Mount Pleasant News

Bill Haslam's plan to lift a cap on class size averages is meeting resistance from educators, but the Republican calls the proposal a key element of his effort to allow school districts to raise teacher pay.Haslam told reporters after a visit to a Maury County middle school this week that Tennessee is alone in setting both maximum total and average ... (more)

MAURY COUNTY, Tenn.- A leaflet urging people to vote against a proposed Metro Government has landed a mid-state mayor in hot water.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Tenn. - Gov. Bill Haslam is urging members of a House committee not to advance a measure calling for contested elections for state Supreme Court justices.

Star Link Logistics, a chemical manufacturer in Mount Pleasant, is suing a company in charge of closing a neighboring aluminum landfill after claiming the business has been contaminating Sugar Creek and Arrow Lake for more than 20 years.

The National Park Service will offer several Gullah Heritage Programs at the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant, about a 2 hour drive from Columbia.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Tenn. - Mount Pleasant's new city manager has asked the town's chaplain to refrain from holding group prayer services at City Hall while employees are on the clock.