Mesquite

Mesquite's 2025-26 budget adds three police positions and includes a 5% raise for all city employees, but the head of the police association said it doesn't go far enough to fix longstanding problems with salaries and retention.

The city council is offering an incentive to a developer for a facility that will serve as Manhattan Project Beer Co.'s primary production and distribution site.

Brookfield Properties, the owner of Town East Mall in Mesquite, was facing foreclosure on a nearly $160.3 million loan.

Main Event, a chain with locations across Texas and the U.S., will open a venue in the space that's been vacant since 2021. City leaders say it's an "important catalyst" for Town East Mall.

The Mesquite Police Association says a city policy is keeping officers' pay below fair market value.

The city is offering a 50% rebate on Macy's local sales tax to keep the anchor store at Town East Mall for at least five more years.

Winter Glow Fest will kick off the 30th year for the Mesquite Arts Center. It will feature glow installations, workshops, DJ performances and fun for the whole family.

In May, Clarksville, Tennessee police found U.S. Army Private First Class Katia Dueñas Aguilar dead in her home. The Mesquite soldier was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and stationed at Fort Campbell, near Tennessee-Kentucky border.

Most Oncor customers can expect their power to come back on by this weekend after severe winds and thunderstorms ripped through North Texas earlier this week, the provider says.

The student was transported to a hospital after bringing a gun to Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy Oates Campus, police said.

Police in Mesquite say an officer investigating a stolen vehicle fatally shot a 19-year-old man who was in another vehicle. Police say the driver, Payton Lawrence, refused to stop the vehicle before the officer shot him.

The comedian’s special "Cowabunga" was filmed at Dallas’ Kessler Theater and releases Oct. 31.