FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than books (March 31, 2022)

Congratulations to our Black History Month contest winners: Courtnie Mitchell, Landyn Saladion, and Iovanni Chable.A special Thank You to The Ellis County Press (ECP) for publishing the children’s pictures in the newspaper!

Teaching children how to protect birds in your backyard

STATEPOINT – Part of being a good environmental steward is passing on this wisdom to the next generation. Here are three hands-on ways parents and grandparents can teach children to protect the birds in their very own backyard.

ANNUAL ENNIS BLUEBONNET TRAILS FESTIVAL OPENS APRIL 8

ENNIS – The 70th Annual Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival, presented by the Ennis Garden Club, will be held in the heart of historic downtown Ennis beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, April 8 and continuing daily through Sunday, April 10 at 6 p.m.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: March 21 – 27

Butler, Wayne, 72, poss CS pg 1 <1g.Green, Nathan, 30, burglary of building, burglary of building.Brown, Gabriel, 19, poss CS pg 1 <1g.Hunter, Jermaine, 23, assault family/house member impede breath Felony 3, criminal mischief >=$100<$750.Williams, Quaneshi, 27, DWI.

FERRIS ARRESTS: March 22

Tenyatta, Mekiyel, 22, warrant-other agency, larceny.

GLENN HEIGHTS ARRESTS: March 18 – 24

Hunter, Jermaine, 23, warrant arrest Glenn Heights PD, Lancaster PD.Bagley, Emanuel, 35, DWLI.Brooks, Dwaina, 42, warrant arrest Dallas Co. Sheriff.Flucker, Carrie, 64, warrant arrest Dallas Co. Sheriff.

PALMER ARRESTS: March 21

Alford, Jonathan, 35, DWI.

WILMER ARRESTS: March 21 – 27

Cherry, Kamile, 21, warrant arrest other agency.Mandujano Gregorio, Hector, 30, DWI/open container.Lankford, Darren, 36, warrant arrest local.

Survey reveals optimism among business owners, despite challenges

STATEPOINT – Supply chain issues top the list of concerns for small business owners over the last six months, but they see those pressures easing by mid-year, according to new research.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: March 13 – 20

Lisenbee, Philip, 41, DWLI w/prev conv.Myers, Alexsis, 29, assault causes bodily injury.Guerrero, Conrado, 26, DWLI w/prev conv.Flores, Rosalio, 44, criminal mischief >=$100<$75.Stansberry, Brian, 45, DWI.Loya, Apolinar, 37, fraud use/poss identifying info Felony 2.