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Lack of funding raises concerns (Posted Thu 08:00 am)
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Burleson ISD board of trustees was held Monday. Discussion items on financial exigency and a possible Tax Ratification Election (TRE), were areas of intense consideration during talks between board members, with the input of BISD assistant superintendent of business Ronald Kuehler and Jim Brooks, senior vice president of Southwest Securities.   More...

Leaving the 'grounds' (Posted Wed 08:00 am)
Cary Phillips sits in front of J.J. Mocha's Tuesday morning. The business will shut down Friday evening and "we are losing one of our Burleson landmarks," Phillips said.
Burleson residents will have to find another place to have a coffee, sandwich and friendly conversation in Old Town after Friday evening.   More...

Local soldier leads Hawaii Army Museum renovation (Posted Tue 08:00 am)
Sgt. Mark Mathis, right, of Burleson constructs a window frame at the Hawaii Army Museum in Waikiki. Mathis is a plumber with the 284th Engineer Company out of Seagoville. As the non-commissioned officer in charge of one of the two decks, formerly coastal artillery gun positions, Mathis not only honed his own skills but also learned other specialties.
HONOLULU – Texas and Hawaii are approximately 5,000 miles apart and many from one state may never see the other. For Sgt. Mark Mathis, an Army Reserve engineer from Burleson assigned to the 284th Engineer Company in Seagoville, Hawaii has been home for the past two and a half months.   More...


Family owned winery sees the glass half-full (Posted Today 08:00 am)
Dana Bell pours a class of Sangiovese for a visitor at D'Vine Wine in Old Town.
Sisters Dana Bell and Donna Thiessen are lifelong Burleson residents turned Burleson business owners.   More...

Convention brings flocks of thoroughbreds to Burleson (Posted Sun 08:00 am)
Ron and Linda Caram are long-time Burleson pigeon trainers and handlers. They stand proudly in front of the pigeon loft in the back yard of their home where winning pigeons returned home from seven 200-mile races that began in New Braunfels last week. Ron holds a Blue Bar Splash pigeon in hand that returned home that morning.
Ron and Linda Caram know a lot about birds and the sport of competitive pigeon racing.   More...


Election '10: Bill Flores on the issues (Posted 5/24/2010 03:06 pm)
Bill Flores, the Republican candidate for the District 17 U.S. Representative seat in Congress, visited last week with the editorial board of the Joshua Star. View videos from his interview here.  VIEW RELATED VIDEO

Chet Edwards interview (Posted 4/9/2010 06:23 pm)
U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, sat down with the Burleson Star newspaper in an exclusive interview April 6. Following is the five-part video from the interview.  VIEW RELATED VIDEO


BYA team wins first tourney at Chisenhall (Posted Today 01:42 pm)
The Burleson Bad Boyz, a Burleson Youth Association in the PONY Elite Bronco-11 division, went undefeated to win the PONY South Zone Championship tournament July 21-25 at the new Chisenhall Fields. The tournament, the first event staged at the new complex, qualified the Bad Boyz for this week's PONY World Series in Chesterfield, Va. Team members are, front row from left, Adrian Garcia, Ethan Quintanilla and Blake Birdwell. Middle row, Grayson Lee, Thomas Santos, Devin Paz, Alec Wilson, Payton Strambler and coach Chris Gracia. Back row, Hunter Trotter, coach Greg Birdwell, Adam Oviedo and coach Fernando Paz. COURTESY PHOTO
By MIKE ESKRIDGE   More...

Volleyball camp a hit with kids (Posted Today 01:40 pm)
Christine Griffin takes a swing during hitting drills at Lady Elks volleyball camp last week at Burleson High School. BHS coach Jill Kimball and her staff instructed more than 70 players ranging from fifth-graders to freshmen at the four-day camp, which ended Thursday. MIKE ESKRIDGE/BURLESON STAR
Burleson High School volleyball coach Jill Kimball got a chance to bolster the Lady Elks’ prospects for the future during the 2010 Lady Elks volleyball camp Monday-Thursday at BHS.   More...


A dream come true (Posted 7/23/2010 08:00 am)
When people are asked, “What is Inception about?” the answer is usually going to be, “Well, it’s about dreams and — well I don’t want to give anything away and ruin it.”   More...


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