Mount Pleasant News

The Texas House of Representatives has hired two of the most prominent attorneys in Texas to present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. The hiring of Dick DeGuerin and Rusty Hardin emphasizes how aggressively a Republican-led investigation is moving to oust the state’s top lawyer. The …

The search for a Hunt County teen missing since May 27 has ended. They found the body of 17-year-old Connor Oney of Quinlan in a body of water near his home in the southern part of the county. His body has been sent to the Dallas County Medical Examiner to …

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 …