Mount Pleasant News

Renae Shira, daughter of Ken and Karon Shira, of Abilene, TX, and Chris Terry, son of Ken and Julie Terry, of Abilene, TX, were married on May 9, 2009, by Chas Shira, cousin of the bride, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church in Abilene, TX.

Ray Price is out and Mel Tillis in on July 17 at the One World Theater. Price's agent Bobby Roberts told the Associated Press the 83-year-old Price was admitted to a hospital in Texas on June 22 for routine medical tests when a colonoscopy revealed a large number of polyps in the pre-cancerous stage.

It's the eve of one of the biggest weekends of American Sprint Car Series racing action thus far in 2009, a weekend in which more than 200 different drivers will compete in at least one of the ten events scheduled at nine different tracks throughout seven states.

Officials across several East Texas counties are still investigating a string of robberies, that happened Wednesday.

The Housing Authority of the City of Mount Vernon, Texas, will receive Bids for the 2009 CFP, Porch Canopy Additions Project at TX337-001, Site a oeCa until 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, July 16, 2009, at the Housing Authority Office at 944 South Kaufman Street in Mount Vernon, Texas 75457, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and ...

A car has crashed into an 18th century pub in Bradford on Avon this morning. Fire crews from Bradford, a damage control unit from Warminster and the gas board, are at the scene of the crash at the Castle Inn, in Mount Pleasant.

MOUNT PLEASANT a ' The members of Hobcaw Yacht Club took care of everything they possibly could to put on a first-rate regatta to open the local regatta season, but the factor over which they had no control a ' the wind a ' chose not to cooperate until mid-afternoon Sunday for the final day of racing in the club's open regatta.

1 with guest pianist Alain Lefevre. - Principal cellist: China-born, Russian-raised Xiao-Dan Zheng will take over for longtime principal Nelzimar Neves, who left the orchestra toward the end of last season and returned to her native Brazil.

An east Texas musician, fighting a debilitating disease, gets help from a benefit concert in Gladewater.

Game one of the Region III Class A regional championship series between Overton and Maud, scheduled for tonight in Tatum, has been moved.

MOUNT PLEASANT - Eight local Boy Scouts have joined the ranks of Bill Gates and Neil Armstrong, not to mention Michael Moore, John Tesh and 86 past members of their own troop, by reaching the rank of Eagle.

Remington's run for a world record is going to be close. On Friday, the Clydesdale from Princeton measured 80 inches tall with his shoes on.

A four-wheeler accident that critically injured 8-year-old Gage Crutchfield has brought to light the urgent need for lifesaving helicopter service from the accident scene directly to a hospital.

SELMA -- One week from today, Bob Staggs will be among the dwindling number of participants left to mark the 65th anniversary of perhaps the most decisive event of World War ll.

Local gardeners interested in saving water, using fewer chemicals in their yards, and cutting down on back-breaking maintenance will have the opportunity to learn how on June 6. The newly formed Lake Country chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas will conduct its kickoff meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 6 at the Titus County ...

Mount Pleasant police are looking for the man who robbed a Goodwill Store on Memorial Day.

He is one of the most popular western cowboy actors of all time. I'm talking about "The Duke", better known as John Wayne.

Kilgore College poised to open a center in August in Henderson. KC will occupy part of Central Elementary, which will become vacant with opening of a new school.

A number of free, public Memorial Day services are being held on Monday. Those services will take place all over the lowcountry.

Victims of domestic violence or sexual assault still have no shelter in Lamar County, and that is a huge problem, according to Lamar County Victims and Witness Coordinator Allan Hubbard.