Ready, Set, Race! was the theme Jan. 29 when Cub Scout Pack 1993, sponsored by First United Methodist Church and affiliated with J.L. Boren Elementary, put the finishing touches on their racing cars and launched them down the six-lane wood Pinewood Derby track. Fifty-three Cub Scouts and siblings assembled at Mansfield's Rock Gym and raced as hard as they could. Even the adults got into the fray this year with their own Open Division where they could use a Pinewood Derby car from any decade, even one they may have raced as a youth.Read more

The 12th annual Tri-Chapter Agriscience Fair was held Jan. 7 at the Reed Stewart Agriculture Center. FFA chapters from Arlington, Mansfield and Martin high schools make up the Tri-Chapter Fair. There were approximately 214 entries, with 30 from the Mansfield FFA Chapter.Read more

Jimmy and Juli Burke of Mansfield are happy to announce the engagement of their son, Matthew Robert Burke of Fort Worth, to Julie Anne Phillips of Sherman.Read more

The children of Marcus and Virginia Jimenez of Mansfield would like to announce the 50th wedding anniversary of their parents, who were married Feb. 3, 1962, in Abilene.Read more

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The Mansfield FFA members tested their knowledge by competing in a leadership development event.Read more

The Mansfield Fire Department is accepting applications for the Citizens Fire Academy, which will start April 3.Read more

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Nicole Grunwald was crowned Miss Twin Rivers Outstanding Teen at the Miss America Pageant held in Texarkana.Read more

The Mansfield Public Library, located at 104 S. Wisteria St., is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Contact the library at(817) 473-4391, www.mansfield-tx.gov/departments/library or mpl@mansfield-tx.gov.Read more