Local News
DeSoto Town Hall Meeting Postponed
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 09 January 2020 09 January 2020
DeSoto, TX - The DeSoto Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors has announced that the Town Hall Public Meeting to review the findings of the recent forensic audit has been postponed due to the need for additional review of the audit and to undertake the necessary legal redactions.
Improper payments to DeSoto councilwoman’s husband now top $140K, according to audit
- Written by Miles Moffeit Miles Moffeit
- Published: 05 January 2020 05 January 2020
DeSoto, TX - A DeSoto City Council member’s husband pocketed more than $140,000 in misappropriated public funds when he served as chief of economic development, according to an investigative firm hired by the city to audit his spending.
DESOTO EDC BOARD SET TO UNVEIL FULL FORENSIC AUDIT RESULTS
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 04 January 2020 04 January 2020
DeSoto, TX - Now that the Forensic Audit related to the Jeremiah Quarles Case (State of Texas vs. Jeremiah Quarles; Cause No. F18- 00136-Q) has been concluded, the Board of Directors of the DeSoto Economic Development Corporation (DEDC) is preparing to formally share the detailed results with DeSoto residents and City officials.
DeSoto teen wins entrepreneurial competition for business she started at 9
- Written by Jay Wallis Jay Wallis
- Published: 04 January 2020 04 January 2020
DeSoto, TX - Jasmine Benton was just 9 when she turned her interest in papier-mâché, crafting and painting into a business plan. Now at 18, Benton has appeared on comedian Steve Harvey's talk show and recently received a $7,500 investment to expand her work.
Police: Man shot by Desoto officer after luring police into ‘planned confrontation’
- Published: 04 January 2020 04 January 2020
Desoto, TX - Police said a man was shot by an officer after he falsely claimed there was active shooting at his Desoto group home in order to lure officers into a “planned confrontation.”
1 injured in shooting at party at DeSoto home
- Written by WFAA Staff WFAA Staff
- Published: 02 January 2020 02 January 2020
DeSoto, TX - One person was injured in a shooting early Wednesday at a DeSoto home, police said. Police said there was a "major disturbance" around 12:45 a.m. at a house in the 1300 block of Covington Drive near Cockrell Hill Road.
DESOTO CONTINUES TO BUILD RECOGNITION FOR TOP ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 30 December 2019 30 December 2019
DeSoto, TX - In 2019 the City of DeSoto received two high profile financial recognitions from one of the most respected government finance organizations in the nation. And it wasn’t the first time that this has happened.
DeSoto teams up on the future of the Hampton Road Corridor
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 17 December 2019 17 December 2019
DeSoto, TX - On Thursday evening, December 9th, the DeSoto City Council, the DeSoto Planning & Zoning Board of Directors, and DeSoto Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors held a joint meeting at the City of DeSoto’s Civic Center
Veteran dead in his DeSoto apartment for 3 years finally laid to rest as questions still linger
- Written by Kevin Reece Kevin Reece
- Published: 13 December 2019 13 December 2019
Shreveport, LA - A Navy veteran was laid to rest Thursday in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisana. A month after he was found dead in his apartment in DeSoto, Texas and nearly three years after he died on his apartment kitchen floor.
DeSoto High student investigated for ‘kill list’
- Written by Eva-Marie Ayala Eva-Marie Ayala
- Published: 11 December 2019 11 December 2019
DeSoto, TX - DeSoto police and school officials are investigating a student connected to a threatening message left in a high school bathroom that included a “kill list.”
