Keene News

Kevin Sellers' last hurrah as Keene superintendent resulted in celebration Tuesday night.

Cleburne police arrested seven people on Thursday after they alledgedly stole items from Nolan River Mall.

At the age of 8, author Mollie Gallop Bradbury Mims wrote her own newspaper. She laid out the pages in pencil, hand-drew the pictures and sold them to her neighbors for a nickel each down North Robinson Street in Cleburne.

A body found by Cleburne police on Friday night is thought to be that of a local woman who went missing Oct.

A 67-year-old Keene woman who has been missing since Oct. 9 had a history of leaving home without telling anyone but would usually return in a day or two, family members told Cleburne police.

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.

Cleburne police are seeking information on Virginia Burns, 67, of Keene who has been missing since Friday.

New stores and shopping areas are popping up in Keene, and the city's Economic and Community Development Corporations have plans to keep the business coming.

Nov. 3 brings four elections, one of which involves all Johnson County residents while the other three involve Rio Vista, Keene and Joshua residents.

Dianne Packwood was unsure how well the first Day of Caring would pan out five years ago, she said.

With several districts reporting increased absences, even more Johnson County students may be sent home this morning as the deadline for vaccinations ends today.

Firefighters from Cleburne, Alvarado, Burleson, Joshua and Keene responded to a Saturday fire in the 1800 block of County Road 909, according to Cleburne Fire Department reports.

On a hot afternoon in Cleburne, a tiny, older lady looked inside a parked car and stepped back in the shade.

It may still feel like summer, but Christmas may come sooner this year for some local homeowners.

All nonessential Johnson County and county city offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day.

Keene firefighters are crediting natural causes, probably lightning, for a Thursday night fire that damaged a building on the Southwestern Adventist University campus, said Capt.

A court case involving the city of Keene and whether a resident has to pay for water service remains ongoing, pending a decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Waco, said Cleburne Attorney Scott Cain on Friday.

Joshua school trustees approved the 2009-10 budget and tax rate without a whimper of protest at Tuesday night's regularly scheduled meeting and agreed to investigate the feasibility of a new traffic signal on County Road 1902 at the entrance to Caddo Grove Elementary and the new middle school, scheduled to open by January.

State Rep. Rob Orr, R-Burleson, said he regrets that legislators were unable make headway toward eminent domain reform during the latest session, "I learned that anyone with the right to condemn property is very powerful in Austin," Orr said at the Keene Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.

Keene ISD Superintendent Kevin Sellers confirmed Tuesday morning he has been offered the post of assistant superintendent at Joshua ISD.