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Mesquite ISD makes Promise to students

Mesquite ISD makes Promise to students

September 11, 2019

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc It took the Mesquite Independent School District about two years, but administrators have now pledged to join the Dallas County Promise, and Eastfield will be one of the...

Facility upgrades help growing program add office space, storage

Facility upgrades help growing program add office space, storage

September 11, 2019

By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Construction in the L Building, originally meant to be finished by the start of the fall semester, is upgrading L-108 to compensate for overcrowding- ing and older technology. The...

Living in fear: In wake of the El Paso shooting, Hispanic residents worry about their safety

Living in fear: In wake of the El Paso shooting, Hispanic residents worry about their safety

September 10, 2019

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc History professor Kat Reguero-Vandeventer was on vacation when she read the news Aug. 3. A mass shooting had just taken place at a Walmart in El Paso, leaving 22 people dead...

Two friends create unique art with common materials

Two friends create unique art with common materials

September 10, 2019

By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC       “Holding Weight”, a campus exhibition featuring the work of artist friends Taylor Barnes and Delaney Smith, showcases fiber-based artworks using handmade...

Local gem gets back to the grill after rebuilding from fire

Local gem gets back to the grill after rebuilding from fire

September 10, 2019

By HARRIET RAMOS @TheEtCetera Business is back to normal at Dairy-Ette, the 1950s- style diner and drive-in on Ferguson Road. You would never be able to guess from the spotlessly clean wood-paneled...

From left to right, Stephanie Araujo holds baby Micah. Standing next to Walter Cortez and his 8 year old son Jayden Cortez. Walter is a recent graduate of Eastfield's Police Academy Program and was affected by the recent crane collapse in Dallas.

Police academy graduate, family displaced after crane collapse in Dallas

June 17, 2019

  By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Walter Cortez looked out the sliding glass door of his first-floor apartment in Old East Dallas to see chairs and umbrellas from the pool being lifted into the sky. He searched...

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