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Brookshire’s gifts $30K to city responders
Staff reportBrookshire Grocery Co. recently hosted three appreciation luncheons for the first responders of Midlothian and two other communities, and donated a total of $30,000 through the Brookshire Communities Foundation to support local emergency response organizations. Hundreds of law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency response personnel attended the events, where they were treated to smash…
Business
Methodist Midlothian still among nation’s cleanest
Staff reportMethodist Midlothian Medical Center has been named among the cleanest hospitals in the United States by Becker’s Hospital Review for the third consecutive year.The 2026 recognition includes hospitals nationwide that earned a five-star rating for cleanliness from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Methodist Midlothian is one of only 29 hospitals in Texas…
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Opinion
Ken Ansell: What does it take to make a disciple?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately. I’ve been thinking about what it takes to make disciples. Disciples like we see in Scripture. No doubt it requires life on life, life on mission and life in community.The demoniac, the woman at the well, Zaccheus, blind Bartimaeus, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Paul, the list goes on and…
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Council OKs plan for new data center
Bill Spinkswspinks@cherryroad.comThe recent nationwide public backlash against data centers has resulted in new Texas state regulations that are intended to benefit residents — including those close to industrial areas of Midlothian.The Midlothian City Council on Sept. 22 unanimously approved, after a nearly 90-minute discussion, a series of motions that bring about a proposal for a…
