OUT TO PASTOR: Just me and my coffee

It was one of those days that don’t often come my way. I was out sitting on the porch with my 1st cup of coffee for the day.Today was special. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, her daughter and granddaughter went to St. Augustine for spring break. They would be gone for three days.

LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR THE ESTATE OF CAROL ANN COCHRAN, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday June 5, 2025. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of CAROL ANN COCHRAN, Deceased, were issued on May 30, 2025, in Cause No.

LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR THE ESTATE OF ELNORA ROBINS, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday June 5, 2025. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ELNORA ROBINS, Deceased, were issued on May 30, 2025, in Cause No.

LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR THE ESTATE OF CAMILLE D. PIERCE, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday June 5, 2025. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of CAMILLE D. PIERCE, Deceased, were issued on April 24, 2025, in Cause No.

LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR THE ESTATE OF SANDRA EILEEN BARNHARDT, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday June 5, 2025. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of SANDRA EILEEN BARNHARDT, Deceased, were issued on May 7, 2025, in Cause No.

Scammers impersonating Ellis County court official

ELLIS COUNTY – There is yet another scam in Ellis County – this one impersonating an Ellis County Court official.Ellis County Sheriff’s Office warned on their Facebook page they had received reports of a phone scam where individuals were impersonating “Sgt. Mike McKenna from the Ellis County Courts.

Needed Ellis County Criminal Court may be blocked by Austin politics

ELLIS COUNTY – As of this writing, it is still undecided if Ellis County is getting a second criminal court.I know a number of people have been asking me to uncover that answer.After some jostling, it seems this item was apparently put into (or back into) State Rep. Jeff Leach’s HB2878.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: May 27 – June 2

Manning, Jerry, 57, bench warrant.Rodriguez, Jesse, 30, assault causes bodily injury family member.Wylie-Rodriguez, Deborah, 65, criminal mischief >=$750<$2500, DWI/open alch container, accident involving damage to vehicle>=$200.Riddle, Harry, 47, poss CS pg 1/1-b>=1g<4g Felony 3.

FRONT PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 86

Word got out that there was a little trouble in Paradise over on that Alabama hillside where the nosiest people in the world were laying brick and creating havoc for one called Pup.Naturally.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s chocolate got to do with it?

Did you ever have a morning when everything went exactly as you planned?Well, neither have I.I plan my schedule to include everything I need for the day. But, unlike The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, I fall way short of accomplishing that.