Founders Day is Saturday
Block Party set for Friday in Old TownBurleson’s Old Town will be packed Saturday for the Founders Day celebration. COURTESY PHOTO/CIITY OF BURLESONLast year’s Founders Day including Old Western...
View ArticleMosquito traps test positive for West Nile Virus on Thursday
COURTESY PHOTO/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTIONFROM CONTRIBUTED REPORTSOn October 11, 2018, the City’s environmental services division was notified that a mosquito trap tested positive for...
View ArticleFounders Day festivities cancelled
Saturday's Founders Day celebration scheduled for Old Town Burleson was cancelled over concens about the weather BURLESON STAR/COURTESYFROM CONTRIBUTED REPORTSThe City of Burleson just announced on its...
View ArticleBURLESON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOLF TOURNAMENT A SUCCESS
The team from Independent Bank won the Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament Oct. 5 at Hidden Creek Golf Course. Shown are team members Jonathon Cook, left, and Tim Southerland. Team...
View ArticleTAG students participate in service project
BY RICKY MOOREsports@burlesonstar.netThird graders who are members of the Talented and Gifted Leadership Camp took part in a service project Sept. 29.The TAG members helped out at Pathway Church and...
View ArticleTrompler made the most of the advantage afforded by the Burleson Opportunity...
Angela Trompler, Hill College and Burleson Opportunity Fund alumna, is the nurse manager of a medical oncology unit at Texas Health Huguley. BURLESON STAR/COURTESY PHOTOFrom Contributed ReportsAngela...
View ArticleOne Elks journey from student journalist to professional reporter
Anna Herrod recently started her career as a professional journalist. BURLESON STAR/COURTESY PHOTOBY ANNA HERODAs I write this column, I’m sitting in my apartment wearing a face mask and drinking...
View ArticleBurleson celebrates National Night Out
From Contributed ReportsBurleson’s 2018 version of National Night Out took place from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 2.National Night Out, which started in 1984, is an annual community-building campaign that promotes...
View ArticleCouncil addresses technological advances
Cell phone nodes like these will soon be installed around Burleson. COURTESY PHOTO/BURLESON CITY OF BURLESONBy NEETISH BASNETneetish@burlesonstar.netA new kind of electrical device will start appearing...
View ArticleCentennial's Homecoming King and Queen presented
Rain couldn’t dampen Centennial High School’s Homeocoming festivities Friday night. The 2018 Homecoming King and Queen were announced before the resumption of the Spartans game with Cleburne. Mary...
View ArticleBurleson Opportunity Fund is a small part of larger solution
Members of the Burleson Opportunity Fund pose with past scholarship recipient Cortni Dale, center, who teaches kindergarten in the Burleson ISD at Frazier Elementary. Dale and another past scholarship...
View ArticleShare your Halloween decorated house with the Burleson Star
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View ArticleTitleMax is out to tackle hunger
From Contributed ReportsTitleMax Title Loans in Burleson is collecting food donations for the Burleson’s Harvest House through Wednesday.The location will be accepting donations of canned and packaged...
View ArticleKeene Police and Fire Departments host Starfest Oct. 31
PAUL GNADTpau@burlesonstar.netThe city of Keene and the Keene Police and Fire Departments will host the annual Starfest celebration from 6-9 p.m. Oct. 31 at the intersection of Hillcrest and...
View ArticleAbout 100 residents attend Keene voters forum
PAUL GNADTpau@burlesonstar.netKEENE — Ten of 11 people who are running for City Council positions in Keene stopped long enough Oct. 16 to talk about the issues during a candidates forum at the Keene...
View ArticleCity’s sales tax revenue exceeds expectations
PAUL GNADTpau@burlesonstar.netAs the World Series finally arrives, Burleson’s sales tax revenue continues to hit it out of the park.The city received $130,614 more sales tax revenue in October than it...
View ArticleHalloween spirit is alive in Burleson
From Contributed ReportsSome Burleson residents have gotten into the Halloween spirit by decorating their homes.Here’s a look at some of homes the Burleson Star found and their ghoulish decorations.Did...
View ArticleProviding beds for those in need
Co-presidents of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Johnson County chapter, Krista and Bruce Crenshaw, holds a bed headboard in their garage, which also acts as the chapter’s storage facility. BURLESON...
View ArticleGhost tour is a treat
Pat Dexheimer, left, presents a check to Marzie Bartee, the Treasurer of the Burleson Historical Foundation, and Robert Hernandez, the President of the Burleson Historical Foundation, following a...
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