Mount Pleasant News

Marshall Police seized 43 kilos of cocaine after stopping an 18-wheeler for speeding. Officers became suspicious of the driver and located 39 plastic-wrapped bags of drugs inside the big-rig trailer with an estimated street value of $4 million. The 34-year-old Ariel Martinez of Illinois driver was arrested and booked into …

The East Texas Food Bank is bringing out a new farmer’s market-style mobile pantry on the first Wednesday of every month, starting next week in Morris County. It will offer fresh produce in Daingerfield from 10:00 am to 11:30 am at the Church on the Rock at 909 Linda Dr. …

Harris County authorities have arrested the Itasca ISD Superintendent for Online Solicitation of a Minor. Investigators say, Michael Stephens, 47, engaged with an undercover officer, whom he believed to be a 15-year-old girl, through a social media app. Stephens sent explicit photos, requested nude videos, and spoke of plans to …

Titus County arrested 59-year-old Hershel Bernard Brown on a felony forgery charge. His bond is $20,000, and he remains in jail. Deputies arrested 20-year-old Treymeyon Struggs for Violation of his Probation for Possession of more than one but less than four grams of a Controlled Substance. He’s in the Titus …

Daniel Lee Smith Wednesday afternoon at 4:03, a Paris Patrol Officer conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Dakota for expired registration in the 1900 block of Lamar Avenue. The driver consented to search his vehicle, and the officer located a small clear baggie of methamphetamine inside his cigarette pack. …

Chick-fil-A Mount Pleasant is opens for business. The local Owner/Operator, Chuck Howard, looks forward to serving the Mount Pleasant community. The restaurant employs 100 full and part-time Team Members. In honor of the opening, Chick-fil-A will donate $25,000 to Feeding America, distributed to local partners to aid in the fight …

Mount Pleasant ISD Director of Safety and Security Hayes Lesher and Mount Pleasant Fire Chief Larry McRae was preparing for what’s become a necessity. McRae said it was about the fifth exercise Mt Pleasant has had in the last ten or fifteen years. Response personnel needed to learn precisely when …

Key findings reveal: · Early figures for 2023 show job scam reports nearly tripled compared to the same period last year. · $840 thousand in losses during the first three months of 2023, more than the first nine months of 2022. · Median loss of over $1,500 during the first …

Governor Greg Abbott Wednesday appointed John Scott as the short-term interim Texas Attorney General under Article 15, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution. “John Scott has the background and experience needed to step in as a short-term interim Attorney General during the suspended time of the Attorney General from duty,” …

AAA reports that more than 30% of all deaths involving teen drivers occur during what the group calls the “100 Deadliest Days,” which runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Among the risk factors that play a role in accidents and teens losing their lives include distracted driving, driving with …