REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS: Ferris Independent School District

Publish two times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 and Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Ferris Independent School District is Requesting Statements of Qualifications (RFQ) for the selection of Architectural and Engineering Master Services for...

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Small taxing unit notice City of Pecan Hill, Texas

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.SMALL TAXING UNIT NOTICE The City of Pecan Hill will hold a meeting at 7:00 PM on September 16, 2025 at City Hall, 10944 Lowrance, to consider adopting a proposed tax rate for tax year 2025.The proposed tax rate is $0.213421 per...

NOTICE OF ORDINANCES: City of Wilmer, Texas Ordinance No. O2025-1016A (1)

Publish three times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, and Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. ORDINANCE NO.

NOTICE OF ORDINANCES: City of Wilmer, Texas Ordinance No. O2025-1016A (2)

Publish three times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, and Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.ORDINANCE NO.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Owner’s Management Company, Inc.

Publish two times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 and Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS (August 25 – September 1)

Short, Jon, 38, criminal trespass.Sims, Tanner, 32, burglary of habitation Felony 2, traffic offense, traffic offense.Lopez, Salvador, 47, commitment, commitment.Delarosa, Marcus, 30, public intoxication, fail to identify giving false/fictitious info, assault family/household member w/prev...

HUTCHINS ARRESTS (August 18 – 24)

Contreras, Renee, 32 disorderly conduct, discharge/display firearm, fail to ID fugitive intent give false info.Stewart, Justin, 35, warrant arrest-Dallas PD.Baldwin, Timothy, 63, public intoxication.Pacheco-Mendoza, Alejando, 32, public intoxication.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Will Palantir’s invisible eyes lead to ultimate dystopian surveillance?

Can you see through the cracks of the constant propaganda being hurled at Americans these days?Left or right, red, or blue – overall, the business of propaganda is to get someone to believe something, do something or buy something.It was explained to me recently that many people don’t see the...

TEA releases 2025 A-F accountability ratings, restoring transparency

ELLIS COUNTY – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) published its state’s A-F academic accountability system for 2024 and 2025 this past Friday.You can find all the results at TXschools.gov.As a reminder, the 2024 release was held up by a lawsuit.Earlier this month, the 15th Court of Appeals cleared...

Lancaster’s The Lovin’ Oven – baking for 50 years

LANCASTER – The Lovin’ Oven Bakery, located in Historic Lancaster Towne Square, celebrated 50 years in business this past Saturday.The bakery was started in 1975, and has been continually baking since, closing only for three weeks in 1994 due to the Lancaster tornado.Judy Houchens, the original...