Mount Pleasant News

Oklahoma City Police called to a home on the city’s southwest side Monday and discovered the bodies of five people, including at least two children, according to Sgt. Gary Knight, all five victims had injuries consistent with homicide. Knight said a man and a woman were among those found dead, …

Those self-checkout lanes have fallen out of favor, and some big-name retailers are looking to close them. Experts say this is all about stopping shoplifters. Professor Thomas McMillan heads the Center for Retailing Studies at Texas A&M. He says that some younger shoppers like the self-checkout. Walmart announced this month …

  Titus County arrested 32-year-old Lola Danielle Cherry of Mt. Pleasant for Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, Evading Arrest with a Vehicle, and a Texas Parole Violation warrant on an Attempted Capital Murder of a Person Under ten years old conviction.   On Monday, Deputies arrested 40-year-old James Robert Short of …

A large truck struck and killed a pedestrian Friday night while walking across US Highway 69 in Lindale in front of the McDonalds. They pronounced 60-year-old Bill Darling of Oregon at the scene. The crash remains under investigation, but police say it appears to be an accident.

Paris Police Department is looking for a runaway teenage girl. According to the department, Madison Treadway’s mother told police that she had run away from home on Saturday, April 6, and never returned. Madison, 14, is a white female who is about 5′8″ tall and weighs about 180 pounds. Police …

Mt Pleasant Seventy-Day Adventist Church at 302 Lakewood Drive in Mt Pleasant is hosting a free eye exam and free glasses on Sunday, May 19, from 8:00 am until 3:45 pm. Call 903-347-2670 to reserve your free eye exam, as limited appointments are available! We will have two doctors this …

‘East Texas Giving Day,’ hosted by East Texas Communities Foundation, is Tuesday, April 30, From 6:00 am to midnight. In 32 counties in East Texas, 366 nonprofits are participating. They include animals, arts, foster organizations, human services, mental illness, education, and religion. Go to www.EastTexasGivingDay.org. You can search by zip code, county, …

Paris Police arrested Christopher Austin Basham, 27, in the 3400 block of Lamar Avenue for outstanding warrants. After the arrest, officers found Basham in possession of Methamphetamine. He was booked on the warrants as well as the new charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance. On Friday, officers arrested Colton …

They took a McCurtain County man to the hospital after reportedly trying to avoid hitting an animal in the road and instead hit a tree. According to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the 29-year-old driver was traveling west on US-70 when he drove off the road. They took …

Gunfire has left one young man dead and two others wounded following a shooting at a high school prom afterparty in Fort Worth. Fort Worth Police said the shooting happened at a home near 3900 Singleleaf Lane just before 1:00 am Sunday. As of Sunday, the two victims are in …