Mesquite

Officials in Mesquite Independent School District have worked all summer to come up with at-home learning options that work for all students, but say they’ve also got to figure out a way to educate in-person that’s as safe as they possibly can.

The City of Mesquite issued 42 citations for possession or use of illegal fireworks during Independence Day weekend.

Ruth is out of the hospital now and beat COVID-19, but her family can’t embrace her quite yet. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil reports they can only see her through a window at the nursing home and talk to her on the phone.

Ruth is out of the hospital now and beat COVID-19, but her family can’t embrace her quite yet. They can only see her through a window at the nursing home and talk to her on the phone.

Mesquite will be cracking down on illegal fireworks ahead of Independence Day in response to the fireworks industry expecting a record breaking year in sales.

Dallas County is reporting another 445 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday along with seven more deaths and a record number of hospitalizations for the 2019 novel coronavirus, county officials say.

Dallas County is reporting another 394 new COVID-19 cases along with four more deaths and another increase in hospitalizations Friday, according to county officials.

Dallas County is reporting nearly another 400 new COVID-19 cases along with five more deaths and an increase in hospitalizations Thursday, according to county officials.

Dallas County is reporting nearly another 400 new COVID-19 cases along with five more deaths and an increase in hospitalizations Thursday, according to county officials. The county has now eclipsed 15,600 cases of the virus with 307 deaths since testing began in March.

An investigation is underway in Mesquite after a body was found burning in a ditch off Interstate 20 Tuesday morning, police say.

A. $50,000 cash prize was recently awarded to the West Mesquite High School AP Environmental Science and computer science teacher.

A. $50,000 cash prize was recently awarded to the West Mesquite High School AP Environmental Science and computer science teacher, NBC 5’s Laura Harris reports.

Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) laboratory confirmed Friday that mosquito samples in the 75149 ZIP code in Mesquite tested positive for West Nile virus.

Dallas County is reporting another 300 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday along with the deaths of three more people, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.

Andre Richardson was indicted on charges of attempted murder of a child on June 1 after police say he threw a 9-month-old baby off of a second-floor balcony.

A Mesquite father is suspected of killing his two teenage daughters before ending his own life Tuesday.

Dallas County is reporting another 298 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday along with seven more deaths of people whose ages range from their 30s to 80s.