News
MPD issues alert for missing person
Staff report The Midlothian Police Department has announced that officers are searching for Khaalid Rashard Lathrop-Ragland, a 25-year-old adult who was reported missing on Sept. 7. Khaalid is described by the department as a Black male, 25 years old, 5’6” and approximately 140 pounds. His clothing description is unknown. Khaalid’s family reports that he was…
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
Ken Ansell: It’s not what we say, it’s what we do
A French tightrope walker stretched a wire across Niagara Falls back in the 1860s, he then walked across it and people were in awe. He asked the crowd if they believed he could push a wheelbarrow across the same wire and the crowd shouted, “We believe, we believe!” After he was successful he asked the…
Conversations
City tax rate cut sparks GOP catfight
Bill Spinks wspinks@cherryroad.com The Midlothian City Council voted unanimously at last Wednesday’s special meeting to adopt a property tax rate of 64 cents per $10,000 taxable valuation, a one-cent reduction from the current rate of 65 cents. The new rate will go into effect at the beginning of the new fiscal year, which begins Oct.…
