Mount Pleasant News

Tyler, Texas – U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs announces that the Eastern District of Texas has sentenced an Oklahoma man for federal wildlife violations. Dusty Caudill, 37, of Ardmore, OK, pleaded guilty to the transportation of wildlife in violation of state law, a violation of the U.S. Lacey Act, and …

An unsettled pattern is unfolding for the long Christmas weekend, with multiple rounds of rain likely starting Friday and continuing into early next week. The weather will also remain mild, with many days in the 60s for highs for about the following week.

Across Northeast Texas, people cough, sniffle, sneeze, and show up at doctor’s offices to figure out what they have. So, what is going around? Doctors say it isn’t just one thing. This season of giving, Texans are sharing several illnesses. Doctors see many COVID, flu, RSV, and other little viruses …

Oklahoma court documents stated that Gary Cook tried to break into a car outside a home on Duke Street in Hugo when the homeowner came out and tried to stop him, laying on the hood of the vehicle. Cook took off with the woman still on the hood before she …

In Marshall, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office is accepting donations after a deputy and his family lost their home to a fire. Deputy Maguire woke up to his home on fire, according to the sheriff’s office Facebook post. The post says fire crews fought to control the fire but could …

Diamond Cierra Rudder Monday night at 12:02, an officer made a traffic stop in the 100 block of SW 4th St., pulling over Diamond Cierra Rudder, who Paris Police wanted on a drug paraphernalia warrant. The officer arrested Rudder and then discovered she had methamphetamine in her purse. She now …

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Monday making illegal immigration a state crime. The new law would authorize any Texas law enforcement officer to arrest people they catch  crossing the Rio Grande between ports of entry. Abbott also signed a bill designating more than $1 billion for more border barriers. …

A new survey from Forbes Magazine shows that Texas ranks eighth in the nation for people spoiling their dogs. Forbes found that 49.5% of Texans spend more money on their dog’s health and grooming than their own and that 44.5% of dog owners regularly throw birthday parties or other celebrations …

Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park reports two deputies responded to Fort Towson for a burglary in progress. When the deputies arrived, they found Justin Bates allegedly trying to break into a home and a shed where no one was home at the time. Bates was arrested on two counts of …

Lakendrick FletcherTitus County Deputies arrested 41-year-old Lakendrick Antron Fletcher of Longview for Aggravated Robbery and two counts of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. Bond is $130,000, and he’s in the county jail. Deputies arrested 23-year-old Markees Travion Kemp of Hughes Springs on a Cherokee County warrant for Assault on a …