June 2022

Midlothian City Council Place 3 candidate questionnaire: Ed Gardner

June 9, 2022

Name: Ed Gardner Current profession: Business Owner / CEO and Founder of MFR Inc. Political Party: Republican Elected office sought: Midlothian City Council Place 3 Previous political experience: This is my first foray into politics as a political candidate but I worked with state government to assist in getting annexation reform on to the Governor’s desk, and I am currently working with our city council and Mayor get Midlothian to adopt a Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance.

June 9, 2022

Setting a mandatory payment rate for Ellis County’s local provider participation program — and how the money will be spent — was the focus of county commissioners during Tuesday’s regular bi-weekly meeting at the Ellis County Historic Courthouse.

June 9, 2022

Midlothian police now believe the May 27 death of an individual whose body was found on Railport Parkway was a case of a stowaway who fell from a semi-truck after a non-stop ride of almost 500 miles. The Midlothian Police Department said Friday that a 51-year-old man had apparently hopped a ride on a semitruck in Edinburg, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, and had stayed on the truck until meeting his unfortunate end near the truck’s destination.

Methodist nurse receives DAISY Award

June 9, 2022

Shelbi Jopson recently became the first nurse at Methodist Midlothian Medical Center to be honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate care that nurses provide to patients and their families every day.

MISD hires 3 new principals, IT director

June 9, 2022

The Midlothian ISD board of trustees unanimously approved three new campus principals and a new director of information technology during a special meeting last Thursday evening. Alisha Cunningham was hired as the principal of Dolores W.

Community reaches out to help MHS coach fight

June 2, 2022

The Midlothian community is coming together once again to help a longtime Midlothian High School teacher and coach who has been diagnosed with cancer. Coach Clif White was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Urachal cancer.

Local musician launches local poetry society

June 2, 2022

Refel Rushing knows there are people in Ellis County who love creative writing and nature as much as he does. So he’s creating an opportunity for them to join together and enjoy both.

The case of a puppy that was lost and then found

June 2, 2022

When we decided to escape the blistering 98-degree South Carolina heat and head for the North Carolina mountains, we packed up our three pups, two of whom had just turned 9 months old. Within hours of arrival, one of them went missing.

Chewbaccadoodles win DI Global Finals

June 2, 2022

On the weekend of May 21, six teams from Midlothian ISD competed in the Global Finals Destination Imagination tournament in Kansas City, Missouri. After months of preparation, more than 450 student teams from all over the United States and at least five other countries presented their creative solutions to a number of STEAM-based (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) challenges.

MISD Class of 2022 receives diplomas

June 2, 2022

Heritage High School held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2022 on Sunday afternoon at the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts. Approximately 254 seniors received their diplomas. MIDLOTHIAN ISD