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Raised in Richardson, Erin Jones is proud to call North Texas home.
Her passion for journalism began in elementary school. For a 5th grade graduation memory book, she was asked what do you want to be when you grow up? She wrote journalist.
Erin attended Plano Senior High School and went on to receive a degree in journalism from the University of North Texas' Mayborn School of Journalism. During her time there, she reported and anchored for Denton County Community Television and NTDaily.com.
After college, Erin worked as an anchor and reporter at news stations in Sherman, Tulsa and Austin.
At KOTV in Tulsa, she got her first share of severe weather covering multiple tornadoes. Her investigation into sex offenders registering as homeless to avoid detection on the state's sex offender registry mapping led to changes in the mapping system. She was part of a morning show that received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters.
In Austin, Erin worked as an evening reporter for KVUE and covered the deadliest hot air balloon crash in America's history, bombings that terrorized the city for weeks and the impact of Hurricane Harvey.
Erin now lives in north Dallas and in her free time enjoys getting outdoors, being active and playing with her dogs. She loves traveling and collects coffee mugs from the places she visits.
She enjoys meeting other North Texans and listening to their stories.
Dallas police want to warn you about men posing as maintenance workers at an apartment complex.
Last week, the 10th grader was riding his bike to an early morning practice when he was struck by a car near Roach Middle School.
Last week, their long-anticipated trip to Maui quickly turned frightening as they noticed a plume of smoke down on the beach.
First, it was a fire and explosion at a Garland paint plant, now residents say it's the smell of sewage that's overtaking their neighborhood.
The Maui Ku'ia Estate Chocolate farm was severely damaged.
So far, 700,000 gallons of potentially impacted water have been removed with more expected in the coming days.
"Now, to just watch the news and see that where you were just 24 hours ago is gone and people have died...you just think of all the faces you saw and just pray that they're safe," Kim Welch said.
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"It's been very stressful."
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The district says heading into the new school year, they've received 8,000 applications—a record for them.
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