A number of options were on the table on Monday evening as the Midlothian ISD board of trustees addressed ways to reduce a projected 2025-2026 budget deficit of about $5.45 million during the board’s third budget meeting of the year. “We’ve got a major deficit, and we’ve got to figure out how to overcome it,” board president Gary Vineyard said.
Sophomore Lauryn Price of Heritage High School was inadvertently left off the list of District 14-5A qualifiers at the conclusion of the district tournament held at the Corsicana/ Ennis tennis courts on April 24 and 25.
Last week was a quiet one for me. With intermittent rain throughout the week, I did a good bit of ‘inside’ work, catching up on some magazine articles and finally getting some of my more recent photographs organized.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) and the city of Waxahachie announced their sponsorship of the 2025 Crossroads of Texas GO TEXAN Country Festival, a celebration of Lone Star State talent, agriculture, heritage, creativity and community. “For a quarter of a century, Waxahachie has been the proud home of what has grown into the largest one-day festival in Texas,” said Commissioner Miller.
ATHENS, Ga. — Ta'Kedrian Morgan of Midlothian is among the more than 8,000 candidates for graduation in the University of Georgia's Class of 2025 who will be celebrated during Commencement exercises this week.
A calendar of events in the Midlothian and surrounding areas. Clubs and organizations are encouraged to send meeting and event notices to wspinks@cherryroad.com for inclusion.
Washington is full of wasteful programs that never seem to go away, no matter how badly they fail. But few are more deserving of elimination than the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) — a little-known agency that was supposed to save taxpayer dollars but has instead wasted billions while making healthcare worse for seniors.
Bill Spinks wspinks@cherryroad.com Incumbent Midlothian City Council members Anna Hammonds and Clark Wickliffe won easy re-elections to another 3-year term each in Saturday’s voting. In… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
In 1952, a Marine stationed in Korea received a letter from someone he had never met. Her name was Kathleen Hart. She had asked for permission to write to him after the woman he had originally been exchanging letters with got engaged.
The Ellis County Commissioners’ Court will need another two weeks to finalize its efforts to establish a new animal sheltering service for the county. After almost an hour of discussion during Tuesday’s regular bi-weekly meeting, the court voted unanimously to cancel a bid award to So, Fetch Safe Haven and reissue a revised request for proposals that reduces the scope of the county’s involvement.