Mount Pleasant News

North and Central Texas Another round of scattered showers and storms is expected primarily this morning across North Texas, while the heat will be on across Central Texas with a Heat Advisory in effect until early Thursday evening. Some of the morning storms across North Texas and north of a …

ERCOT’s six-day Supply and Demand dashboard on the ERCOT website shows the possibility of a new all-time peak demand record later this week. The dashboards will update in real time as the week progresses. There is currently enough capacity to meet forecasted demand. Texans set ERCOT’S current record of 80,148 …

The Collin County Republican Party passed a resolution condemning the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas House of Representatives. The House accuses Paxton of misusing his power to benefit a campaign donor. The state has suspended Paxton awaiting an impeachment trial in the Senate.

A bill inspired by the disappearance of Wise County Athena Strand, age seven, has been signed into law by Governor Abbott. The new law, which went into effect immediately,  allows law enforcement to issue an alert for a region when a child goes missing before anyone confirms that there was …

A Van Zandt County man was killed at about 5:00 Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash on I-20 about three miles from Waskom. Troopers say 42-year-old Joshua D. Benz of Grand Saline was westbound when he lost control of his SUV and rolled over onto its side. The driver of …

From Titus County Sheriff Office Facebook Page Titus County Sheriff’s Investigators are investigating a burglary report after someone took the Kawasaki UTV seen in this photo. They also took a significant amount of outdoor and hunting equipment from the property off of CR 1905, a short distance south of Sulphur …

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 9:00 pm for the areas shaded. The main threat will be large hail up to 3 inches, or baseball size, and damaging winds up to 70 mph. Continue to monitor the weather tonight and stay weather aware!

At 10:00 Monday night, officers went to 1561 NW 11th St. in an attempt to locate Angel Reaves on a general warrant for the Manufacture/Delivery of Cntl Sub. They arrested Reaves and another subject at the residence named Sama Nah, who also had outstanding warrants for the Manufacture and Delivery …

KLTV-7 A man involved in a string of 2022 vehicle burglaries pleaded guilty on Monday. Jaylon Sanders, 22, of Paris, was arrested on a warrant for engaging in organized criminal activity issued in early 2022. The contract came after authorities suspected Sanders and three other Paris men of burgling 32 …

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday, ending the state’s temporary paper license tag system. The new law will replace all paper tags with metal ones starting Jul 1, 2025. An investigative report by NBC 5 in Dallas exposed how criminals obtained car dealer licenses to access the …