A once-in-a-lifetime event

  • TRIBUNE PHOTO / LINCOLN OGLESBY
    TRIBUNE PHOTO / LINCOLN OGLESBY
  • (Above) Local students gathered outdoors to view the total eclipse Monday. (Right) Vendors set up shop during the weekend-long events. For more photos of the events, see page 14. COURTESY PHOTO
    (Above) Local students gathered outdoors to view the total eclipse Monday. (Right) Vendors set up shop during the weekend-long events. For more photos of the events, see page 14. COURTESY PHOTO
  • TRIBUNE PHOTO / NICOLE KIMBALL
    TRIBUNE PHOTO / NICOLE KIMBALL
    On Monday, April 8, 2024, precisely at 1:40 p.m., Mount Pleasant went dark. The solar eclipse engulfed the small town, turning day into night for us and other areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and several other states. The last time a total solar eclipse happened in North America was 1979. Though the eclipse itself was just one day, people came from all over to be in the totality zo...

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