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The CIRCUS is coming to town

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
The circus is coming to Washington, D.C. and Senators are not getting any popcorn. Speaker Pelosi’s imperial trooper like march with impeachment documents last week triggered the Senate impeachment trial, and this is what you can expect.

Should you quit?

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
We usually don’t want to just give up, or conclude we don’t have what it takes to go on. I’ve thought about that some lately in trying to learn a difficult fiddle tune. What have you thought about quitting? Smoking? Alcohol? Drugs? A toxic relationship?

OUT TO PASTOR: Please don’t mess with my peanut butter

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
Anybody who knows me knows I am not easily rattled by anything. I let the chips fall where they may because I know from whence they came. I am not susceptible to the various rumors making their way around on a regular basis.
Nona Epps

Nona Epps

OBITUARY: Nona Epps

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
Nona (Mann) Epps passed away Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 at the age of 93. She was born in June of 1926 in Honey Grove, Texas to the late William Philip and Edna Mable (Hulsey) Mann. She was the youngest of seven siblings.
Clarence Davis Russell Jr.

Clarence Davis Russell Jr.

OBITUARY: Clarence Davis Russell Jr.

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
Clarence Davis Russell Jr., 73, passed away on Jan. 17, 2020 in Dallas. He was born on Oct. 4, 1946 in Wisner, Louisiana to Clarence Davis Russell Sr., and Dorothy (Amery) Russell.

FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than books (January 23, 2020)

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
The Ferris Public Library’s 8th Annual “Take Your Child to the Library Day” will be held Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The library offers free library membership to all children ages 7 – 16, living outside of Ferris city limits. We will also have free face painting from 11 a.m.