Joshua News

The following is a list of Thanksgiving closings: zx Cleburne - City offices closed Thursday and Friday with no trash pick up scheduled for either day.

The Johnson County Commissioners Court will address the issue of overweight trucks in the county and how to enforce existing laws that prohibit them at Monday's meeting.

Besides the main reason of wanting Obama and America to fail so as to help them get back into office, Republicans are quite happy with 50 million uninsured and the current status quo with our health system in crisis.

Southwestern Adventist University will host 22 teams and more than 700 student gymnasts on its campus Wednesday through Saturday for Acrofest 2009: Facing the Giants.

Firefighters battle a blaze that rendered a mobile home a total loss on Tuesday morning.

Everman Bulldogs at Granbury Pirates 7:30 p.m. Friday Last week Granbury won 13-9 at Joshua to end a 24-game losing streak, Everman won 27-20 at home over Timberview.

The elections are past, and for the most part, the process went well. The one hiccup was the lack of sufficient numbers of ballots for the constitutional amendment election.

Voter turnout in Johnson County for Tuesday's constitutional amendment election was higher than expected, said Patty Bourgeois, Johnson County Elections administrator.

All Saints Day celebration zx Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Faith Temple Church, 1440 W. Kilpatrick Court in Cleburne.

Joshua residents voted to approve all three propositions in Tuesday's election, totaling about $6.15 million in approved bonds.

Navy Airman Recruit Sean R. Carpentiere, son of Vickie L. and Eddie L. Carpentiere of Joshua; Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ferlissia M. Hunnicutt, whose husband, Samuel, is the son of Sandra Meredith of Burleson; and Navy Airman Kimberly K. Kenimer, a 2007 graduate of Joshua High School in Joshua, and more than 5,000 fellow sailors and Marines ...

Tuesday brings several elections, one of which affects all county residents and others that affect residents in Joshua, Keene and Rio Vista.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 6:41 pm US/Central Reporting Joel Thomas NEAR JOSHUA It's a practice that makes animal lovers cringe.

Joshua ISD campuses will have the benefit of new interactive technologies this school year, with the implementation of SMART devices, data projectors, and mobile computer labs.

By a unanimous vote, Keene school trustees voted Monday night to name Dr. Darlene Callender the lone finalist for the KISD superintendent's post being vacated by Kevin Sellers.

Authorities are investigating three burglaries this week in Burleson and Joshua, according to Johnson County Sheriff's Office reports.

Milleson was also charged with public intoxication. According to arrest reports, Longview police responded Tuesday to vehicle burglary calls at the Walmart on East Loop 281.

Cleburne police responded to disturbance calls on Friday and Saturday nights and arrested several people, according to reports.

The Joshua ISD Education Foundation Inc. has received an endowment to establish the Sue Martin Student Council Scholarship.

A Joshua, Texas mother is in the hospital fighting for her life after she was beat with an aluminum bat by her teenage son on Monday.