Nearly 12,000 children in Texas live with relatives instead of their immediate family. Most of these children are not technically in foster care but could receive medical, financial and educational benefits if they were.
Over the last two years, universities across Texas and the rest of the country have worked hard to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on their campuses with virtual classes, masks and increased cleaning of public spaces.
Ovilla Road was a “mud hole” where folks on horseback, wagons or later cars, had to be pulled out every time it rained, as century-old Ann L. Fuston recalls.
On Monday, Rep. Brian Harrison sent letters to taxing entities in Texas House District 10 asking that they adopt the “no-new-revenue” tax rate or a lower rate to refrain from increasing taxes during this time of pronounced economic difficulties.
American Red Cross Blood Services is seeking blood donors for a blood drive this Saturday, Aug. 6 in Waxahachie. The drive will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, located at 2418 Brown Street, Waxahachie.
After a discussion on what types of restaurants would be allowed in a proposed development on Highlander Road, the Midlothian City Council approved a rezoning of a property for general professional and restaurant uses during its regular meeting last Tuesday night.
After nearly a decade of service with the city of Midlothian, planning manager Marcos Narvaez is departing for the other side of the Metroplex. Narvaez announced that he has accepted a similar job with the city of Farmers Branch.
Tax abatements and economic performance agreements are related matters. The Ellis County Commissioners’ Court touched on both during Tuesday’s regular bi-weekly meeting as the court considered both a new economic performance agreement and changes to its abatement policy.
The Midlothian ISD board of trustees moved the district closer to re-upping its status as a “District of Innovation” for another five-year period during a brief special meeting last Monday evening.
Ellis County elections administrator Jana Onyon still has a job — for now, thanks to a huge pushback from supporters at a public meeting called to bring her service into question. In a lengthy session that stretched from Friday afternoon well into the evening at the Ellis County Historic Courthouse, the county Elections Commission heard never-before-aired “concerns” from county Republican Party chair Randy Bellomy and three others accusing Onyon of election fraud and other misdeeds.