UPCOMING CLOSURES SCHEDULED AT I-45, I-20 INTERCHANGE

DALLAS – In conjunction with the direct-connector ramp rehabilitation project at Interstate 45 at Interstate 20, the Texas Department of Transportation has requested various lane closures to work through the demolition and reconstruction of each ramp.

Ellis County declared a Second Amendment sanctuary county

WAXAHACHIE, TX – The Ellis County Commissioners’ Court responded to attacks on citizens’ gun rights with an affirming resolution upholding the Second Amendment. Article 1, Section 23, protects citizens’ “inalienable and individual right to keep and bear arms.

Drug Take Back brings in 37,000 pounds

Ellis County citizens participated in the 18th National DEA Prescription Drug Take Back event on Oct. 26.

Dr. John Hubbard named Wilmer EDC executive director

WILMER – While Dr. John Hubbard officially stepped down as Wilmer’s interim city administrator last week at Thursday’s council meeting, he now has officially stepped into the role as executive director of EDC.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This one thing we do A.S.A.P.

Good week to all: Welcome to the “front porch.” Aug. 4, 2007, I took a long, meditative walk in the Smoky Mountains. I know, because this column, for better or worse, has kept track of every week of our life – at least, since 1997.

OUT TO PASTOR: Getting old is NOT for sissies

I will not admit to being old, but I am older than I was 10 years ago. Those 10 years have been filled with all kinds of things helping me to get older. I saw an article that said that 60 is the new 40. I have no idea what that means, but I think out in our culture there is an obsession about age.

Liberal billionaire worries about population loss and demographic decline while lavishly funding the abortion industry

John Arnold, another billionaire who loves to fund liberal causes, needs to make up his mind. Do we need a larger population or a smaller population? A few weeks ago, he tweeted, “Net immigration -70% last year and at 10 year low. Life expectancy has declined 3 years in a row.

America’s wars: stay forever?

Many Americans have cried foul against President Trump for pulling our troops out of Syria and abandoning the Kurds. Yet, I have to ask, do we ever really leave? While many of our troops are now in Iraq some will stay behind in Syria to protect the oil.

Illegal immigration down 63.5% from peak in May after U.S.- Mexico deal, proof that Trump’s tariff threat worked

Apprehensions on the southern border fell for the fourth consecutive month to 52,546 in September from a peak of 144,116 in May, a 63.

Future educators advance to state leadership contest

IRVING – CTE students from the Career & Technical Student Organization, Texas Association of Future Educators represented the Waxahachie ISD at the TAFE Region X South Conference on Nov. 1 in Irving.