Christmas activities bring home the holiday magic
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December 2022
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Life lessons in 247 pages
Spinning tops flung long ago finally stopped, they were like the season’s final flailing of turkeys soon to be main courses on Thanksgiving tables. For some journalists, however, minds continue to spin — conjuring, probing, marveling and expressing — thoughts about life, sometimes exceeding sublime or falling short of ridiculous.
Veterans Tribute dedication to be Dec. 7
The City of Midlothian will dedicate the new Veterans Tribute Memorial on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 5 p.m.
Distinctly Midlothian project to hold open house
The City of Midlothian invites all citizens to attend a Community Creative Input Open House for the Distinctly Midlothian Project on Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Midlothian Conference Center, 1 Community Circle Drive.
Jags win first showdown in thriller
The first-ever matchup of Midlothian ISD rivals in girls’ basketball went to the Heritage Jaguars on Tuesday night of last week as they overcame a huge early deficit to beat the Midlothian Lady Panthers in a thriller, 60-59, at MHS Arena to open District 8-5A play.
Legislators begin filing bills ahead of session
Texas legislators are off to the races, filing more than 850 bills on Monday, the first day of filing season for the 88th session, which begins Jan. 10.
City introduces new emergency alert system
The City of Midlothian has implemented a new mass notification system called MidlothianSafe for emergency alerts. Citizens are being urged to register even if they previously received the City’s Code Red alerts because the Code Red system was deactivated on Nov.
‘Shorty’s Dream Shop’ joins local TV parade
The Midlothian area can now add yet another television series to its burgeoning portfolio of location credits. The independent series “The Chosen” will soon commence filming Season 4 at Camp Hoblitzelle, and the Paramount mega-hit “Yellowstone” was recently shooting scenes next door in downtown Venus.
O’Rourke campaign returns FTX donation
Beto O’Rourke returned a $1 million donation from embattled cryptocurrency leader Sam Bankman-Fried four days before Election Day, his campaign told The Texas Tribune this week. Bankman-Fried founded FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange that was valued at $32 billion before collapsing abruptly in a matter of days earlier this month, setting off an industrywide panic.
Jewish Texans fear rise of fascism
As other kids in Austin recovered from trick-ortreating on Halloween last year, Sarah Adelman worried about white supremacists, her mom and their synagogue. After a series of antisemitic incidents around Central Texas, someone set fire to Congregation Beth Israel, where Sarah’s mother, Lori, is a leader.