Remember the DeSoto valedictorian stripped of her title due a district error? She's now graduating from college with barely any debt
- Written by Matt Howerton - WFAA Matt Howerton - WFAA
- Category: Local News Local News
- Published: 30 March 2022 30 March 2022
DeSoto, TX - Sometimes mistakes can be painful. But if you ask Destiny Brannon, sometimes they can be the best thing that ever happened to you. How does she know? A mistake got pretty much all of her college tuition paid for.
DeSoto ISD Superintendent to Unveil Literacy Plan Monday Night
- Written by Wayne Carter - NBCdfw Wayne Carter - NBCdfw
- Category: School News School News
- Published: 28 March 2022 28 March 2022
DeSoto, TX - Dr. Larry Lewis took over DeSoto ISD at the end of 2021 after D'Andre Weaver took a new job. Lewis is the interim boss, inheriting a district under financial monitoring by the state after mismanagement,
No Injuries Reported After Multiple Reports of Shots Fired Across Cedar Hill: Police
- Written by Hannah Jones - NBCdfw Hannah Jones - NBCdfw
- Category: Local News Local News
- Published: 25 March 2022 25 March 2022
Cedar Hill, TX - Officers responded to multiple reports of shootings across Cedar Hill on Wednesday night, police said. According to the Cedar Hill Police Department, officers received calls regarding shots fired around the city starting at approximately 10:30 p.m.
PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO AVOID FORECLOSURE
Dallas, TX - Dallas County Tax Assessor John R. Ames just mailed almost 4,000 notices to property owners who may qualify for assistance on their delinquent property taxes.
Students from TSTC’s North Texas campus attend Industry Job Fair in Waco
Red Oak, TX - More than 20 students from Texas State Technical College in North Texas rode a chartered bus on Tuesday to attend the Industry Job Fair hosted by TSTC’s Waco campus.
Search for DeSoto 13-Year-Old Girl Missing for Over a Week Continues
- Written by NBCdfw NBCdfw
- Category: Local News Local News
- Published: 22 March 2022 22 March 2022
DeSoto, TX - The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is asking for the public's assistance in finding a missing 13-year-old girl from DeSoto. Officials say Avery Potts was last seen over a week ago on March 7 when she left school and did not return home.
M/WBE & Local Vendor Workshop - April 7th
- Written by City of Cedar Hill City of Cedar Hill
- Category: Events Events
- Published: 22 March 2022 22 March 2022
Red Oak, TX - The Best Southwest Cities (Red Oak, Lancaster, Duncanville, DeSoto & Cedar Hill) have partnered to host the next M/WBE & Local Vendor workshop, Thursday, April 7th from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at the City of Red Oak’s Municipal Center (200 Lakeview, Pkwy., Red Oak, TX 75154)
TSTC Computer Networking instructor leverages her love for technology in teaching role
ROSENBERG, Texas - Renee Blackshear’s first experience with computers and technology was in junior high school, writing a program that made a virtual robot do jumping jacks on the screen.
Big Changes For Students, Staff As Classes Resume In The DeSoto ISD
- Written by CBSDFW.com Staff CBSDFW.com Staff
- Category: School News School News
- Published: 21 March 2022 21 March 2022
DeSOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – The DeSoto Independent School District is implementing some major changes as students return to the classroom today. Classes were abruptly cancelled earlier this month after a video showed a DeSoto West Middle School student throwing a chair at a substitute teacher — hitting him on the head.
Red Oak council OK's rezoning that could bring in big-box retailer
- Written by Chris Roark Waxahachie Daily Light Chris Roark Waxahachie Daily Light
- Category: Business Business
- Published: 19 March 2022 19 March 2022
Red Oak, TX - The Red Oak City Council on Monday approved a rezoning request that could pave the way for the city’s next big retailer. The council approved the rezoning of 26.7 acres of land at the northeast intersection of Interstate 35E and Red Oak Road, south of the Hamptons event venue, from Agricultural to Planned Development-137.
PASSING OF THE TORCH AT THE DESOTO FIRE DEPARTMENT
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Category: Local News Local News
- Published: 16 March 2022 16 March 2022
DeSoto, TX - The DeSoto City Council has unanimously confirmed the appointment of 21-year DeSoto’s Fire veteran Bryan Southard as DeSoto’s new Fire Chief. Southard has served as the department’s second in command in the title of Assistant Chief since May of 2018.
North Texas Man Battling Cancer Gets Final Wish to Get Married
- Written by Laura Harris - NBC 5 Laura Harris - NBC 5
- Category: Local News Local News
- Published: 15 March 2022 15 March 2022
Waxahachie, TX - Denzel Green, 54, was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago. He’s currently a patient at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie. There, he has been receiving weeks of radiation and chemotherapy to treat cancer in his spine, liver and colon.
