Cleburne Fire Chief Clint Ishmael looks on as Jesus De La Paz, Kevin Silva and Juan Aguilar look up the Spanish word for “fire” in the dictionary during the Cleburne Rotary Club’s visit to C.C. Cooke. For the third consecutive year, Rotary Club members are providing English and Spanish-English dictionaries to third-graders on every CISD elementary campus. The club also distributes dictionaries to students in Keene, Grandview and Rio Vista ISDs.

Reports of several incidents of scams involving tree trimming and other home-related repairs have caused Cleburne police to urge residents to be wary of individuals soliciting such services.

A court case involving the city of Keene and whether a resident has to pay for water service may go before the Texas Supreme Court, said Cleburne attorney Scott Cain.
The case involves the city and Bret “Doc” Berkman, owner of Doc’s City RV Park.

A jury began deliberating a case of alleged sexual assault of a child Thursday afternoon, using a new charge created by the 80th Texas Legislature in 2007.

A new school year dawned in Cleburne ISD with the 2008-09 calendar. So did a new era.

Army Pvt. Seth A. Norman has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga.

Law enforcement officials are seeking the person or perspons who stole 12 collectible Barbie Dolls and five bird cages, among other items, on Sunday at a shed on Texas 171 in Grandview, according to Johnson County Sheriff’s Office reports.

“Off with her head!” proclaims the Queen of Hearts, Kaitlin McDonald, to the King of Hearts, Garrett Whitehead, in a scene from “Alice in Wonderland,” this year’s Cleburne High School Theatre Arts Department’s children’s production. A community performance will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Don Smith Performing Arts Center.

Cleburne attorney Harry L. Dulick, 55, was released from Johnson County Law Enforcement Center Thursday on $5,000 bail in connection with a July 6 incident in which the 1998 Ford Explorer Dulick was driving struck a Ford pickup truck with trailer driven by Brian Patterson, 40, of Burleson.