Mount Pleasant Area News

Fort Worth Police responded to the 12400 block of South Freeway southbound service road after reports of a shooting. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body and another man who reportedly shot the victim. The victim later died …

Hunt, Rockwall, Collin, and Kaufman counties were without 911 services for several hours last Tuesday. They have now restored it. The outage was due to an issue with AT&T, and a spokesperson for AT&T said they had addressed the problem and fixed 911 calls.

She was supposed to go home to her grandmother’s house after visiting her boyfriend’s home, but Danielle Croft, 36, has yet to return. That was December 7; she has now missed Christmas and her son’s birthday. Reportedly, the family found Danielle’s clothes on the side of the road near her …

  On Tuesday, December 19, at 6:17 pm, Officers were notified of a 17-year-old female runaway. They had dropped the subject off for work in the 3700 block of Lamar Avenue, but she failed to show up for work. Witnesses last saw the missing individual leaving with two known white …

After a unanimous vote by the NBA Board of Governors, the sale of the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Vegas Sands Corporation, a gambling and entertainment company, is a done deal. They think the sale to be the largest cash transaction in NBA history, with no debt service. They value …

  Mexican officials moved to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande River Wednesday as U.S. officials met with Mexico’s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border. Mexico began clearing both occupied and unoccupied tents from the …

Authorities have released the name of a pilot killed after his single-engine plane crashed into the side of a house in Van Zandt County. The pilot, 60-year-old Roger D. Turner of Edgewood, was found in the wreckage of the plane and was pronounced at the scene. No one was at …

An 11-year-old boy has died after driving a vehicle early Wednesday morning and crashing into  a tree about six miles east of Tyler. It happened at about 3:30 in the morning. The DPS report did not say why the underage boy was driving the car.

As I hike the Coyote Run Trail at Cooper Lake State Park, enveloped by post oak trees, my sense of well-being soars as it frees me from daily stress. This phenomenon, a blend of nature’s beauty and physical activity, is a personal revelation and a scientifically supported experience. As research …

Laura Lee Newby Last Friday morning at 9:39, Paris Officers worked a wanted person in the 100 block of NE 14th Street. Laura Lee Newby, 43, stated that she lived alone and the desired person was not there. Newby gave officers consent to search the residence for the subject. They …

A caravan estimated to be about 6,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba, and other countries are walking through Mexico toward the U.S. border. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Mexico City to work out new agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking entry into the United …

A celebration of the life of former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Sam Rayburn will be on Saturday, January 6, the 142nd anniversary of the birth of “Mr. Sam.” The celebration will be at the Sam Rayburn House Historical Site in Bonham from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. If the …

A North Lamar High School graduate has been honored with a national award bestowed on only one-half of one percent of people in her profession. Dr. Lorin Swint Matthews, chairwoman, professor of physics, and associate director of Baylor University’s Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research, has been appointed …

Titus County Deputies arrested Sandy Padilla on Tuesday on outstanding warrants. They charged her with money laundering of more than $2,500 but less than $ 30,000 with the Manufacture and Delivery of more than four grams of a Penalty Group II Controlled Substance. At the last report, they had not …

A small plane went down in Van Zandt County in a residential area near Thompson Tailwind Airport in Edgewood. The plane crashed into a home, and the owners were not in the house at the time of the crash. The pilot, the only occupant of the aircraft, died. The plane …

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating a head-on collision Christmas night that claimed the lives of three people and shut down Hwy 70 for about three hours. In one vehicle, the driver, 63-year-old Max Sides Senior, passenger 55-year-old Vicki Sides, and 32-year-old Max Sides, Jr., of Coleman, Oklahoma, were pronounced …

Chokma! ​ ​My name is Faithlyn Taloa Seawright. My Chickasaw and Choctaw name, Taloa, means ‘To Sing.’ I am the 25-year-old daughter of Gwen Burris and Larry Seawright. I am a participant in the Chickasha Academy Adult Immersion Program, where I have the opportunity to learn my language. Upon graduation, …

The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a travel warning about visiting Texas. The ACLU says it’s because of the new state immigration bill Texas recently signed into law. The advisory states that in some cases, judges who have no training in immigration law can order people deported.

An East Texas law enforcement agency is warning the public about a Bitcoin scam involving an imposter claiming to be a deputy sheriff. The Smith County Sheriff’s office says the caller tells people they have a warrant and must immediately pay a fine by depositing money into Bitcoin machines found …

Britney Itzaely DelarosaTitus County Deputies arrested 22-year-old Britney Itzaely Delarosa on a Lamar County warrant for Criminal Mischief valued at over $2,500 but less than $30,000. She’s in the Titus County Jail on a $5,000 bond. Donald Milton WestDeputies arrested 40-year-old Donald Milton West for Possession of more than four …