Burleson Star

Burleson sales tax revenue gets hot

As Metroplex temperatures hit triple digits, Burleson’s sales tax revenue continues to improve by double digits. The city received $134,425 more sales tax revenue in July than it did in the same month last year, according to figures released last...

As Burleson grows, Wilshire woes continue

Wilshire Boulevard, can’t live with it, can’t live without it. The main drag in Burleson also named Highway 174, connects travelers to businesses and homes all the way to Cleburne. According to the Burleson Police Department, for the first two...

It’s hot out, so don’t leave Fido in your Ford

The Burleson Animal Shelter wants your help. During the height of summer, they receive about three calls a week concerning dogs being left in hot, locked cars. That’s unacceptable, said Animal Control Officer Penny Lehew. “There are consequences...

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Association asks court for requests 25 percent salary raise adjustment

When seeking employment as a deputy with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, a candidate must successfully complete two job interviews: one for the sheriff’s office and another for the second job he or she will need to survive financially. That...

Despite ban, fireworks lit the sky on the fourth

Cresson Fire Department Chief Ron Becker has been a busy man this summer. In the past two weeks, the volunteer fire department has responded to 17 grass fire calls and an additional four fireworks calls. “We suspect fireworks played a role in...

Burleson man ‘blessed’ despite losing sight

You may have seen Chad Duncan standing at different street corners in Burleson holding up a sign that says, ‘everybody love everybody.’ Duncan bravely spends a few hours each week doing this even though he is blind. However, since going blind,...

News Stories

Burleson sales tax revenue gets hot

As Metroplex temperatures hit triple digits, Burleson’s sales tax revenue continues to improve by double digits.

By Paul Gnadt

As Burleson grows, Wilshire woes continue

Wilshire Boulevard, can’t live with it, can’t live without it. The main drag in Burleson also named Highway 174, connects travelers to businesses and homes all the way to Cleburne.

By Bethann Coldiron

It’s hot out, so don’t leave Fido in your Ford

The Burleson Animal Shelter wants your help. During the height of summer, they receive about three calls a week concerning dogs being left in hot, locked cars.

By Bethann Coldiron

Additional arrest made in murder of Todd Neal Jr.

An accomplice in the murder of Todd Neal Jr. has been arrested.

By Bethann Coldiron

College is not an expense, it is an investment towards your future

College tuition is pricey, no question.

By Mallory Buettemeyer

Sports

Texas Football predicts Elk in, Spartans out of playoffs

A year ago, Centennial was tagged by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine to make the playoffs and Burleson wasn’t.

LADY ELKS WIN JV GIRLS DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP AT SPURS NATIONALS

A team of girls basketball players from Burleson High School won the JV Girls Division championship at the 2018 Spurs & All American Sports National Championship July 6-7 in San Antonio.

GARVIN-WILSON, KELLY INDUCTED INTO TARLETON’S HALL OF FAME

Former Burleson star athletes Misty Garvin-Wilson and Steve Kelly were recently inducted as members of the 2018 class of the Tarleton State’s Hall of Fame.