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OPINION: Why can’t Kamala answer a simple question?

A few months into Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential run, her handlers faced a dilemma.Should they continue cocooning the candidate or unleash her on the public?Both options came with serious political risks.Sure, Democrats could keep pretending Harris was a generational talent, but her refusal to...

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 63

“Some teenagers were drag-racing that night,” Mama said, telling the story of the tragic night on a narrow two-lane Alabama highway, “and they came up over a hill going ‘a hundred,’ the police said. Daddy didn’t have time to swerve, so there was nothing to do but take the impact head-on.

FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than Books (October 24, 2024)

Early voting for the 2024 Ellis County General and Special Elections will take place on Thursday, Oct. 31 and Friday, Nov. 1 at the Ferris Public Library. Voting hours are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.Registered and eligible voters can cast their ballots at any early voting location within their county.

LOCAL STUDENT UPDATE (October 24, 2024)

Cecily Crawford from Midlothian was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: October 15 – 21

Davis, Philip, 22, agg robbery Felony 1.Sibley, Sam, 55, commitment order Felony 3.Wimbley, Reginald, 30, sex offender’s duty to register life/annually Felony 3, sex offender’s duty to register life/annually Felony 3.Gorman, Tiffany, 30, theft prop >=$100<$750.Greer, Jalissa, 20, injury...

HUTCHINS ARRESTS: October 17 – 20

Carmona, Victor, 32, assault, interfere w/emergency request for assistance.Edwards, Willie, 36, theft property >=$100<$750.Cook, Markquise, 30, warrant arrest Ellis County.