At about 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on August 2, the lives of the Rangel family from Chapel Hill was changed in a “jaw-dropping” experience. In swerving to miss an 18 wheeler, Mrs. Rangel, driving the family’s Chevrolet suburban at about 55 miles per hour, crashed heavily into a light pole. The impact was so severe that the Jaws of Life device had to be used to extract at least one child, and three of the children had to be air lifted to various hospitals.

Fifteen Mount Pleasant ISD teachers learned Monday that they would be offered full scholarships for the Texas A&M—Commerce Pride Pathway graduate program, pending meeting enrollment requirements. The program provides current MPISD teachers who hold a college degree a path toward teacher certification through graduate level courses which can lead to a master’s degree.