COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (January 25, 2024)

OPINION: The death of American excellence

Have you been to a restaurant, hotel or other service provider recently and it seemed like nobody cares?Are you concerned to fly with the fuselage blowout of a Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft in flight?Do you wonder why Gen Z has pioneered trends like “quiet quitting,” “lazy girl jobs” and “soft saving”?

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: The Texas border crises – what else?

There is no way my column this week can be about anything other than the Joe Joe’s border crisis and the happenings in Texas.Recently on the house floor, it was reminded illegal immigration is not a human right – it is a FEDERAL CRIME.

OPINION: Joe Biden: the Jimmy Conway of ‘democracy’

President Biden loves to warn Americans about how democracy is under siege or on the brink of collapse, depending on the speechwriter.In Iowa last week, though, more than 110,000 people braved negative 20-degree temperatures to hear from candidates and their surrogates, discuss and vote for who...

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 33

We have no way of knowing which details – whether intriguing conversations or scenes of roll-on-the-ground humor – get lost when half a century separates the actual events of a story and the telling of it.We say details get lost, yet, in another sense, many are as clear as if we had loaded up in...

OUT TO PASTOR: I’m not diabetic – but I am a sweet guy

Lately, I’ve been very tired, which has nothing at all to do with my age. Rather, it has everything to do with all these spam calls I get every day.It seems most spam calls come during lunchtime when I’m eating.

FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than Books (January 25, 2024)

It’s tax time again! We have 1040 IRS tax forms for individual taxpayers and 1040-SR forms for taxpayers who are age 65 or older, available at the library. Staff members can access various other tax forms for you from IRS.gov but are not able to give advice or help you complete the documents.

LOCAL STUDENT UPDATE: January 25, 2024

Local students who were named to the Fall 2023 Dean’s List at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock include Keila Finnestad, Landri Schreier and Keya Sowells of Midlothian. Landri was also named to the Fall 2023 Chancellor’s List.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: January 12 – 21 

Hopkins, Johnathan, 33, terroristic threat causes fear.Contreras, Carlos, 22, theft prop >=$100<$750.Sterbenz, Nathan, 36, public intoxication.Cannon, Laquito, 51, accident causes bodily injury.Steptoe, Britany, 28, engaging in organized criminal activity.

LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR THE ESTATE OF WANDA GALE DAVIS, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.