What an incredibly great way to have fun with your child and put them in the spotlight! Don't miss the City's annual  Father/Daughter and Mother/Son Valentine Dance, Saturday, Feb. 8, at the BRiCk. This year you can choose from two times, 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. The events will feature a dinner, dancing coordinated by a professional disc jockey, games, corsages and pictures. Pre-event tickets may be purchased at the BRiCk, 550 N.W. Summercrest Blvd. The cost is $16 per couple or $8 per person. At the door, tickets are $25 per couple or $12.50 per person. For more information, call the BRiCk at 817-426-9104.

The taste and odor issues with Fort Worth's water supply continue, according to the City of Fort Worth's water department. The department has increased the dosing of ozone and has begun blending the water from Lake Benbrook with water from Cedar Creek Lake. Ozone is used to disinfect the drinking water, and it can help with resolving taste and odor issues, but not in all cases. The City of Burleson buys its water from the City of Fort Worth. Other entities that may be experiencing the same issue include Bethesda Water Supply Corporation and the City of Crowley, to name a few. Read More

How will you know if a tornado warning or severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Burleson? The  City of Burleson, in partnership with Everbridge, will contact you. If your name and landline phone numbers are currently listed in the white pages or yellow pages or you previously signed up for the City's Blackboard Connect system, you are automatically in the Everbridge system. Messages can be  sent by cell phone, landline, email, text message, fax, pager, and more, but you must opt in to the Everbridge emergency notification system. Go to the Everbridge page on the City website. Choose how you want to be contacted, the number of phones and email addresses you want included, and the order in which you want to be contacted. You can include your home and work address, your child's school and/or daycare, or your parents/grandparents' home. You will be asked to confirm that you received the alert. Once you confirm, Everbridge will stop contacting you for that incident. You can set a "quiet time" for messages (tornado messages will be sent regardless of quiet times) and choose which weather warnings you want to receive. When you opt in you can let first responders know if you have special needs, if you have resources that can be deployed in an emergency, and if you are certified (medical, recovery, etc.) to serve as a volunteer. Read More

As of noon on Feb. 6, all four incumbents had filed for re-election to their Burleson City Council seats. The last of the four and one challenger filed the afternoon of Jan. 30. Rick D. Green filed for re-election to Place 2. John Glen Garrison filed for mayor. Earlier, Matt Aiken filed for his Place 4 seat, Ronnie Johnson filed for his Place 6 seat, and Ken Shetter filed for re-election as mayor. Candidates must be at least 18 years old on the date they apply for a place on the ballot; a citizen of the United States; a qualified voter of the city; a resident of the city or have resided in the city for at least one year immediately preceding the date of the election; and not be delinquent in the payment of property taxes due to the City of Burleson. If you want to represent your neighbors on council, candidate packets for the May election are available at Burleson City Hall, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, and at the Feb. 17 city council meeting. The council meeting starts at 7 p.m. The filing period is Jan. 29-Feb. 28. Read More

Robert Schoonover is known for making sure his fellow firefighters know the hazards they may face when entering a commercial building, but the children know him as the man who launched the idea for the City's first Burleson Fishing Adventures program in 2013. Schoonover was nominated for and won the Burleson Fire Department's 2013 Fire Chief's Award. Many local youth were able to enjoy a day of fishing and received free fishing poles and equipment. He also assists firefighters by giving them the information they need to know concerning hazards that exist in commercial buildings. Read More

If you have fines that you have not paid to the City of Burleson's Municipal Court, your time is running out. Arrests will be made and unpaid fines will be collected during a Metroplex Warrant Roundup. Burleson currently has more than 3,400 outstanding warrants valued at more than  $763,000. The court's hours of operation for February have been extended. Regular business hours for the court are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 pm., and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.  On Fridays for the month of February (Feb. 7, Feb. 14, Feb. 21, and Feb. 28) the court will be open late, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. The court is located inside the Burleson sub courthouse at 247 Elk Dr., Room 114 (across from Burleson High School). Read More

The Burleson Interurban Trolley restoration group is seeking volunteers to maintain the #330 Rail Car and the #411 Parlor Car at the Burleson Visitors Center. Can you spare a  Monday morning and do general painting and handyman tasks? The group meets for breakfast at The Porch, 140 S. Wilson St., at 7:30 a.m. every Monday, then works on the cars all morning. The cars are located next to the visitors center at 124 W. Ellison St., in front of Burleson City Hall. To learn more about the cars go to the City website and click on the links for each car. For more information about the group's restoration efforts, call Chuck Williams at 817-484-2827 or Dale Dexheimer at 817-319-9101.