Mount Pleasant News

North and Central Texas Both a Heat Advisory and an Excessive Heat Warning are in effect across the region through Wednesday evening. Ensure you are staying safe if spending time outdoors. Drink plenty of water, stay in the shade, and remember to wear light clothing. Hot and dry weather continues …

Half a million Texans have lost their Medicaid coverage since April, mostly for procedural reasons like not responding to messages from the state. Preliminary data, released Friday by the state’s Health and Human Services Commission, paints a grim picture of Texas’ early efforts to redetermine Medicaid eligibility for the first time …

The Upshur County Commissioners Court named J.C. Stoddard, a San Antonio-based company, to renovate and restore the courthouse in downtown Gilmer. The project is estimated to take over 600 days to complete, with county officials hopeful the $12.8 million construction can begin mid-August. The Texas Historical Society provides a $5.2 …

Two juveniles are in the Texarkana Bi-State Jail and at the Lantz Lurry Juvenile Detention Center after Texarkana Police chased them on foot several times in early July. Vanderic Ross, 17, and an unnamed 16-year-old were suspects in several overnight burglaries of vape shops beginning around 3:00 am on Monday …

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will preside over the upcoming trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton. Patrick issued a wide-ranging gag order on all those involved. The order, among other things, prohibits statements concerning the expected testimony or character, reputation, or credibility of witnesses, parties, or attorneys involved in the trial …

Jury selection started Monday for the civil trial against four Dallas officers over the 2016 death of Tony Timpa. Timpa died after calling 911 for help, saying he had schizophrenia, was off his medication, and had taken cocaine. When officers responded, they handcuffed Timpa and pinned him face-down for 14 …

Matthew Rayburn is the father of Asher, the four-year-old Paris boy who died after they found him in the Moody Gardens Hotel pool in Galveston. Mr. Rayburn has filed a $1 million wrongful death lawsuit against the hotel claiming gross negligence. The lawsuit claimed the hotel pool had no staff …

Cherokee County has Robert Bacot, a dangerous fugitive, in custody. They wanted him on warrants for aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, and a parole warrant for his arrest. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office thanked the Jacksonville and Bullard Police Departments, Jacksonville Fire Department, Texas Game Wardens, TDCJ Pack Dog Unit, TDCJ …

The Department of Public Safety confirmed that a three-vehicle crash over the weekend on I-30 in Franklin County took a child’s life. The passenger car was eastbound about a mile from Mt. Vernon when it slowed down because vehicles in front of it were pulling over for an emergency vehicle …

Hakeem Crittenden Saturday morning, officers worked a Vehicle Burglary in the 3800 block of Lamar Ave. Several officers proceeded to the scene, and an officer in an unmarked vehicle observed the arrested suspect, Hakeem Crittenden wandering around the parking lot. A victim advised other officers that Crittenden had entered her …