Deaton is new public info officer

“After 35 years of service with the Texas Department of Transportation’s Atlanta District, I will be retiring as the public information officer at the end of August,” says Marcus Sandifer the current officer for TxDOT. “Taking my place is Heather Wright Deaton who has spent the past five years working as the Texarkana news anchor, producer and multimedia journalist for KTAL-Ch. 6 News.

According to Sandifer, “Heather graduated from the University of Alabama. She was a radio reporter for Alabama Public Radio during college, and she was an associate producer at Fox 6 in Birmingham. She covered politics and anchored mornings at KNOE-TV in Monroe, and she later moved to KTVE to be an evening anchor.”

“I appreciate the working relationship I have had with the media personnel throughout our district. I hope each of you greets Heather as she begins a new career here and provide her with the same professional courtesies you have shown me through the years.”

While the office number remains the same (903-799-1306), Wright’s new cell phone number is 903-279-4419 and her email address is Heather.WrightDeaton@txdot.gov.

The Journal-Sun did an exit article with Sandifer in the previous issue of the community newspaper.