Elementary, junior high and high school students may enter their artwork in the Ellis County Art Association’s Annual Youth Art Show in April. Scholarships, a gift certificate to Blick Art Supply and ribbons will be awarded by age group after judging.
After calling it a long career in public school education, Jim Wood had quite the epilogue: Two state volleyball championships as a coach at the private school level. Wood has decided that he will go out on top.
Enrollment is open now for Midlothian University, a seven-week course about city services and government. Beginning March 3, participants will get to visit, tour, and learn about various city departments once a week on Monday evenings from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Quanah Parker became a respected leader of the Comanche Nation at the end of the Plains Indian Wars.
Mammoths once roamed the Southern Plains freely as recently as 12,000 years ago, including the portion that now includes Ellis County.
SunOpta, an innovative and sustainable manufacturer in Midlothian, recently awarded an employee from its production facility a vehicle of their choice as part of SunOpta’s Driving Success Sweepstakes.
The Midlothian Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual awards banquet, “A Night Among the Stars,” to honor local businesses and individuals that stood out in 2024.
I’ve often been asked what I like best, hunting or fishing. I have often pondered question and have finally come to realize that whether I’m engaged in tug of war with a big catfish or striper, running a trot line, fishing a creek for spawning white bass or settling my sights on a wild hog with intentions of putting the meat on my smoker, I like most what I’m engaged in at the moment! A famous outdoors writer once said that you don’t really have to ‘be there’ to enjoy hunting and fishing.
The Midlothian Panthers suffered an upset on the road last Friday, but bounced back on Tuesday with a big win to stay with sight of a No. 1 playoff seeding out of District 15-5A with a big rivalry game looming.
The Class 5A No. 20-ranked Midlothian Lady Panthers are picking up quite a bit of momentum as they dive deeper into the District 15-5A soccer schedule.