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DeSoto Apartments Plagued By Arson
DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – Five fires in less than a month, and two within 24 hours, all at the same DeSoto apartment complex. Now the residents of the Southpoint Apartments off Pleasant Run and I-35E are...
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Winds Blamed For Low Water Pressure In DeSoto
DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – At least 8,000 residents in DeSoto woke up Monday morning with either low water pressure or no water at all. The city is blaming the problem on the strong winds that blew across...
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Death Of DeSoto Boy Brings Neighborhood Together
DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – The message was plain and simple. “It must stop here,” DeSoto Mayor Carl Sherman said. “I will do everything in my power as mayor of this city to ensure that we don’t see this...
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19-Year-Old Arrested In Stabbing Death Of DeSoto Teen
DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Police have arrested a 19-year-old Dallas-area man in connection with the slaying of another teen whose body was found in a residential alley the day before. DeSoto police say...
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Brush Fire Breaks Out Near I-35E In Dallas, Ellis Counties
A large brush fire near I-35E in Red Oak on June 18, 2011.. (Credit: Ryan Garr) GLENN HEIGHTS (CBSDFW.COM) – Firefighters contained a brushfire at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday that, at its height, had...
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Georgia Investigation Has New DeSoto Superintendent Under Suspicion
DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – She won’t officially start work until next week but the new DeSoto Independent School District Superintendent is already under a cloud of suspicion. New hire Dr. Kathy Augustine...
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1st Day For Just-Hired DeSoto Superintendent Could Be Her Last
Updated 9:50 p.m. 7/11 DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – Monday was the first day on the job for DeSoto’s new school superintendent. But, under fire for a cheating scandal in Georgia, Kathy Augustine’s first day...
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1st Day On Job = Paid Leave For New DeSoto Superintendent
DESOTO (AP) – A newly named North Texas school district superintendent agreed Monday to take a paid leave of absence as trustees re-examine her previous administrative post in the Atlanta school...
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Dallas Mayor’s Campaign Contracted Companies Under FBI Probe
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two days after winning a hotly contested race to become Dallas mayor, Mike Rawlings’s campaign wrote large checks to two companies that are now under FBI and IRS scrutiny, CBS 11...
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Cedar Hill Assistant Principal Charged With Assaulting Cop
Cedar Hill High School assistant principal Anthony Taylor was arrested for allegedly assaulting a DeSoto police officer. (credit: DeSoto Police Department) CEDAR HILL (CBSDFW.COM) - The assistant...
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DeSoto Couple Charged With Compelling Teen Into Prostitution
HOUSTON (AP) – A North Texas couple has been jailed in Houston and accused of forcing a Houston teen into prostitution. Melvin James Bell and Kierra Nicole Benjamin were booked Sunday into Harris...
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Fallen Officer Fund Receives Check In Memory Of Slain Lancaster Officer
DeSOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – The National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund received a check in honor of slain Lancaster Police Officer Craig Shaw today. Shaw was killed in the line of duty as he responded to an...
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Three Dead In DeSoto Shooting
DeSOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – DeSoto police have a suspect in custody in the murders of three people Friday morning. Police say it started as a domestic disturbance, and ended up in a deadly shooting. They...
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Victim In DeSoto Triple Homicide Remembered For Heroic Actions
DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – A rap artist with a single on the radio, Adrian Jessie – better known as ‘Scoobie Doo’ – was well-known and well-liked. “He tried to be hard, but he had a very passionate side,”...
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Shooting Suspect In DeSoto Triple Homicide Dies
(credit: Tulsa County, Okla.) DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) - The man suspected of shooting and killing three people in DeSoto last week is dead. According to police, after kicking in the door of the house,...
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Police Arrest Suspected ‘Checkbook Bandit’ Bank Robber
DeSOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – North Texas police have captured the man they say is responsible for at least five DeSoto bank robberies. Police had dubbed him the ‘checkbook bandit’. “He’d stand in line,...
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Kohl’s Planning Online Distribution Center In DeSoto
DESOTO (AP) - Kohl’s Department Stores has announced plans for a distribution center in the Dallas area to serve online customers. Wisconsin-based Kohl’s on Tuesday announced the facility, to be built...
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Transplant Recipient Has A Heart For Love
DeSOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, matters of the heart are always near the top of everyone’s mind. But this Valentine’s Day, the heart is especially on the minds of...
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DISD Hosting HS Hoops Marathon This Weekend
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Local basketball fans will be treated to nearly a dozen hours of high school hoops at Ellis Davis Fieldhouse on Saturday. The annual Dallas Independent School District Post-Season...
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New Developments In North Texas Healthcare Fraud Case
ROCKWALL (CBSDFW.COM) – Dr. Jacques Roy’s Desoto medical office, Medistat remains locked up, one day after he was arrested and charged in the largest home healthcare fraud case in the country. Federal...
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