Man drowns attempting to save local teenager

WAXAHACHIE – A 21-year-old man, Lincer Mejia Lopez, drowned over the weekend attempting to save a female teenager in distress, according to a Waxahachie Police Department Facebook post.The incident occurred on Saturday, Aug. 24 at approximately 12:45 p.m. when Waxahachie Police and Fire-Rescue...

Ferris preparing for exciting Sesquicentennial Celebration

FERRIS – The City of Ferris is thrilled to announce preparations for its upcoming Sesquicentennial celebration, marking 150 years of rich history.

Burn Ban in effect as of Aug. 20

ELLIS COUNTY – There have been a number of extreme heat days in North Central Texas.And with that in mind, there is a county-wide burn ban now in effect for Ellis County.The Ellis County Commissioner’s Court voted in favor of ordering the county-wide burn ban at their last commissioner’s court...

Local Tax Rates: some raised, some lowered

ELLIS COUNTY – The summer budget and tax rate numbers for the new fiscal year are happening now, here are the proposals that are being presented around the Ellis County area or that have already been part of August public hearings.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (August 29, 2024)

OPINION: Inflation has far outpaced wages and personal incomes by every measure since Biden and Harris took office

“Wages up, inflation down, way down and continuing to go down.”That was President Joe Biden in his political farewell address to Democrats assembled in Chicago, Ill. for the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 20 that is nominating Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee, touting in...

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Faulty information, name calling and a lack of critical thinking is NO excuse for ignorance

Let’s go down a rabbit hole today.I know depending on the side of the aisle you sit on, the issues being discussed regarding infidelity of candidates, too many baby mamas, not being honest about ethnicity and even some in DC who have been rumored to hit the bottle daily while making drunk speeches...

OPINION: If you’ve bought illegal migrant votes, who needs legal citizens?

The looting stage of America’s decline is gaining momentum.And we aren’t talking about roving bands of drug store “customers” helping themselves.Today’s really dangerous looters – are politicians.The motives of the drugstore looters are easy to understand.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (August 29, 2024)

CROOKED AS THE BRAZOS“We examine cases based on facts and based on evidence, not based on politics.” – New York Attorney General Letitia James  WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN SMOKING?“On January 20, 2021, with the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we established one of the most successful...

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Good stuff

Welcome to the “front porch” this week.This week, we take an intermission from our “This life story begins in 1973 (Kind of),” as we need to do occasionally.