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Shooting in Mesquite leaves one dead, one injured
Mesquite police are investigating a shooting on Wednesday that left one person dead and another in critical condition.
Big week for Letters to the Editor
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Council approves standards of care
The city renewed its standards of care in all parks and recreation department youth programs Monday in a unanimous by the Mesquite City Council.
Governor’s race decided: Perry vs. White
Early voting results hinted at runoffs in a number of races, including the Republican nomination for governor, but with 99 percent of precincts reporting incumbent Rick Perry secured the nomination with 52 percent of the vote.
Town East Mall set to host beauty pageant and baby contest on March 12
America’s Cover Miss® and Cover Boy® USA pageant will be held at Town East Mall from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on March 12. The beauty pageant and baby contest is open to girls from newborn to age 25 and boys from newborn to six years.
Local businessman wants downtown to become a destination again
Art Greenhaw has a vision for downtown Mesquite. His vision is to tap into the rich heritage that the downtown square once had as a musical hotbed and use that history to make the future bright for the city’s downtown area.
MISD talks education
Mesquite ISD Superintendent Dr. Linda Henrie kicked off the MISD presentations during the joint meeting with the city council on Tuesday. Henrie said that MISD’s completion rate of 89.4 percent is higher than the state average of 79.1 percent. She also discussed the district’s efforts to improve TAKs scores especially in the area of science where the district has been trending upward since 2003.
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