For the second time in just over three years, Midlothian High School was forced to take emergency safety measures on Monday afternoon because of a security threat. In a social media message, Midlothian ISD said that a threat was reported to campus administration.
Three times A.J. Allmendinger has led the white flag lap on a superspeedway track and not been able to lead that next lap to earn the big trophy.
Always the unquestionable fan favorite at NASCAR’s famed Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, Georgia-native Chase Elliott made a last-lap pass to claim the NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 victory Sunday afternoon – having to better one of his best friends, Ryan Blaney, to earn the first automatic bid into the next round of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
For the last 60 years, Midlothian’s claim to fame has been cement. The 31,000-person city 25 miles south of Dallas is home to three of the nation’s 10 largest cement factories, sparking rapid population growth in the hub, which has expanded by 448% since the turn of the century.
Having been raised on a small farm in northeast Texas, it’s hard for me to look at a hog, feral or domestic, as a pest but when it comes to feral hogs, I’ve had to change my thinking. Wild hogs do a great deal of damage to ranch and farmland and create problems for native wildlife, especially ground-nesting birds such as turkey and quail. Their numbers have to be controlled, I get that. But, it’s still hard for me to see all that good eating pork going to waste.
GRANDPRAIRIE—TheMidlothian Lady Panthers and Heritage Jaguars had a successful meet at the Arlington Houston Ken Gaston 26th Annual Invitational at Lynn Creek Park last Thursday morning. The Lady Panthers finished third in the Class 5A-6A Varsity I girls’ division and were led by freshman Lincoln Husbands, who came in second among individual runners in a time of 18 minutes, 39.2 seconds.
Jacob Rodriguez was driving a John Deere tractor in a West Texas cotton field when he received a phone call that would change his life. “I was pulling a 59foot air seeder … and at the same time I was on the phone having my interview,” Rodriguez, 29, said.
I’m sitting across from the Blonde right now. One of the best things I do everyday is drink coffee with her, talk about the news and pray together. The kitchen table is a blessing many families have forgotten about. I am however a little disturbed by something she just shared with me. I asked her what she was looking at on her phone and she replied, “A turkey chili recipe.”
GLEN ROSE — Dinosaur Valley State Park hired a new superintendent just in time to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Former Asst.