Tom Thumb expanding to Waxahachie

WAXAHACHIE – Tom Thumb announced this past week it’s growing with Dallas-Fort Worth and will start construction in Waxahachie.The store is expected to open in summer 2024 and will have an in-store Starbucks, pharmacy drive-thru, and grocery pick-up area.

MURDERER RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE

ENNIS – Twenty-four-year-old Ennis resident Dontriel Perry was convicted of capital murder last week in a court of law in Ellis County.Perry was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT SET FOR NOVEMBER

ELLIS COUNTY – Ellis County Commissioners again approved a UT Southwestern Medical Center Mobile Mammography Service Agreement, as in years past.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (June 29, 2023)

OPINION: ‘D’ Is for Democrats… and Disinformation

Barack Obama told a good joke the other day.He said he thought that the level of disinformation and misinformation online has gotten so dangerously high in the U.S. that we need to develop “digital fingerprints” so ordinary citizens can tell what’s truly true and know who’s not telling it.We?

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: A little bit of this and that...

I have never been the biggest fan of Michael Douglas, but the other day I heard him say, “This political system has been hijacked to assure those with power keep it.”What do you think of those words, do you think it’s true?

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (June 29, 2023)

GRAND DELUSIONS“I wear this partisan [censure] vote as a badge of honor, knowing that I have lived my oath, knowing that I have done my duty to hold a dangerous and out-of-control president accountable, and knowing that I would do so again in a heartbeat.

PROCLAIMING TRUTH: Does God love you? Yes and no

“All people are loved through God’s benevolence, but only some are loved through His covenant.”As I start this column, I am thinking about the hit television show from years ago, “Touched by an Angel”.

OUT TO PASTOR: I’m too smart to be stupid

After being married for over 50 years, my wife, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, knows more about me than I know about myself.At least, that’s the perception I get from her actions.It must be true when she says something about me, and I won’t challenge her with anything she says. I have a Ph.

The miracles of Jesus (part 8)

Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea so that the boat was covered with the waves. But Jesus was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us we are perishing!