Mt. Pleasant High School senior Itzel Vargas has received the Titus County Retired School Personnel Scholarship. Vargas, the daughter of Emilio Vargas and Ericka Perez, plans to attend Northeast Texas Community College and pursue a degree in education. She plans to become a teacher.

Pictured: MPHS Principal Dustin Cook, Itzel Vargas, Ericka Perez, MPHS Senior Counselor Tiffany Taylor, and Scholarship Chair Sam Parker