As your county extension agent for Family and Community Health with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Danae Hicks is excited to join communities across the nation in observing National Cholesterol Education Month this September.
The Biden administration recently announced that Intel will receive $8.5 billion in funding to ramp up U.S. manufacturing of semiconductors.
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On Sept. 18, Ellis County published the Fiscal Year 2025 Adopted Budget on the county website, which can be accessed at https://co.ellis.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/19368/FY2025-Adopted-Budget.
As the City of Midlothian embarks on expanding downtown Heritage Park, a community survey has been launched to gather community input into the project. Open from Sept. 18 through Oct. 2, the simple survey assesses citizen-desired amenities of the park.
Don Hullett Mirror contributor Don Floyd Field at MISD Multipurpose Stadium in Midlothian was the site last Thursday night, Sept. 12, as the Midlothian Panthers… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
A rigorous pre-district schedule appears to be paying off for the Heritage volleyball Jaguars, as they are already off to a 2-0 start in the early going in District 15-5A.
“It all depends on whether you’re willing to work hard enough to get what you want, not what stands in your way,” Judge Sarah T. Hughes said in 1977.
Congressman Jake Ellzey re-emphasized his opposition to the controversial high-speed rail project last week during a series of interviews with local news media within District 6.
Bill Spinks wspinks@cherryroad.com After a slowdown in 2023 due to higher home mortgage interest rates, growth within the boundaries of Midlothian ISD has picked up once again, MISD trustees were informed during Monday night’s monthly board meeting. District demographer Brent Alexander painted a picture of home construction activity that was a lot rosier than a year ago, when interest rates spiked. MISD’s population is estimated at more than 59,000 at present, which is up more than 10,000 from four years ago. However, Alexander noted, the rate of growth in school-age population has been slower, with an average rate of 3.3 percent per year since 2020. Alexander said the district, which has a current capacity of 14,600 students, should be able to get to the 2030-2031 school year at the earliest before new capacity would need to be added. Superintendent Dr. David Belding hailed the type of growth MISD is experiencing. “It’s good, solid incremental growth,” Belding said. “It’s not exponential growth, and that’s positive for everyone.” The most housing starts have taken place in the Vitovsky Elementary School attendance zone, while Longbranch Elementary has seen the most closings, Alexander said. Those two schools, plus Baxter Elementary, are adding more potential students than the other five elementaries within MISD. Walnut Grove and Dieterich Middle Schools are sharing in the growth as well, and Midlothian High School is outpacing Heritage High in both starts and closings with activity in the northwest portion of the district, Alexander showed. MISD includes not only the city of Midlothian, but also portions of Grand Prairie, Venus, Mansfield, Waxahachie, Cedar Hill and Ovilla, as well as unincorporated areas of Ellis County. In the second quarter of 2024, new homebuilders within MISD started 313 new homes, while 300 new homes were occupied. Alexander said the occupancy was just […]