Mount Pleasant Area News

  Four whistleblowers who were fired after reporting Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI vowed Monday to continue their legal fight with their former boss, promising to expose his alleged wrongdoing by forcing him and others to publicly testify. The whistleblowers were among a small group of top Paxton …

  One woman was killed , two men  were injured  and  1 of them  was arrested following a one vehicle crash on Hwy 154 about 13 miles west of Gilmer in Wood County. State troopers say  24-year-old Leopoldo Guerrero of Gilmer  was westbound when he ran off the road and …

  A Van Zandt County motorcyclist was killed over the weekend in a collision with a pickup on FM 279 east of Edom.  Troopers say 58-year-old Lewis Woods Roy of Ben Wheeler was  traveling west  when he failed to negotiate a curve and struck the pickup in in the eastbound …

Regina Jones Last Friday afternoon at 5:02, Paris Police worked a shoplifting case in the 3800 block of Lamar. Store personnel detained Regina Jones for leaving the store with items valued at $327.32 and did not attempt to pay for the merchandise. During booking, Jones had two previous convictions for …

KODAK Digital Still Camera Matthew Hunter Colville first came up on the radar of the Titus County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2022, only a few months after moving onto property located on the 400 block of County Road 1925. Colville, a felon, wasn’t home when deputies conducted a search …

A fatal crash killed Michael Covington, 37, of Oklahoma, in Choctaw County Sunday morning. The crash happened around 5:06 am on Highway 70 near Hugo. Covington was driving east and drifted off the road, overcorrected, drove back onto the road, and rolled over.

The DPS has identified the man killed in a single-vehicle crash on September 21 on SH 34 near County Road 3385 in Fannin County. The preliminary investigation indicates that 39-year-old Shane Price Mackey of Wolfe City was traveling westbound when his vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a tree. This …

TxDOT Paris District Weekly Roadwork Report September 17 – September 23 Paris – Here’s a look at work planned in the district for the week starting September 18, 2023. These schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment failure, or other unforeseen issues. Motorists must remain alert, pay …

They are accepting hay samples through Friday, September 29, from Hopkins and Rains County farmers and ranchers who want to learn more about their hay. You may drop hay samples off at the Hopkins-Rains Soil & Water Conservation District at 530 N. Hillcrest, Suite 2. In Rains County, you can …

Linden Police responded to a fatal accidental shooting on Friday in the parking lot of Crump Food Store in the 700 block of West Houston Street. Officers say 39-year-old store employee Larry Lawrence of Queen City was placing groceries on the back seat of a vehicle near a dog. He …

Titus County Deputies arrested 27-year-old Hector L. Hernandez of Pittsburg on a warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance, a Hopkins County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance, and four Class C misdemeanor warrants. He remains in the Titus County Jail.

Titus County Sheriff’s  FB Page Ladies-only Basic Firearms Safety/Training Course is open again. The Titus County Sheriff’s Office hosts the course free of charge. This introductory firearms safety and training course is in a casual group environment. It will provide safety principles, safe gun handling, firearm operations, and shooting. Certified …

One man is dead after drowning in a lake inside the Cedar Brand Park subdivision in Henderson County. Payne Springs Fire and Rescue responded to the scene and said someone working construction at a residence went for a swim in the lake. He went under the water, but he did …

Sulphur Springs, TX— 100 Years of Texas State Parks is something to celebrate! Texans slowly began recognizing the value of resource conservation in the 1920s, and at the same time, suddenly, people had cars, paved roads to drive on, and destinations to explore.  In 1923, the governor of Texas, Pat …

Radar 5:00 pm Sunday A band of showers and isolated thunderstorms continue to move south this afternoon, expected to push out of the region over the next several hours. By this evening, atmospheric recovery and developing instability will allow for the initiation of strong to severe storms along and near …

Lexi Agnew takes an order from Eva Beles at the MPISD Administration Building Mario Moreno delivers a snack to an Admin Building employee Jenna Mars makes tea in the Tigers Cup coffee shop Ghyles Lias and Cole Ashley deliver coffee to Eva Beles Jenna Mars (left) and Lexi Agnew hang …

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for South Central McCurtain County in Southeastern Oklahoma, Northwestern Bowie County in Northeastern Texas, Northeastern Titus County in Northeastern Texas, and Southeastern Red River County in Northeastern Texas until 10:at am. At 928 am, a severe thunderstorm was …

  An early morning crash killed an Arlington Police Officer on Interstate 20 in Southeast Dallas. Officer Darrin McMichael, a 24-year veteran of the Department, was heading to work on his police motorcycle at the time. Investigators believe traffic slowed down for some reason, and the officer bumped the car …

A court sentenced the 16-year-old boy convicted of murdering a student outside Arlington Lamar High School to 40 years in prison. The unnamed juvenile boy could get out much sooner. Judge Andrew Kim said he would hold a hearing on the juvenile’s 19th birthday to determine if he would be …