News

Crime & Courts

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Arrests There are 151 inmates in jail with 117 males and 34 females. Since 06/13/2022 the following have been booked into the jail: • Breanna H.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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The Community Events Calendar is published as space permits. Events will also be published on our website.

Weekly Roadwork Report – June 12-18

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Bowie County • I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, daytime work in median. Motorists should watch for trucks and equipment pulling onto the interstate • I-30 – Westbound at Exit 207/Spur 594, ramp rehabilitation.

Chamber golf tournament a swinging success

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On Saturday, the Mount Pleasant-Titus County Chamber of Commerce held its annual golf tournament at the Mount Pleasant Country Club. The event was presented by Pilgrim’s of Mount Pleasant and Pittsburg and was sponsored by Brookshire’s, Republic Services, Northeast Texas Credit Union, Elliott Auto Group, Titus Regional Medical Center, Diamond C Trailers, Guaranty Bank & Trust, Chambers Home Health and Hospice, UT Health East Texas, and Patrick Redfearn Realty.

Rhute Haven offers help to beat the heat

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Local resource center Rhute Haven announced this week that they will be providing free cold water for those in need to combat the excessive heat that comes with summertime in Texas. The current heatwave is expected to not only continue for the next several months, but forecasters are predicting a hotter than normal summer, with triple digit temperatures and heat indexes.

Life is a choice

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Life is hard. Life is confusing. Life can be just about any bad adjective you want to choose, if you so choose. It can also be every good adjective you can conjur. Life is amazing. Life is marvelous. Life is exciting. It is all in the attitude that you frame it with every day.

East Texas Lighthouse Leveling up Employability through Technology

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There are over one billion Windows 10 users, and one million companies use Office 365 worldwide. Thanks to accessibility features people who are blind or visually impaired make up a small portion of those numbers, but not near enough. In partnership with National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and NSITE, the East Texas Lighthouse in Tyler, Texas, has been working to help increase employability among this population with a oneof-a-kind Microsoft Office training program designed to level the playing field, fill the gaps, and ensure those with vision loss can keep pace with the demands of the modern office. The ProMOTE Program is a 120-hour intense, immersive course combining assistive technology like screen readers and magnification software with Windows and MOS to prepare graduates to compete among sighted peers for career opportunities and advancements.

No tuition increase for 11 universities in Texas A&M system

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The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents will not increase tuition for Fall 2022, Chairman of the Board Tim Leach said today. “The Board is very focused on making a college education affordable for all Texans and pledges to make accessibility and fairness our highest priority,” Chairman Leach said.