The city will be celebrating the grand opening of Bailey Park with a ribbon cutting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15, 280 W. Hidden Creek Parkway.

 

New improvements to the eight-acre lake and picnic area include 20 additional parking spaces, a restroom/pavilion, a fishing pier, 10-foot concrete trail along the east side of the lake continuing north to Tinker Trail, plus other amenities including picnic tables and trash cans. 

Early voting for the June 17 runoff election for Place 4 on the Burleson City Council continues June 12 - 13. The candidates are Pam Grant Tatum and Todd Hulsey.

You can vote 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, June 9 and 7 a.m.-7 p.m., June 12-13 (Monday-Tuesday). Election Day is Saturday, June 17, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. All voting will take place at Burleson City Hall, 141 W. Renfro St.

At the May 6 general election, three candidates were vying for the Place 4 seat currently held by Matt Aiken, who chose not to run for reelection. Tatum garnered 38.27 percent of the vote and Hulsey received 42.73 percent. In order to win the seat outright, the person with the highest number of votes would have had to earn 50 percent of the total vote, plus one. Shannan Sutter received 19 percent of the votes for Place 4.

Another installment of the Hot Sounds of Summer concert series will take place tonight. The free  90-minute concert in Old Town starts at 7:30 p.m. with Wayne the Train Hancock.  

Street closures in Old Town Burleson (124 W. Ellison St.) will start at 4 p.m. today and every Friday through June 30, come down early and eat at one of the more than half a dozen restaurants, then set up your lawn chairs and blankets in the street. Food and drink are allowed at the concerts, but patrons are strongly discouraged from bringing glass bottles, due to safety reasons.  More information . 

Summer is here and that means there will be a lot of children around water. Burleson Fire Department wants to make sure adults are keeping their eyes on children at all times. 

Here are some great tips for water safety/ drowning prevention.   

 

Father's Day is June 18 and Hidden Creek Golf Course has just the gift that Dad wants. 

You can pick from a round of golf, add on lunch at The Terrace or get a monetary gift card that he can spend however he would like. And the best part, they can all be purchased online.