LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR THE ESTATE OF MARJORIE C. SNYDER, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Feb.25, 2021.   NOTICE TO CREDITORS   Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of MARJORIE C. SNYDER, Deceased, were issued on February 19, 2021, in Cause No. 21-E-2016, pending in the County Court at Law No.

LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OFF ERRIS, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2021

Publish 2 times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 and Thursday, March 4, 2021.

ONCOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Why is my power out? There are two major issues affecting many of customers right now: winter storm outages and controlled power outages directed by ERCOT, which serve to reduce high demand and protect the integrity of the electric grid.

VALENTINE’S DAY BRINGS FREEZING TEMPERATURES

ELLIS COUNTY – As the sirens are rumbling up and down the road in front of my street in Dallas, not far from Ellis County, I know that this same scenario is happening locally everywhere and around the state due to the extreme weather that many Texas residents know nothing about.

Don’t ignore the dangers of winter weather

ELLIS COUNTY – Baby, it’s cold outside.   For those with fireplaces that could be a good way to keep warm during this week’s weather event. However, some residents in Ellis County have no power, no water and no fireplace.

Warming shelters in Ellis County

Ennis Ennis Bluebonnet Call Center – 972-695-3524. People will be directed to an appropriate facility when calling this number. Ferris First Baptist Church in conjunction with the City of Ferris is offering their facility as a warming shelter during this unprecedented weather event.

Governor Abbott declares ERCOT reform an emergency item

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today declared the reform of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas an emergency item this legislative session.

OUT TO PASTOR: If it was up to me

Fifty years ago, I was a teenager. Boy, do I miss those Days of Yore. It's not that I would like to relive them, but I was a much different person back then. As a teenager, I knew everything, and all you had to do was ask me. Even if you didn’t ask me, I still would tell you what was on my mind.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Men can come off as awfully “cheap” on Valentine’s Day

Welcome to the “front porch.” After almost a quarter of a century of sending words to the newspaper, the following Valentines' piece is one I’ll never forget. Read on ...

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (February 18, 2021)