East Texas Journal

09/16/2024

Native Texas Tourist, Tom Sloan MD. Click image to read all about it.

08/01/2024

One-time lawman made last-ditch
attempt to escape electric chair. Read all about by clicking image below;

Within a month of the September 24, 1923 murder of Ottis Ballard, one-time Titus County Sunday school teacher and lawman

04/02/2024

Coming July 4th – Fireworks – The Moving Wall – Talco Historical Museum Photos. Read all about it by clicking on photo;

Talco Texas- Talco Volunteer Fire department will be having their anual 4th of July Independence Day Fireworks Show, at the

03/25/2024

Homegrown opera star booked for East Texas return. Read all about it at:

MARSHALL, Texas – Beverly Jane Peatross, who took her middle name with her when she left Texas for California, is

02/08/2024

Flower power fuels repurposed 70’s majorette. Read all about it by clicking on image below:

By HUDSON OLDJournal Publisher Opening with a halftime show featuring the twirling and dancing majorette line leading the MP Going

11/27/2023

Holiday events in and near Mt. Pleasant. Click image below to see list;

11/02/2023

War brought munitions plant to lake shore. Read all about it at;

MARSHALL – The last time Russian agents were in town – that we know of – began sometime after December

10/19/2023

Pioneer reels in Southern Belle. To read all about it click image below;

By Hudson OldJournal Publisher As if her birth affected the cosmos, stars poured like rain from the sky the night

10/19/2023

Mt. Pleasant & Titus County History Featuring Melvin Bridges. Read all about it by clicking on the image below;

Special to the Journal Synopsis by Donna K. White from an interview with Melvin Francis Bridges in 1979 I visited

09/12/2023

One-time paratrooper comes of age in move to MP. To read all about it click image below;

Picture above: Parks Director Ricky Harris’s team at Oaklawn Park, where their work is the backdrop for the new Pilgrim’s

09/12/2023

County pulls back as Chief overplays city’s hand. To read more click the image below;

MT. PLEASANT — On his first morning off the county payroll, city Fire Chief Larry McRae said city facilities will

08/14/2023

A barista in the know at Joe Pines place in Marshall, Melissa advises reading the cover story about Jack Canson, the native who wrote speeches for governors and told Morgan Fairchild what to say in the B-movie script of Body Chemistry. To read all about, There's no business like show business, click picture below.

Hollywood veteran Jack Canson skews heavily Silver Fox these days. It’s a role he’s been preparing for his entire life.

06/19/2023

Pilgrim’s Pride answers electrical outage with weeklong picnic in the Park

Pilgrim’s Pride will be working with the city to feed anybody looking for a meal beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 20 in Oaklawn Park, Mayor Tracy Craig said in the wake of the June 15 storm that hammered the SWEPCO electrical grid.
SWEPCO projects system wide repairs of the storm that knocked out power to some 250,000 home kitchens in its service area to be completed Saturday, June 24.
“We’ll be having a picnic at Oaklawn from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Friday,” said Mayor Craig, who works in human resources at Pilgrim’s Pride in Mt. Pleasant. City hall came aboard when Pilgrim’s Pride management proposed donating the food, he said.
Oaklawn Park is at the intersection of West Pecan and Searcy. The address is 1103 Searcy Avenue.

06/08/2023

Personal code pitted farmer against lawman. Read all about it at;

By HUDSON OLDJournal Publisher MT PLEASANT, TEXAS—When the lawmen were the outlaws, they were hard to beat. But that’s how

03/28/2023

The Bandit Truck & Legendary Concepts. To read all about it go to:

By Allen Herald Special to the Journal Just north of Downtown Mt. Pleasant, there lies an unassuming white and red

02/15/2023

MPHS Boys Basketball v Tyler High Photo Gallery. Click on picture below to see or buy prints.

Photo collection by ETJ Photography

02/14/2023

Pictures from MPHS Football Game & Band! To view the Photo Gallery or order pictures click the picture below.

Photo collection by ETJ Photography

02/13/2023

Pictures from MPHS Boys Basketball! To view or order pictures click the picture below.

Photo collection by ETJ Photography