Local News
JANUARY 25th COVID INFO UPDATE FROM DALLAS COUNTY, STATE OF TEXAS, & MULTIPLE NEWS OUTLETS
- Written by City of DeSoto City of DeSoto
- Published: 25 January 2021 25 January 2021
DeSoto, TX - As of Noon on January 25, 2021, Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 1,698 new “real-time” COVID-19 positive cases. This included confirmed cases from 1,476 PCR tests and 222 probable cases from lab-confirmed antigen tests.
DeSoto Youth Basketball League
- Written by City of DeSoto City of DeSoto
- Published: 22 January 2021 22 January 2021
DeSoto, TX - This is a local recreational basketball league for ages 4 through 14. Our goal is to teach basketball fundamentals, rules and skills. We emphasize on sportsmanship, team play and clean/fair competition.
DeSoto to use new software for managing city construction projects
- Written by Tyler Carter Tyler Carter
- Published: 16 January 2021 16 January 2021
DeSoto, TX - DeSoto will use software from the Richardson-based company Projectmates to track and manage construction projects in the city, the company said in a news release.
RESIDENTIAL & BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRESS
- Written by DeSoto City Manager DeSoto City Manager
- Published: 09 January 2021 09 January 2021
DeSoto, TX - On December 30, 2020, NDC mailed out the final checks for residents and businesses approved under the DeSoto Grant Program. A total of 145 residents received assistance in the Residential Assistance Program and 50 businesses received funding in the Business Assistance Program.
$20 Scratch Ticket Nets DeSoto Resident A $1 Million Prize
- Written by CBS staff CBS staff
- Published: 09 January 2021 09 January 2021
DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – The New Year has gotten off to a good start for one resident in DeSoto who recently claimed a $1 million Texas Lottery prize.
DeSoto Fire+Police Get "Shot In The Arm" In The Fight vs Coronavirus
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 05 January 2021 05 January 2021
DeSoto, TX - On Tuesday, January 5, 2021, DeSoto Fire Chief Jerry Duffield and Police Chief Joseph Costa joined the area’s many first responders who drove through the Ellis Davis Field House operated by Dallas County/Parkland Medical to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations providing an additional layer of protection in the midst of the deadly Corona Pandemic.
Candidates for DeSoto mayor, city council will meet in online forum this week
- Written by Tyler Carter Tyler Carter
- Published: 05 January 2021 05 January 2021
DeSoto, TX - Two candidates vying to be the next mayor of DeSoto and three candidates for the Place 7 seat on city council will take part Thursday in an online forum hosted by the community organization Dynamic DeSoto.
DeSoto says city’s new strategic plan will keep it focused on the future
- Written by Tyler Carter Tyler Carter
- Published: 30 December 2020 30 December 2020
DeSoto, TX - The city of DeSoto says its new five-year strategic plan will continue pushing the city toward the future.
Former DeSoto Councilman James Zander And Wife Linda Die From COVID On Same Day
- Written by CBS dfw CBS dfw
- Published: 24 December 2020 24 December 2020
DeSoto, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A community is in mourning after former DeSoto Councilman James Zander and his wife Linda died from complications due to COVID-19 on the same day, and in the same hospital room, according to a report in Focus Daily News.
Grow DeSoto is helping minority-owned businesses get started, even in the COVID-19 pandemic
- Written by Tyler Carter Tyler Carter
- Published: 17 December 2020 17 December 2020
DeSoto, TX - Grow DeSoto Market Place, a small-business incubator that launched two years ago, has become a one-stop shop for the city’s residents. It houses more than seven restaurants, 17 office spaces and 22 retailers, including a hair salon, a gym and an art studio that serves wine.
