13 ROISD athletes commit to colleges

RED OAK – Red Oak High School and the Athletics Department hosted college-bound student-athletes, their families, coaches, and college representatives on Feb. 7.13 student-athletes signed their intent to various colleges.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Defining the Orwellian nightmare in real time!

It has been brought to my attention (because I haven’t watched mainstream media in years) the reason people actually believe there is no border crisis, the economy is booming, and our government is not fueling wars in other countries while not taking care of their own – is because that is what the...

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (February 8, 2024)

BELLY LAUGH OF THE DAY“I serve the American people. I’m here to solve problems.” – Joe Biden  DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR“As we enter into the campaign season, the American people are beginning to focus on President Biden’s incredible track record of results.

LOCAL STUDENT UPDATE: February 8, 2024

Local students who received degrees during the 2023 Fall semester at Sam Houston State University include Nathanial Alcantar from Ennis, Caroline Kelly from Ferris, Morgan Roper from Midlothian, William Starnes from Ovilla, and Rachel Hicks and Jylon Menefee from Waxahachie.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: January 29 – February 4

Davis, Adam, 35, poss CS pg 1/1-b >=1g<4g Felony 3, poss CS pg 2 >= 1g<4g Felony 3, poss CS pg 1/1-b >=1g<4g Felony 3, theft prop >=$100<$750.Mendez-Garcia, Jor, 26, DWI.Knight, Terry, 59, poss CS pg 1/1-b >=4g<200g Felony 2.

RED OAK ARRESTS: January 15 – February 5

Hugeus, Corey, 32, unl poss firearm by felon.Rivera-Ordonez, Jose, 32, DWI/open container.Hamby, Ethan, 21, deadly conduct.Hughes, Holly, 36, injury child/elderly/disabled w/int bodily injury.Tidmore, Thomas, 53, bond revocation-poss CS pg 3< 28g.Johnson, Jarvis, 39, deadly conduct.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: The moment time stopped – a tribute to Roy Deering

For the next few weeks we will pause from our 1973 novel/memoir to pay tribute to, and walk together down a trail with, our good friend Roy Deering. The surprising phone call from the amazin’ blonde came to me Wednesday afternoon, July 7, 2021.

OUT TO PASTOR: Making decisions is the hardest part of my life

I still wrestle with decision-making. I admit that I often don’t make good decisions.I’m not sure, so don’t repeat this, but I think The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage knows this and uses it to her advantage. How? I don’t know. She is the primary source behind my decision-making.

OBITUARY: Douglas E. Hampton

Douglas Eugene “Bubbles” Hampton, age 73, gained his heavenly wings on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at his home in Texas after a lengthy illness.Doug was born in Bryson City NC, in 1950, to Harley Eugene and Nannie Belle Hampton.

Palmer man sentenced to 4 consecutive life sentences

WAXAHACHIE – Joseph Lavon Green, 51, of Palmer, was convicted, after a jury trial, of continuous sexual abuse of a young child and three counts of sexual assault of a child, according to a statement from Ellis County and District Attorney Ann MontgomeryFrom 2008 through 2015, Green repeatedly...