Incumbents ousted in city-school voting
Midlothian incumbents who were facing challenges had a tough time in Saturday’s joint city-school board election. An electorate eager for change let their voices be heard at the ballot box on Saturday.
May 2022
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Field events strong for MHS at regionals
ARLINGTON — Midlothian High School will send three athletes to next week’s University Interscholastic League state track and field championships. Junior Gabe Songer threw the discus 170 feet, 2 inches, and that was good enough for a silver medal at the Class 5A Region II meet this past week end at the University of Texas-Arlington’s Maverick Stadium.
YOU CAN COUNT ON MOMS
Order flowers or make a restaurant reservation: Sunday is Mother’s Day, the time to celebrate the person who read you stories, tucked you into bed and drove you to soccer practices. Since 1914, Americans have celebrated Mother’s Day as a national holiday, thanks to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, a Philadelphia woman who campaigned for a holiday to honor mothers, but later was disappointed by how commercial the day became. h You may not be able to count all the things your mother did for you, but you can count some things about mothers. Here is a look at U.S. motherhood by the numbers:
SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW
If those ads with Nicole Kidman being wowed by the movies haven’t enticed you back into a theater yet, then a summer movie season packed with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Elvis, Thor and a heap of dinosaurs should do the trick.
What I learned from one man’s help and civility
Somewhere along the way to these times when nothing seems to work, "customer service" became an oxymoron. How many times have you listened to scratchy "hold" music, or have been asked to download an app instead of talking to a person, or have been warned that "your wait time is 35 minutes" -- and then contemplated screaming? How often have you raised your voice when someone finally picked up? I'll bet that you, like me, have skipped a refund or a return because the value of your sanity and time exceeded the price of whatever it was you lost.
City, school board election is Saturday
Early voting was set to end on Tuesday, and Election Day voting will take place for the joint local city and school board election in Midlothian on Saturday. In total, there is one seat up for grabs on the Midlothian City Council, and there are two on the Midlothian ISD board of trustees.
Heat’s Tucker makes big impact in Game 1
MIAMI – There’s nobody on the Miami Heat roster that knows Philadelphia guard James Harden better than P.J. Tucker.
US: Griner considered wrongfully detained
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Top college transfers to know for ’22
LSU has added 15 transfers since hiring coach Brian Kelly. Southern California and Ole Miss have added 14 newcomers.
HHS’ Young competes at state a 2nd time
SAN ANTONIO — Heritage High School senior Jaelee Young competed last Tuesday for the second year in a row in the University Interscholastic League Class 4A state tennis tournament at the Annemarie Tennis Center.