Kennedale News

By TRACI SHURLEY Tamara Cain is on a mission to bring an open-campus lunch policy for juniors and seniors to Mansfield schools, and she hopes other parents will join her cause.Cain, whose son Matthew is a junior at Legacy High School, said her motivation is pretty simple.

Labor Day Closings and City Service Schedules in Arlington The Arlington Municipal Building and many other city offices will be closed Monday, Sept.

A family in Kennedale has been driven from their home by sewage that backed up into their house while crews were replacing city sewer lines.

Two promoted to principal posts ARLINGTON - School trustees promoted two Arlington assistant principals Thursday night.

Surveillance images show a masked armed robber at the Compass Bank in Duncanville.

By MITCH MITCHELL Two masked gunmen robbed a Wells Fargo Bank Friday in Kennedale, according to authorities.Witnesses told police that two men at about 10 a.m. walked into the bank in the 200 block of West Kennedale Parkway, showing guns and demanding money.After taking an undetermined amount of cash, the suspects left the bank and climbed into a ...

This is totally anecdotal but something really caught my eye in this AP story about how consumers are scaling back insurance as a response to the recession.

Reducing insurance coverage means instant cost savings. But The Associated Press reports it's problematic for some people -- leaving homes and businesses underinsured.

By ROBERT CADWALLADER KENNEDALE - Amid the recent hoopla over huge increases in gas-related property valuations in Tarrant County, City Manager Bob Hart had no trouble maintaining his caution about unreliable revenue.'I'm always reminded of a bumper sticker that's common in West Texas: 'Lord grant us one more oil boom and I promise not to blow ...

While a tax windfall from rising mineral values in the Barnett Shale has come as welcome news during the recent economic downturn, the additional revenue could shrink in coming years, creating a difficult dilemma many local governments have failed to consider.

The debut of Sprint Cars atop the -mile RPM Speedway in Crandall, TX, will have to wait, as excessive rain in and around the area during the week has forced the cancellation of Friday night's American Sprint Car Series Lone Star Region event at the first-year facility.

The following schools have changed their closure date after the CDC stated schools do not have to close because of swine flu.

Faye Reeder Not your grandmother's quilt!: A super group of volunteers from Quilters' Guild of Arlington has worked feverishly for months to be ready to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Festival of Quilts.

Mansfield ISD to Close Charlotte Anderson Elementary School Due To H1N1 Flu Who: City of Arlington Office of Emergency Management and Public Health Authority What: Notification of H1N1 Impact on Arlington Schools When: Monday May 4, 2009 Why: The Mansfield Independent School District Charlotte Anderson Elementary, is being closed today for one ...

Extra Credit The Kennedale school district announced Monday night that it will be closing schools from Tuesday through May 11 because of the swine flu outbreak.

One of the probable cases of swine flu reported in Tarrant County last weekend involved someone at a business, but the county is not recommending the business close as a result, county public health officials said.

By TRACI SHURLEY Arlington Trustee Sherri Wade ran for the school board in 2000 because she wanted to be part of a winning team and give back to the district that helped raise her.Nine years later, as she prepares to attend her last meeting as a trustee, she's just as sure that the district, which has about 63,000 students, is headed in the right ...

Mayor to Discuss H1N1 Influenza and Coordinated Efforts The City of Arlington will hold a news conference today at 2:30 p.m. to address public concerns regarding the H1N1 influenza.

On Friday, April 17 at 10:55 a.m. Kennedale Police received a report of a holdup from an employee at the Wells Fargo Bank located at 200 W. Kennedale Parkway.

MITCHELL SCHNURMAN If your kid maxes out a credit card, you don't just hand him a new one.