Mount Pleasant News

Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom issued a Local State of Disaster for the City of Cumby. Since Wednesday, Cumby has had a significant water outage due to multiple breaks in the water lines because of the severe winter weather that included a Wintry Mix and prolonged sub-freezing temperatures. The declaration …

Judge Austin Reeve Jackson sentenced Samantha Wilson, 30, of Lindale, to prison Thursday for failing to report the repeated sexual abuse of at least one child. The court charged Wilson with abandoning or endangering a child with criminal negligence, and she received 20 years of federal confinement. Wilson told investigators …

Defendant ordered to pay restitution of $47,236.94 to elderly victim SHERMAN, Texas – U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzaant sentenced a Wills Point woman to federal prison for fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Lisa Lynn Smith, 62, pleaded guilty to wire fraud …

The Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs says the court sentenced a Leonard, Texas, man to federal prison for robbing multiple banks. Kevin Long, 31, pleaded guilty to bank robbery and was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan on January …

FFA Advisor Blake Denson, 2024-2025 Paris District FFA President Gunner Rodgers, FFA Advisor Susie Hearron, FFA Advisor Rance White Gunner Rodgers, Jonathan Dalby, FFA Advisor Susie Hearron, Christo Escalante MPHS FFA District Convention attendees Contact: Kelly Cowan MPHS FFA attends the Paris District Convention Mount Pleasant High School FFA members …

Members of the Police, Fire, and EMS Departments responded Thursday at 1:20 am to a house fire in the 300 block of 2nd NE. After they contained the fire, they discovered a victim in the residence. Identification is not available pending investigation by the Fire Marshall and notification of the …

Andrecas Bauntez Morgan Officers were summoned Wednesday evening at 6:27 to the 300 block of Kaufman St. regarding a disturbance. An employee at a local shelter said they wanted an individual to leave the shelter, and he refused. Officers told Andrecas Bauntez Morgan, 41, to leave the premises, and again, …

On Wednesday morning at 8:37, Cookville first responders worked an eastbound vehicle off the Interstate at the 167-mile marker. Injuries were reported in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon at 12:29. It occurred at 2306 W. Ferguson.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a Texas law aimed at removing sexually explicit books from school libraries is unconstitutional. The federal appeals court determined that the law to rate books violates free speech rights. The law required booksellers to use a rating system to classify books …

Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Winnsboro has made a $2,000 donation to the Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center. The hospital raised the money through a Christmas Wreath silent auction. The Child Advocacy Center in Winnsboro assists abused children in Camp, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Rains, Titus, Upshur, and Wood counties.