Early voting starts April 22
STAFF REPORT
Early Voting starts April 22-27, April 29-30 in Ellis County at six early voting polling locations.
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 14:12
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How safe are the bridges in Ellis County?
RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
ELLIS COUNTY – Texas has a statewide inventory of more than 55,000 bridges open to public traffic.
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 14:09
Arrest made in lewd activity at Waxahachie Creek Hike & Bike Trail
RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
WAXAHACHIE – According to the Waxahachie Police Department FB page, an arrest was made regarding a report of lewd activity at Waxahachie Creek Hike and Bike Trail.
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 14:05
Judge Todd Little explains County Tax Abatement
RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
ELLIS COUNTY – Last week’s tax abatement notice for 288 acres in Red Oak spurred a longer story on the topic after sitting down with Ellis County Judge Todd Little.Little said regarding abatements, last year when negotiating the Compass Data Center, the county decided to take its threshold of 10...
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 14:03
COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (April 11, 2024)
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Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:53
OPINION: Senate has a responsibility to conduct Mayorkas impeachment trial – and convict him
REP. MARK GREEN (R-TN)
In February, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:51
OPINION: Who’s going to save America’s soul?
MICHAEL REAGAN
Lent is over – and I’m kind of sorry.As a practicing Roman Catholic, I observe Lent every year.The Britannica defines Lent as a solemn period of penitential preparation in Christian churches before Easter that provides 40 days for fasting and abstinence in imitation of Christ’s fasting in the...
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:46
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Mr. Toad’s wild ride down the US’s well-constructed money vacuum
RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
Money is big business, and a lot of people make a lot of money from it.The military industrial complex comes to mind.According to the Watson Institute at Brown University (https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/economic) the United States Federal Government has through fiscal year 2022, spent...
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:41
NOTABLE QUOTABLES (April 11, 2024)
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THE BIG LIES“I, like an awful lot of people in this audience, was the first in my family to go to college.” – Joe Biden (“One of the reasons we know it’s a lie is because Biden has bragged several times in the past about how his grandfather played college football.” – Greg Price)“People say to me …...
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:41
PUBLIC NOTICE OF TEST OF AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT
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Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 12:18