Mount Pleasant News

The Marshall Police Department said someone placed a card-skimming device at a QuikTrip gas station on Interstate 20 near Marshall. The department gave the following tips to protect yourself from these pesky devices: Use a credit rather than a debit card because they have better protection from fraud. Pay with …

Saturday, Alesha Marie Sexton, 33, of Caddo Mills, falsely informed Hunt County Sheriff’s Office, along with Caddo Mills Police Department units, that a man with a gun was chasing her on CR 2134. Other calls started coming in that a female subject in the area of CR 2134 was beating …

The Texas Tribune reports that a federal judge in Texas rejected a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday. It was against a Biden administration immigration program that allows up to 360,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to legally migrate to the U.S. U.S. District Judge …

A 28-year-old Antlers woman has died after a crash in Pushmataha County Sunday morning. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports Brittney Kazy was driving her SUV on Oklahoma Hwy-3 when she ran off the road, overcorrected, and then drove off the other side. The car overturned, ejecting her. They pronounced her …

The Paris Junior College Board of Regents met Thursday, March 7 and received the formal recommendations from the PJC Presidential Search Committee of three finalists for the next President of the College. The Paris Junior College Board of Regents met Thursday, March 7, and received the formal recommendations from the …

On Friday night, March 8, at approximately 8:50, a Paris Police Officer responded to the Atwoods Store at 2445 N. Main Street to investigate a report of a suspicious male who had been in a dressing room for over 30 minutes. He would not respond to store employees preparing to …

National qualifiers: TAFE national qualifiers Gabriella Garza (left) and April Ruiz (right) Landaverde: Jasmine Landaverde prepares to compete in a Job Interview Landaverde Beles: Araceli Landaverde (left) and Sidney Beles (right) with their state-qualifying Children’s Book Contact: Kelly Cowan MPHS Future Educators advance to National competition The Mount Pleasant High …

Jacob Anthony Lewis An officer stopped a vehicle Thursday in the 3500 block of Pine Mill Rd for improper turning and driving erratically. The officer made contact with Jacob Anthony Lewis, 27, who was intoxicated. Lewis failed several field sobriety tests, and the officer arrested him for Driving while intoxicated. …

President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night. Biden’s scrappy tone was a sharp break from his often-humdrum daily appearances and intended to banish doubts about whether the 81-year-old president, the country’s oldest ever, is still up to …

The Texas Panhandle wildfires are significantly impacting the region’s agricultural industry. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told CBS News on Thursday morning that preliminary numbers show more than 7,000 head of cattle have died because of the fires. He believes the final toll could include thousands more. It doesn’t count …