News

November, 2021

• 18 November

  MPISD – News

  (L to R): MPJH members of the All-Region choir at the All-Region clinic and concert at Gladewater High School on November 6. Contact: Kelly Cowan MPJH students selected for All-Region Choir Ten Mount Pleasant Junior High School choir students have earned places in the Junior High All-Region Choir. To achieve …
• 18 November

  Volunteer Tax Preparers Needed

  UNITED WAY SEEKING VOLUNTEER TAX PREPARERS The United Way of Lamar County needs volunteer tax preparers for its annual VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site. Each year the IRS certified VITA site and the IRS trained volunteers complete and file for free approximately 300 tax returns for low-income families and …
• 18 November

  A&M-Commerce Hosts Successful Conference For Future Educators

  The Texas A&M University-Commerce campus recently bustled with aspiring young educators when the university hosted more than 600 high school students for the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) Area 11 conference on Nov 5. Established in 1984, TAFE is a co-curricular statewide organization that provides students with an opportunity …
• 18 November

  Cold For Lunar Eclipse

  We have a new cold front that moved through the area Wednesday night. It means temperatures will steadily drop back into the 40s and 50s this Thursday morning. You’ll need warm clothing if you plan on viewing the near-total lunar eclipse after midnight Thursday. The weekend will see a slight …
• 18 November

  OSHA Follows Stay

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is following the stay issued by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, it said on its website, and is temporarily not enforcing the COVID-19 federal vaccine mandate on private employers. The appeals court issued the stay on Friday. The court ordered that OSHA “take …
• 18 November

  Here Comes The Judge

  Judge Brit Featherston Brit Featherston has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. Featherston was appointed to the position by Attorney General Merrick Garland and took the oath of office from Chief U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap. The district includes …
• 18 November

  Now Grayson County Knows

  Sherman vs. Singapore is over. Texas Instruments manufacturing plant will build a 4.7 million-square-foot plant in Sherman. It will be the most significant electronic production facility in the state and among the largest manufacturing plants in the country. IT will hire 3,200 employees of all backgrounds as a result.
• 18 November

  Something To Be Thankful For Thanksgiving

  Most of Northeast Texas is now in the “minimal” spread level. That means there are less than ten positive cases of COVID per 100,000 people. Those in charge say they believe it is due to the vaccine that is now readily available. In addition, many received their booster shots. All …
• 18 November

  Butt Injections Leads To Manslaughter

  Lisa Fernandez Court documents state that Lisa Fernandez, 47, was charged with manslaughter after allegedly providing another woman with illegal silicone butt injections, and she was unlicensed. Fernandez, 47, appeared before a judge Wednesday, and her bond is $40,000. Marja McClendon made a trip to Houston from St. Louis, Missouri, …
• 18 November

  No Soup For You!

  Amanda Martinez The Bell County Sheriff’s Office arrested Amanda Martinez, 31, accused of throwing soup in the face of a Temple restaurant employee. The charge is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $4,000, or both. She bonded out for …