Ken Ansell: Worship the Lord, and bring your family too
The Blonde (aka my wife Jennifer) and I were talking the other night about our family, and there were lots of great memories being discussed.
Bill Spinks
No. 20 MHS girls post pair of routs
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.
Luke Clayton: What do you enjoy most, hunting or fishing?
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.
Regular season winds down for MISD hoops
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.
Ellis County’s Behavioral Health Department marks 1 year
Ellis County’s Behavioral Health Department has been in existence for one year now, and its director gave a progress update to the county Commissioners’ Court on Tuesday. Caitlin Wilkinson, director of the new department, said one of the biggest things in starting it was developing relationships with local health providers.
Midlo Memo
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.
TSTC's North Texas campus begins spring semester
RED OAK — Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus began the spring semester on Monday, Jan. 13, with an unofficial student population of more than 375 students.
MISD Athletics Hall honors new inductees
The Midlothian ISD Athletics Hall of Honor is proud to recognize the Class of 2024, marking a decade of celebrating athletic achievement, coaching excellence, and community support. The inductees were honored in front of family, friends and community on Saturday, Jan.
Lady Panthers clinch playoff berth
In spite of a weekend loss to district co-leader Red Oak, the Midlothian Lady Panthers clinched a playoff berth Tuesday night with a 59-31 Senior Night rout of Corsicana at MHS Arena in District 15-5A play.
County faces loss of pet sheltering
In the wake of a sudden decision by SPCA of Texas to cancel its contract with Ellis County, the Ellis County Commissioners’ Court last week rescinded its animal control ordinance until a remedy is found for the provision of animal shelter service.