Couple in stable condition after Waxahachie home explodes

ELLIS COUNTY – The Ellis County Fire Marshal’s Office released information this past weekend regarding a house explosion that occurred Friday, Aug. 2.

Butler against high-pay increases for officials

WAXAHACHIE – Ellis County Judge Todd Little opened the last Commissioner’s Court agenda item regarding salary increases for public officials in 2025 to be posted for publication with a statement, “We are required to post the public official’s salaries.

County calls for regulation to protect water supply

WAXAHACHIE – Ellis County Commissioners heard a resolution regarding biosolids at the July 23 meeting originally spearheaded by former County Commissioner Pct. 3 Paul Perry who passed away earlier this year and was replaced by Louis Ponder.

TASTE: CRISPY GRILLED CHICKEN WITH A KICK

FAMILY FEATURES – Those first school bells may be ringing, but they don’t have to signal the end of grilling season. This Blackened Spatchcock Chicken keeps the meat moist, tender and tasty with crispy skin and a spicy seasoning to keep your summer spirit alive.Visit Culinary.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (August 8, 2024)

OPINION: Kamala’s tough on the border... REALLY?

Vice President Kamala Harris wants Americans to believe that she is not a progressive. Now that she’s heading the Democratic ticket, she’s all for securing the border, after all.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Are we really ‘We the People’ or have too many people let the Kool-Aid dumb it all down?

When you finish reading the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States below ask yourself, “is this what our government is about these days?

OPINION: When will the Dems ever learn?

This week, our lame duck President Joe Biden came out of hiding and called for some major changes in how the U.S. Supreme Court operates.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (August 8, 2024)

VEEP THOUGHTS BY KAMALA HARRIS“We have to stay woke. Like, everybody needs to be woke. And you can talk about if you’re the wokest or woker, but just stay more woke than less woke.”  – Kamala Harris in 2017  WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN SMOKING?“That I cured the economy. And the environment.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 55

I didn’t want Corrina to think that I thought I was all that – although I was silky-fine with it if she did – so I had to qualify the statement that “I would’ve found myself steppin’ out onto heaven’s shore if somebody hadn’t jumped into Mud Creek to save me.