10,000 sg.ft. mansion burns to the ground

A 10,000 sg. ft. mansion at 430 Chaparral, southeast of Ferris, burned to the ground on Thursday, Dec. 5, at around 4  a.m. The house was fully engulfed in flames by the time the fire departments arrived.Fire departments from Ferris, Wilmer, Ovilla and Red Oak responded to the blaze.

Korean company leases a million sq. ft.

WILMER – Last week with the leasing of over 1 million square-feet in the City of Wilmer’s 252-acre Southpark Logistics Park, Korean conglomerate CJ Logistics America officially accomplished the logistic park being “officially” fully occupied.CJ Logistics America is a subsidiary of the Korean...

Public hearing set for creation of ESD 12

ELLIS COUNTY – The Ellis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to set the hearing for the creation of the Ellis County Emergency Service District #12 for Jan. 21, 2025.Ellis County Clerk Krystal Valdez verified all signatures from the petition were qualified voters.Valdez told the...

Former Ferris city attorney trial gets underway

ELLIS COUNTY – The trial for local attorney Michael Halla from Lancaster began in Ellis County Court this week after a jury was selected early last week for the trial.Halla was arrested by the Texas Department of Public Safety and charged with two counts of manslaughter, a 2nd degree felony in...

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (December 19, 2024)

OPINION: What ABC’s apology to Trump reveals about the media landscape

The late Richard J. Daley famously declared that “we as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.”That doctrine seems still to be alive and well with many in the party when it comes to President-elect Trump.After ABC News and its anchor George Stephanopoulos apologized to Trump last week to...

SPCA of Texas’ Ellis County Animal Care Center reopened Sunday after infectious illness incident scare

ELLIS COUNTY – The Ellis County Sheriff’s Department reported on Saturday, just one day after notifying the public of an infectious illness incident at the SPCA of Texas’ Ellis County Animal Care Center, that it was all clear to re-open.According to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department FB on...

Ovilla passes sanctuary city ordinance for the unborn

OVILLA – The Ovilla city council passed an ordinance at last week’s city council meeting 4-1 outlawing abortion and declaring Ovilla a sanctuary city for the unborn.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: If the US government can’t figure out the throng of drone sightings, maybe we should call the Keystone Cops for help

I did not plan to talk about the drones that have been popping up all over the United States the last few weeks. Drones that have been caught on video flying around and one person even caught one of the drones shooting spray to the ground.

OPINION: Sanity outbreak – more say ‘no’ to men in women’s sports

Surprising progress in normal America’s fight to keep “hemales” out of female sports.