News

Kimball joins Tribune, Bee

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Nicole Kimball has joined the Mount Pleasant Tribune and Daingerfield Steel-Country Bee as a staff reporter. Kimball was raised in Mount Pleasant and attended Mount Pleasant High School.

A total eclipse

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A total solar eclipse will cross North America, crossing over Mexico, the United States and Canada, and Mount Pleasant is in the path of totality. The solar eclipse will take place April 8, and begins at approximately 12:26 p.m.

Trade days: A hidden gem

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On an unusually chilly March morning, though the clouds tried to dampen people’s spirits, the sun came out and the Hidden Gem Trade Days of Mount Pleasant shined a light on small businesses and local crafters.

Honors Northeast Scholars win four Caldwell Essay Awards

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Last weekend in College Station, NTCC honors-student essayists won their 33rd, 34th, 35th, and 36th Caldwell essay awards in Texas history. Together, these essays came with $675 in prize money, and established the current cohort of NTCC honors students as second to none in the history of NTCC, in terms of regional scholarly competition. Though NTCC traditionally has fared best with scholars in the under-sixty-hour, freshman- sophomore division, this year, for the first time, NTCC students won a record three Caldwell Awards in the upper, over-sixty-hours division.

Mount Pleasant Art Society show on display in Whatley

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The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will host the Mount Pleasant Art Society Annual Membership Show March 9th-29th in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. The competitive show features artwork from a variety of local artists. A reception will be held Saturday, March 9th from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the Whatley Center Foyer.