According to the city manager on Jan. 21 Maquade Chesley’s employment as chief of police was terminated. Captain Tracy Fails ...

Omar Zavala, who officials say illegally entered the US, was wanted on multiple charges, including sexual assault and making ...

The Mesquite chief of police, who was placed on leave last month pending an internal investigation, was fired Tuesday, ...

The Mesquite police chief has been fired following a city investigation, and a search has started for his replacement.

Two fugitives listed on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List have been captured by the Texas Department of ...

It is not how you start, it is how you finish, as the old saying goes, and that was certainly the case for Poteet on Friday.

Good things are happening in Mesquite,” were the words echoed throughout the room as Mesquite’s business, school and city ...

Get ready to take flight in Mesquite.The annual Mesquite Hot Air Balloon Festival is set to return to the Casablanca Resort & ...

Arturo Pena died in 2023 when he went to meet up with a girl he met online for what he thought was a date. But he did not ...

Omar David Zavala, a fugitive on Texas' 10 Most Wanted list, was captured on January 24, 2025, in Mesquite. The arrest was a ...

The real shakeup came in Class 5A/Others. Kimball, coming off of wins over Carter and Lincoln, still tops that list, but West ...

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