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ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: October 15 – 20

Rose, Asia, 30, DWLI, FMFR, speeding, no DL.  McDaniels, Matthew, 24, assault causes bodily injury.   Ludwig, Brittany, 26, assault causes bodily injury.   Turner, Waynesha, 26, fail to ID fugitive intent/give false info, poss marij <2oz.

GLENN HEIGHTS ARRESTS: October 11 – 17

Ford, Myles, 21, warrant arrest Lancaster PD, warrant arrest DeSoto PD, warrant arrest Dallas PD. Outland, John, 35, criminal trespass. Robertson, Deborah, 32, criminal trespass. Phillips, Deanthony, 22, warrant arrest Balch Springs PD, warrant arrest Mesquite PD.

RED OAK ARRESTS: October 14 – 20

Ludwig, Brittany, 26, assault causes bodily injury family member. McDaniels, Matthew, 24, assault causes bodily injury family member. Greene, Kris, 50, no DL, speeding, failure to appear. Smith, Jason, 34, burglary of habitation, 34, poss CS pg1 >=1g<4g.

FERRIS SENIOR CENTER: October 24, 2019

LUNCH MENU WEEK OF OCT. 28 – NOV. 1 Monday, Oct. 28: Chicken spaghetti, salad and dessert. Wednesday, Oct. 30: Meatloaf, turnip greens, macaroni and cheese and dessert. Friday, Nov. 1: Chopped BBQ sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad and dessert.   See YOU at the Center!
Ferris resident Terry Murphy was videoing lightening strikes toward downtown Ferris and captured this image of the funnel cloud.

Ferris resident Terry Murphy was videoing lightening strikes toward downtown Ferris and captured this image of the funnel cloud.

EF0 TORNADO HITS FERRIS

FERRIS – Residents and city workers are cleaning up the city following the damage from Sunday night’s tornado. A vigorous storm system running into warm, moist and unstable air across the Southern Plains was the culprit behind the explosive thunderstorm development and subsequent tornado activity.
Brooks Williams

Brooks Williams

Williams named new city manager

FERRIS – Brooks Williams became the new Ferris city manager Oct. 15. Williams joins the city of Ferris with decades of experience as a strategic planning and execution executive.

Red Oak Police make arrests in burglary

RED OAK – The Red Oak Police Department arrested two burglary suspects last week in Lancaster. The arrests came after the two men were identified by a Dallas pawn shop owner as having pawned jewelry taken from a home in the 1500 block of Shawnee Road in Red Oak on Oct. 3 at around 1:10 p.m.