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Seven ESD Seniors Recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program, One Named Semi-Finalist

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Top Stories: ➊ – Mesquite Police Department and Fire Department take part in National Night Out (Tuesday), ➋ – High-Speed Mesquite Police Chase Ends In Rockwall County (Thursday), ➌ – Walmart Fashion (Sunday), ➍ – Favorite Handbags for Fall with Nordstrom (Sunday), ➎ – Murdered Utah Football Player From North Texas, Aaron Lowe, Remembered For Optimism And Kindness (Monday)

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October 18, 2021, City Council meeting

City of Mesquite (Agendas) 10/15 10:42A

October 18, 2021, City Council meeting

The Mesquite Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors Meeting

City of Mesquite Calendar 10/15 8:09A

The Mesquite Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors Meeting

High-Speed Mesquite Police Chase Ends In Rockwall County

CBS DFW News 10/14 10:24A News From CBS Channel 11 KTVT –

MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) A high-speed chase involving Mesquite Police has ended with at least one arrest in Rockwall County. It started, according to officers, as a a traffic stop about 2:30 p.m., but...

Mesquite hosted public meeting on Solid Waste Ordinance changes

City of Mesquite 10/14 8:32A

On Oct. 12, the City of Mesquite hosted a Town Hall public information meeting to educate the community about the Solid Waste Ordinance changes that were put into place to...

Mesquite places Tax Election on November ballot

City of Mesquite (News Flash) 10/13 7:35A

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Gifts for the Home with Walmart

Tanya Foster 10/15 1:00A Tanya Foster

Hello and TGIF! We finally made it to the weekend - YIPPEE! Can you believe we are halfway through October? This means that it's time to start thinking about the holidays already. Eek! My advice is...

Giddens Gallery of Fine Art in Grapevine Featured Artist, Kelly Gowan

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 10/14 8:00A Giddens Gallery of Fine Art in G

The Cello by Kelly Gowan Gallery Wrap 24 x 56" on Cradled Birchwood Resin 3D mixed media If you are a huge music fan, then you know that The Cello is awesome. The Cello, in my painting, is actually...

Christmas Gift Guides For the Entire Fam! I’m Shopping Early This Year

Life as a Rambling Redhead 10/13 6:54P Jennifer

Christmas in October! Gift guides in October is a first for me and while I realize this seems crazy early for Christmas ideas, I have heard from WAY too many of y’all in the retail space that...

Nordstrom Fall Fashion Favorites

Tanya Foster 10/13 11:00A Tanya Foster

Hey y'all! Can you believe it's almost the weekend? What are everyone's weekend plans? It has been stormy in Dallas, but I am looking forward to the gorgeous fall weather that we'll be having this...

Related: Favorite Handbags for Fall with Nordstrom Tanya Foster

Fall Looks I’m Loving & Shopbop Sale Picks 2021

Tanya Foster 10/12 12:00P Tanya Foster

Happy Hump Day! I'm so glad the temperatures have finally dropped and we can embrace this FALL weather. Today I want to show you a number of fall looks that I am loving. These looks are all from my...

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Seven ESD Seniors Recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program, One Named Semi-Finalist

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 10/14 10:00P The Episcopal School of Dallas

Of the 1.5 million entrants, some 50,000 with the highest PSAT scores qualify for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program each year. Last week during daily worship, The Episcopal School...

Related: Lakehill's Blake Perry Is Named a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholar Program Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter

Third-Annual Pin It On Ceremony Celebrates Bond Between ESD's Ninth and Fifth Graders

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 10/13 10:00P The Episcopal School of Dallas

Three years ago during The Episcopal School of Dallas's plans of uniting as One Campus, One Community, student advisory leaders brainstormed a way to unite the three divisions. The result? A ceremony...

ESD Recognizes Largest Ever Group of AP Scholars

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 10/12 5:00A The Episcopal School of Dallas

The Advanced Placement Scholar Awards recognize high school students who have demonstrated exemplary college-level achievement on their AP exams. This year, The Episcopal School of Dallas had an...

North Texas Seeing Massive Shortages In Education: No Teachers, No Subs, No Cafeteria Workers

CBS DFW Education 10/4 1:55P Education – CBS Dallas / Fort Wo

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) Some schools are combining classrooms with double the number of students. Students are seeing more of their teachers, and coaches, driving buses....

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Bringing Home the Holidays with Soulmans Bar-B-Que

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 10/5 7:07A Dana Cobb

The holidays just got a lot more soulful. Soulmans Bar-B-Que is proud to introduce North Texans to their expanded holiday offerings for 2021. The holiday menu features two holiday heat and serve...

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25 Stylish Sweaters

Krystal Schlegel 10/4 5:42A krystal

25 Stylish Sweaters to wear all fall and winter: Turn on your JavaScript to view content The post 25 Stylish Sweaters appeared first on Krystal Schlegel .

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DUC Men Take Three of Top Six at Head of the Oklahoma

Mesquite BubbleLife iReporter 10/6 3:50A Steve Perry

FAST, FASTER, FASTEST! DUC TAKES THREE OF TOP SIX AT HEAD OF THE OKLAHOMA Dallas United Crews (DUC) youth team dominated at the Head of the Oklahoma Regatta, racing against crews from Texas, Utah,...

Man Arrested For Murder Of Former West Mesquite High School Football Player Aaron Lowe

CBS DFW Sports 10/3 9:37A High School Sports – CBS Dallas

SALT LAKE CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police arrested a man on October 3 in connection with the shooting death of University of Utah defensive back and former West Mesquite High...

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What’s Developing: Weston Prefab Homes, Mesquite New Build, McKinney Rentals

Candy's Dirt 10/2 11:04P Tommy Cummings

What's Developing: Prefab Development in Weston, New Build in Mesquite, and Rental Homes in McKinney See More...

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Giving Thanks for Better Health

Advance ER Blog 10/15 2:05A

How Gratitude For Your Health Can Improve Your Health It s the season of giving giving to our community and loved ones but also showing thanks for what we have. After almost...

Texas companies contest with conflicting state, federal vaccine orders

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/14 11:30A Kathryn Hardison

The fight over vaccine mandates is putting businesses in a tough situation. For now, the path forward for employers is very unclear. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Oct. 11 an...

Verily, part of Google parent, to open operations hub in DFW, could hire 115 in little more than...

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/14 7:58A Brian Womack

Verily expects to hire as many as 115 employees by the end of 2022 -- with the capacity to expand.

It’s open enrollment season: Steps to protect your health

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/13 7:55A Dr. Mark Chassay

Open enrollment is here. This is the time for many Texans to decide what health insurance plan is best for themselves and their families. But it’s also a time to protect your...

State COVID-19 hospitalizations hit lowest mark since late July

Dallas Business Journal (Health Care) 10/12 1:50P Jay Wallis (WFAA)

This story is available as part of a content partnership with WFAA-TV. For more local news, visit WFAA.com. On Monday, state health officials reported there are currently...

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Fast Food and Grocery Giants Promise to Sell ‘Better’ Chicken—Is it Enough?

Civil Eats 10/13 10:00P Lisa Held

This summer, it seemed like things might be looking up for the more than 9 billion chickens that get fattened up quickly inside crowded barns before being processed into fried...

5 Reasons Rosemary Should Grow In Your Garden

The Making of a Home 10/12 3:03P Holly K. Ross

What s your favorite herb? This is probably the question I am asked most often. I couldn t pick a favorite herb- possibly a Top 10 list, but never a favorite. Rosemary is an...

Dividing Perennials- Now Is The Time

The Making of a Home 10/7 7:20A Holly K. Ross

Fall- the perfect time to divide perennials in the South. Fall is a great time of the year to thin out perennials that grew over the summer season. In the lives of perennials,...

Lettuce Get Planting! How To Grow Lettuce In Texas

The Making of a Home 10/6 8:21A Holly K. Ross

Growing Lettuce in Texas and Varieties of Lettuce That Grow Well In The Heat Why Grow Lettuce There are some nasty rumors going around about lettuce. I hear that it is really...

Adorable, bloodsucking sea parasite looks just like sushi

Live Science 10/5 7:19A

This rare species of isopod may have adopted a salmon-like color from the fish it was parasitizing, aquarium officials say.