News
Local man gets prison for 2025 attack
Bill Spinks wspinks@cherryroad.com A 50-year-old Midlothian man who entered a bank carrying a baseball bat and later threatened a public safety officer while in custody has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to a press release from the Ellis County and District Attorney’s Office. An Ellis County jury convicted Tony Fain of the…
Business
Eyemart Express’ new Midlothian store opens Sept. 14
Eyemart Express, a national optical retailer known its affordable same-day glasses, is opening its first location in Midlothian on Sept. 14.
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Opinion
Texas History Minute: James Madison, father of the Constitution, Part 2
In the hot summer of 1787, James Madison convinced delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to approve an entirely new kind of government for the new nation. But the real test came when the states were asked to consider the new document. Madison, one of the Founding Fathers, was a man of principles but…
Conversations
Ex-judge Little, NCTCOG part ways
After just over a year into his new job, former Ellis County judge and Red Oak mayor Todd Little is out at the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
