The Chris Kyle American Legion Post 388 of Midlothian will be hosting its annual Fourth of July barbecue cookout and silent auction on Saturday, July 2. The cookout is open to the public and is free, but donations will be welcome.
A treatment court program for veterans may soon be coming to Ellis County after action taken by Ellis County Commissioners during the court’s Tuesday’s bi-weekly meeting. The court unanimously approved authorization for the Ellis County and District Attorney’s Office to apply for a grant with the Texas Veterans Commission for the implementation of a veterans’ treatment court program in Ellis County.
In a very short Midlothian City Council meeting last Tuesday, councilmembers unanimously authorized the Midlothian Police Department to apply for a federal public safety grant to help expand its ranks.
The start of summer also means the start of budget and tax season for local school districts, and Midlothian ISD began the process of adopting both for the upcoming school year at last Monday’s regular monthly meeting.
Defensive coordinator Eric Edwards was the logical choice to take the place of mentor Lee Wiginton as the head football coach at Midlothian Heritage High School. Just weeks after Wiginton left to become head football coach at Class 6A Allen, Edwards was unanimously approved by the Midlothian ISD board of trustees during Monday night’s regular monthly meeting.
Why do you send your child to school—to learn how to read, or to learn how to march in gay pride parades? I can’t believe that in Texas, I have to ask this question. I couldn’t be more proud of the public schools in HD-10 and have chosen to send my kids to Midlothian ISD; which is providing a quality educating to students here that ranks “far above the state average in key measures of college and career readiness,” according to Great Schools, a nonprofit ranking agency.
A free, ½-mile nature walk will be led by a member of Indian Trail Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists on Saturday, June 18, 9 a.m. at Mockingbird Nature Park, 1361 Onward Road, Midlothian. Experience summer in the life the prairie and earn about the indigenous plants and wildlife.
The Midlothian area has all of a sudden become a very popular location for the filming industry, and local leaders welcome the influx. Thousands dressed in biblical costumes descended upon the Salvation Army’s Camp Hoblitzelle over the last week to take part in the filming of one of the New Testament’s most iconic tales for the hit TV series “The Chosen.” Over a four-day stretch last week, about 12,000 extras — ranging in age from infant to 91 and from all 50 states and from 36 countries — flocked to the Cement City for the filming of all four Gospels’ account of Jesus feeding 5,000 people with a few loaves of bread and fish.
Anna Hammonds and Ed Gardner are rivals on Saturday’s Midlothian City Council Place 3 runoff ballot, but showed a united front at a City Council meeting in April. The two appeared together to address the council in support of an ordinance declaring the city a sanctuary for the unborn.
AUSTIN — Jesús Ferreira had a night to remember against an overwhelmed opponent in the United States’ World Cup sendoff. The 21-year-old forward tied the U.S.