GLENN HEIGHTS ARRESTS: January 31 – February 6

Medrano, Roberto, 18, Cedar Hill PD warrant. Hailey, Carteris, assault by contact. Thompson, Anfernee, 23, Dallas PD warrant.

RED OAK ARRESTS: February 3 – 16

Wise, Carissa, 32, display expired registration, no motor vehicle liability insurance, FTA. Franklin, Kionne, 18, possession of drug paraphernalia. Lennox, Josh, 37, public intoxication. Brown, Michael, 30, DWI. Tucker, Dustin, 26, speeding-school zone. Dubose, Derrick, 55, DWI 2nd.

WILMER ARRESTS February 3 – 9

Pearson, Cleophus, 22, warrant arrest other agency. Shaw, Lamarcus, 22, warrant arrest local. Donelson, Gregory, 53, warrant arrest other agency.

National debt could hit $100 trillion by 2037 if Trump budget is ignored – cuts $4.4 trillion over 10 years

President Donald Trump and the Office of Management and Budget have completed another budget, this time for Fiscal Year 2021, that proposes $4.4 trillion of spending cuts over the next decade and reaching balance within 15 years. Put another way, the Trump administration proposes spending $56.

Obama’s Oscar-winning ‘American Factory’ omits his own role in Ohio factory’s closing

Former President Barack Obama played a direct role in the hardships of the workers featured in “American Factory,” the Oscar-winning documentary his new production company produced.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Don’t be shocked to find a ‘sleeper’ in the late rounds!

Good day to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” Did you know that Bart Starr – quarterback for the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s – was picked in the seventeenth round of the 1956 draft. He was the 200th player taken in.

OUT TO PASTOR: Did I just call myself?

I am old enough to remember those days when there was nothing like cell phones. Every time you needed to make a phone call, you went to where a phone was. Those were the days of the telephone booth. Remember those? That's were Clark Kent turned into Superman.

Records set at FWSSR Junior Sale of Champions

FORT WORTH – Two records were eclipsed Feb. 8 at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Junior Sale of Champions. More than $4.

Ellis County to be sanctuary for the unborn

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Ellis County Commissioners’ Court recently voted to pass a resolution declaring Ellis County, Texas to be a sanctuary for the unborn.

Ferris City Council approves $3.2-million bond package

FERRIS – On Jan. 27, the Ferris City Council unanimously approved the issuance of $3.2-millionin Revenue Certificates of Obligation (Bonds) to address the major infrastructure deficiencies in the city as it relates to the water and sewer systems.