RO Sylvia Stanford Smith 2021 Distinguished Alumnus

RED OAK – Since 2004, the Red Oak High School Alumni Association has selected and celebrated a Distinguished Alumni. This year’s recipient is Sylvia Stanford Smith, a 1954 graduate.A native of Red Oak, Sylvia attended school here all 12 years.

Local law enforcement to collect unused and outdated medicines

Ellis County – Local law enforcement, Reach Council, DPR/Impact Communities, and the DEA will partner to host the semi-annual Prescription Drug Take Back Event on Saturday, Oct. 23.

Red Oak Chamber event raises $30,000

RED OAK – People came from high and low this past Saturday night to take flapper to the next level.The Red Oak Chamber of Commerce was back after a year of COVID-19 shutdown holding its 2021 Auction and Dinner, themed “The Great Gatsby Gala.”The event was presented by Linebarger Attorneys at Law.

Waxahachie native serves as a member of U.S. Navy’s ‘silent Service’

KINGS BAY, GA – A Waxahachie native is stationed at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, homeport to all East Coast ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines.

PUBLIC NOTICE: The Storage Place Ferris, Texas notice of public sale October 26 to November 9, 2021

Publish 2 times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 and Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to Section 59 of the Texas Property Code, this is a Notice of Public Sale of personal property to satisfy the landlord’s lien.Sale to be held online at www.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (October 21, 2021)

OPINION: The incredible, disappearing – incompetent – Team Biden

Last week was another bad one for the continually disappearing Biden administration.

OPINION: Big Government Socialism isn’t ‘free’ – all programs taxpayer-funded, meaning YOU pay for them

The Big Government Socialists who have taken over the Democratic Party love to talk about “free” programs: Free community college, free child care, free dental and eye care for Medicare, free public housing, free food stamps, the list goes on.Don’t fall for it.Vermont Sen.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (Chapter 13)

CHAPTER 13“What the note did not say.” No one could say with certainty what it was that Todd saw. One might say it was just a hiker on the trail. Another? It had to be an angel. What I do know is that Todd himself did not know.He had hiked up the river all morning, leaving me well behind him.

OUT TO PASTOR: Green thumb versus black and blue thumb

If you came to our parsonage, you would discover all over our property, plants and flowers. Just don’t ask me to identify what they are. I can tell a plant from a flower, but that’s as far as it goes with me.That is not true with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage.