lamar County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Anthony Feity At 4:48 Tuesday, police arrested Michael …

Verizon users have experienced 911 issues. If you call 911 and do not get an answer, they ask you to hang up and call the regular line for emergency services in Camp County. If you can’t get through, Verizon wants to know. ETGOC, the local governing agency for 911, was …

  Gladewater had to close U.S. 80 Tuesday morning after a concrete spill. Gladewater Police closed Westbound lanes near Shell Camp.

Christopher Hood The criminal trial of Christopher Hood of Henderson County began Tuesday. They are accusing Hood of murdering his 22-year-old girlfriend. Hood pleaded guilty to one count of illegal firearm possession but pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder. Hood had been in a relationship with Brooke Spurgeon …

Timothy Nall A Baptist church pastor in Mineola was arrested Monday on indecency charges with a child. Timothy Nall, 68, is accused of inappropriately touching a four-year-old congregation member on May 18. Nall was a pastor at the Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Mineola, and a witness allegedly saw …

The Department of Public Safety confirmed to ABC News that its inspector general is investigating a state trooper’s claims that superiors ordered officers at the border in Eagle Pass to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water. A trooper medic for Texas DPS outlined the allegations …

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says the delivery of physical letters will soon be a thing of the past for inmates at state prisons. The state will now route family and friends’ letters, photographs, and drawings to a central location for scanning. Inmates receive access to digital, colorized mail …

The Annual Texas Sales Tax Holiday/Tax-Free Weekend is Aug. 11–13. Comptroller Glenn Hegar encourages everyone to support Texas businesses while saving money on tax-free purchases of most clothing, footwear, school supplies, and backpacks sold for less than $100. You can purchase qualified items from a Texas store or online from …