ROPD WELCOMES NEWEST POLICE K9

Red Oak Police Department’s newest officer, K9 Bandit, and his handler, Officer Pettit, are now ready to serve their community. Officer Pettit and K9 Bandit both completed training with the Sector K9 Foundation in February as part of their Patrol Dog Program.

Free animal vaccine clinic held

ELLIS COUNTY – According to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department, this past week’s free animal vaccine clinic was a huge success.The process began at 8 a.m., but eager dog owners were lining up by 6:45 a.m.Prepared for 400 vaccinations, the number of vaccinated dogs was just under 300.

ROISD offering free day care

RED OAK – The Red Oak Independent School District is offering free, full-day Pre-K day care at all five elementary campuses, and will open online enrollment on Tuesday, April 2, at 6 p.m.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 7, 2024)

OPINION: The day Joe Biden blew up the border

Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021.Less than two weeks later, on Feb. 2, he issued the executive order that began the unraveling at the border in earnest.The border crisis isn’t something that happened to President Biden.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street top shareholders of company being sued for possible cause of Texas wildfire

I must talk about the Texas wildfires this week.A fire currently still raging in the Texas Panhandle. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has now exceeded over one million acres. It is being called the “largest and most destructive” fire in the history of the state of Texas.

OPINION: Biden’s OTHER immigration calamity

Recent polling shows President Joe Biden’s open-border immigration policy is now ranked as the No. 1 or 2 problem facing America – in part because of the havoc in our large cities where the millions of migrants are now residing.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (March 7, 2024)

CAN’T FIX STUPID“I do believe that states should be able under our Constitution to bar oath-breaking insurrectionists. … Ultimately, it will be up to the American voters to save our democracy in November.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 37

The further into the story, the more engaged Cheyenne became. I knew that when it came to the dark-haired beauty, he would be glued to every detail. He had wanted to hear about this ‘first date’ for a while now, so I obliged him.

OUT TO PASTOR: Dancing the Critter/Bug Shuffle

I must confess that I do have a liking for critters of all kinds. I enjoy feeding them out on the back porch, and boy, do they come hungry for their treats.Two cats born in our garage are still hanging around. They come morning, noon, and night for their treats.