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02/07/2025

Mansfield Rocks Fireworks set for July 3.

We're celebrating Independence Day with the Mansfield Rocks Fireworks Spectacular, presented by H-E-B! 🎆🇺🇸

📅 Thursday, July 3, 2025
🕘 Official fireworks launch time is 9:25 p.m.
📍 Same launch site as always, from Heritage and Lone Star
📻 Tune into 88.9 FM for show music (range of about 1 mile)
🚗 No parking on roadways; Mansfield police will be issuing citations and towing

01/07/2025

01/07/2025

Lake Ridge 5-star phenom Felix Ojo will commit to Michigan, Florida, The Ohio State or Texas on the Fourth of July.

After landing several major commitments in recent days, Michigan football currently has a top-10 class in the 2026 class. The Wolverines gained a commitment fro

30/06/2025

David Cook seeks Texas Senate Seat.

29/06/2025

Taking care of our four-legged friends during the holiday.

29/06/2025

Experiencing our first pro soccer match.

28/06/2025

Bo French

• Controversial Social Media Activity: French has faced significant backlash for using homophobic and ableist slurs on social media platforms. For instance, he referred to a Democratic advertisement as the “gayest ad in history” and used derogatory terms like “retarded” in various posts
• Internal Party Criticism: His rhetoric has led to public condemnations from fellow Republicans. Precinct Chair Sheena Rodriguez called for his resignation, stating that his comments were “outright vile and dehumanizing” and detrimental to the party’s image
• Attempts to Limit Voting Access: In August 2024, French attempted to pressure local Republican officials to close polling sites on college campuses, a move explicitly aimed at disadvantaging Democratic voters
• Associations with Extremist Figures: Under French’s leadership, the Tarrant County GOP hosted far-right activist Jack Posobiec, known for praising authoritarian figures like Augusto Pinochet and Francisco Franco
• Participation in Controversial Events: French appeared at a conference organized by the True Texas Project, where speakers promoted Christian nationalism and made racially charged statements. The event drew criticism for featuring individuals with white nationalist ties
• Legal Challenges Within the Party: In April 2024, French faced a lawsuit from a precinct chair he deemed ineligible after an election victory. The chair accused French of fabricating claims to block his certification, highlighting internal conflicts within the party
• Repeated offensive language: French posted derogatory slurs towards LGBTQ+ and disabled individuals—calling opponents “homo,” “retard,” and running polls with slurs—drawing widespread backlash
• Public apologies limited: Attempts to “satirize” dissenters or portray critics as “fragile snowflakes,” even deleting a few tweets, didn’t address the broader concerns or fully retract the inflammatory content
• Polarizing rhetoric: His mission “to make Tarrant County inhospitable for Democrats,” paired with efforts to undermine campus polling, has deepened local political divides
• Widespread condemnation: Republican colleagues across various Texas counties publicly denounced his language. One former precinct chair resigned, citing systemic sexism and bigotry within the party
• Attraction to fringe elements: Under his leadership, the Tarrant GOP hosted figures like Jack Posobiec and aligned with Christian nationalist groups like True Texas Project—some with ties to white nationalism—raising alarm over the party’s shifting direction
• Normalization of hate speech: Critics argue his unapologetic attitude—posting 70+ times with snark after account lockout—signals a broader trend where bigotry gets trivialized or spun as political theater

27/06/2025

US 287 E-alert: Heritage Parkway / Commerce Street Connections to US 287 Reopen this Weekend

*** US 287 connections to Heritage Parkway and Commerce Street scheduled to reopen this weekend ***

Work on new permanent traffic signals at Heritage Parkway and Lone Star will continue

Where:
Heritage Parkway at northbound US 287 frontage road
Commerce Drive at southbound US 287 frontage road

When:
Saturday, June 28th, 2025

What:
Following the completion of final striping, the contractor is scheduled to reopen the connections of Heritage Parkway to the northbound US 287 frontage road and Commerce Drive to the southbound US 287 frontage road on Saturday, June 28th, 2025 (weather permitting). The project is nearing substantial completion with traffic now in the final configuration on the US 287 main lanes and frontage roads between Lone Star Road and Heritage Parkway. Motorists can expect some final work such as landscaping and traffic signal adjustments at Heritage Parkway and Lone Star Road to occur into July.

27/06/2025

Good morning, Baltimore!

27/06/2025

Methodist Mansfield Medical Center’s Outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center Recognized for Clinical Excellence in Patient Satisfaction and Wound Healing Rates

Mansfield, TX – Physicians, leaders and clinicians at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center’s Outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center has been awarded the prestigious Center of Distinction award by Healogics®, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including a patient satisfaction rate of 97.73 percent. This recognition is a testament to the exceptional care and dedication demonstrated by the Center’s physicians, leaders, and clinicians.

“We are incredibly proud of our Wound Care Center team for earning the Center for Distinction award. This recognition reflects their unwavering commitment to clinical excellence and the compassionate care they provide to our community members every day, said Juan Fresquez, Jr. President of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. “Achieving outstanding clinical outcomes and a patient satisfaction rate of 97.73 percent is a true testament to the dedication and skill of our caregivers.

The Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Wound Care Center is a member of the Healogics network of more than 600 Wound Care Centers® and offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds.

Advanced wound care modalities provided by our wound care experts include negative pressure wound therapy, total contact casting, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. The Center also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which works by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen to help accelerate wound healing.

About Healogics

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year, over 300,000 patients received advanced wound care through a network of over 600 Wound Care Centers®. Healogics also partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds and provides inpatient consults at more than 60 partner hospitals. As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country. The Healogics Wound Science Initiative offers peer-reviewed research and advanced analytics in the pursuit of better outcomes and a better way to provide care.

Photo: Celebrating the award are left Grace Wingate, MA; Leslie Thompson, RN Program Director and Katie Boykin, RN of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center’s Outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center.

27/06/2025

Mansfield Tiger Zion Robinson is headed to Michigan.

In recruiting, it is essential to defend your home turf. Players from your state should be a priority and a pipeline of talent that must be defended at all cost