SENIORS ENJOY BAR BQ

Ferris City Councilman Tommy Scott, cooked and served BBQ sandwiches at the Ferris Senior Citizens lunch last Wednesday. Contributions from Len Baxley (Texas Defensive Shooting Academy), The Ellis County Press and Councilwoman Sherie Chapman made the event possible.

OFF MY MEDS by Les Taha (May 30, 2019)

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (May 30, 2019)

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: May 21 – 23

McBride, Justin, 33, theft prop >=$30k<$150k Felony 3, fail to id fugitive intent.   Rodriguez, Joel, 33, DWLI, public intoxication, failure to maintain financial responsibility-multiple conv.   Green, Angela, 19, poss cs pg 2 <1g.   Dunbar, Amber, 20, poss cs pg 2 >= 1g<4g  Felony 3.

GLENN HEIGHTS ARRESTS: May 17 – 23

Davis, Sharolyn, 30, warrant arrest Desoto PD, warrant arrest Grand Prairie PD. Cornett, Kasey, 27, DWI. Grant, Derrian, 18, burglary of motor vehicle. Winston, Erica, 47, aggravated assault/deadly weapon, warrant arrest Euless PD, warrant arrest Dallas PD, warrant arrest Balch Springs PD.

FERRIS SENIOR CENTER: May 30, 2019

Monday: Mindfulness Movement – come learn about the benefits of mindfulness movement. Wednesday: Wellness Wednesday – we will be doing some inside walking. Friday: Free Style – we will be enjoying board games, coloring and other fun things.

Enjoy an Ovilla Summer with music, wine June 15

OVILLA – Ellis County residents don’t have to go very far this summer when looking for good music and good wine. The City of Ovilla will be having a Music in the Park event on June 15 at Heritage Park starting at 7 p.m.

BLOWN TRANSFORMERS CAUSE OUTAGE

FERRIS – Residents jumped out of their homes Sunday morning around 11:20 to see if neighbors had any idea what was going on following the practically two-minute-long electrical noise which logically sounded as though it could have been multiple transformers blowing, a train or plane wreck or even a...

Wilmer swears in new council members

WILMER – The City of Wilmer held its official Oath of Office Ceremony recently with Candy Madrigal and Phyllis Slough in attendance to be sworn in to sit on the City Council. New Councilmember Jeff Steele was out of town on business.

RED OAK 1ST GRADER WINS NATIONAL TITLE

Competing against more than 70 girls from across the nation, Jaksyn Brown, a first grader at Donald T. Shields Elementary in Red Oak won the title of 2018-2019 National-All American Miss Princess in Anaheim, Calif.