Mt Pleasant Farmers Market Set For Thursdays
The annual Mt Pleasant farmers market kicks off today at Island Park. The Thursday market runs from 7:30am to 2:00pm through October 27th in the south shelter. The Saturday farmers market begins on June...
Sacred Heart Quiz Bowl Heading To Nationals
The Sacred Heart quiz bowl team will face off against more than 90 of the best quiz bowl teams in the country at the National Scholastic Championship in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday. This...
Grawn Hall Construction Begins
The finishing touches to the Biosciences building and the new campus hotel aren’t the only construction projects happening on CMUs campus this summer. A $10.8 million renovation and expansion project on Grawn Hall began...
Special Olympics Summer Games Descend On Mt Pleasant
The 42nd Special Olympics Summer Games are set to descend on Mount Pleasant this weekend. Opening ceremonies for the games are set for Thursday at 6:30pm at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. 2,817 athletes will compete in...
Mt Pleasant Man Arrested For 3rd Drunk Driving Offense
35-year-old Mount Pleasant man Cooper Mathewson rear-ended another driver Saturday night, fled the scene, and ultimately was caught and arrested on a third drunk driving charge. Mathewson, who was also driving on a suspended...
State Knew Christopher McGee Lived With Victim
Court records indicated that state officials knew that registered sex offender Christopher McGee was living with his girlfriend and her two daughters prior to his conviction that he sexually abused her 8-year-old daughter. Officials...
Deer Shot At Fancher Elementary Playground
Mt Pleasant Police officers had to shoot and kill a deer that got into the Fancher Elementary School playground after it was injured. The deer was running around the playground shortly after 7:00am, and...
Samuel Maykiss Pego Sentenced
U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington sentenced Samuel Maykiss Pego to 140 months in prison and three years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty in February for assault with intent to murder charges. The...
Union Township Selects Interim Building Official
Independent contractor Barry VanBuskirk will act as the interim building official for Union Township until the position is filled by new township manager Mark Stuhldreher, who has yet to be officially hired. VanBuskirk’s hiring...
Mt Pleasant Sex Offender Accused With Assaulting Child
30-year-old Christopher McGee, a registered sex offender from Mount Pleasant, has been accused of fondling and raping an 8-year-old girl. McGee was already in prison from 2008 to 2011 for an earlier sex conviction....