Hit the trails on the legendary Priefert Ranch located in Mount Pleasant on April 02, 2022. 5K and 15K trail races begin at 8am. Medals will be given to the top three runners in each men’s and women’s age category.

One hundred fifty years ago, on Christmas Day, a wagon train arrived 9 miles north of Mount Pleasant on Harts Bluff Road from Jefferson County, Alabama. Part of the settlers started having prayer services under a large tree that stood on the hill overlooking the spring. With a small beginning, Spring Hill Baptist Church was formed. Ten years later, the church moved to a little schoolhouse to the south called Gladewater, and the church changed its name to Gladewater Baptist Church.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved a base rate increase for Southwestern Electric Power Co., a unit of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP). The PUCT approved the increase in base rates to recover SWEPCO’s investments in generation, transmission and distribution facilities since 2016, plus increased operations and maintenance costs to provide reliable and safe service to Texas customers.

The City of Mount Pleasant will host a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Pilgrims Community Center in Oaklawn Park on Thursday, March 17 at 4 p.m. “We invite citizens to come celebrate the start of construction of this new community amenity with us,” said Mayor Tracy Craig Sr.

On Saturday, around 1 p.m., a Ford pickup truck caught fire on Highway 49 in front of First Baptist Church. Mount Pleasant Fire Department’s Central A-Shift responded and was able to extinguish the flames. The fire caused extensive damage to the engine and cab of the truck. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HARGROVE

The City of Mount Pleasant invites the community to the First Annual PineFest celebrating our great outdoors and recreation on Thursday, April 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Sports Complex.

7th Grade Antoine Albin III, Jaylen Alvarez, Adriel Bagsic, Dalia Balderas, Erick Bernardi, Alondra Cano-Castro, Kaelyn Carrillo, Drew Cross, Selena Cruz, Logan Curley, Lia Esguerra, Jalynn Forsyth, Monserrat Gonzalez, Isaac Hernandez, Kenlee Jaggers, Mackenzie Jaime, Caydon Johnson, Conley Johnson, Eileen Martinez, Nancy Martinez, Brandon McCoo, Allison Mendoza, Carter Moody, Melany Morales, Sabrina Otero-Svirska, Carolyn Pena, Charity Prater, Jazziel Resendiz Resendiz, Cooper Rider, Eli Robertson, Christian Rojas, Anna Beth Sellers, Jaden Shelley, Isaiah Shepherd, Hector Sierra-Rosales, Mary Snyder, Daisy Thompson, Adan Torres, Edgar Vasquez, Ty’ree Williams, Maggie Wilson, Nathan Zavala, Kimberly Zuniga 8th Grade Brissia Alvarez, William Baker, Valerie Cassio, Kaylie Castillo, Judson Colley, Daniele Cuvinar, Anna Fuentes, Esther Gonzalez, Alessandro Greco, Alegandro Guerrero, Marisol Hipolito, Skyler Hopkins, Jordan Krumrie, Celeste Landin, Amrie Loftin, Marely Lopez, Jaydy Martinez, James Means, Mallory Peel, Zaid Perez, Alayza Police, Maribel Ramirez, Gabriel Remlinger, Jayden Rockwell, Alondra Santos, Kevin Urbina.

Monday, February 28 • Corprew Read Across America • Corprew class pictures • MPJH Scholastic Book Fair • MPHS FBLA State work night • MPHS Cheer Open Gym, 4:00-5:30 p.m. • MPHS 2022-2023 Tiger Doll parent meeting & fitting, Tiger Doll room, 6:00 p.m.

Often in life there are things and events that come up that make you want to veer away from your beliefs and faith and do things that are counterproductive. There are myriad reasons that these things come along, but the most likely would be that our faith and convictions are being tested.