ELECTION RESULTS: March 5, 2024 Joint Primary Election

REGISTERED VOTERS REPUBLICAN PARTY 139,554 BALLOTS CAST23,131 VOTER TURNOUT  16.57% Donald Trump won Ellis County with 18,369 of the vote in a crowded line-up with eight candidates and 433 voters who were uncommitted.

Tri-county joint effort secures 20-year sentence for car thief

WAXAHACHIE – Johnny Ray James, 43, of Seminole, pled guilty and was convicted of theft of property greater than $300,000, a first-degree felony.

Ellis County Toys for Tots 2024 Campaign seeking local volunteers

ENNIS – The Ellis County Toys for Tots Campaign had a very successful campaign season last year, distributing 24,373 toys to 10,825 children in need. This will be the fifth annual campaign season, which will kick off and will be active on Oct. 1 – Dec. 23.

Midlothian HS student threatens to kill 2 teachers

MIDLOTHIAN – A 16-year-old student at Midlothian High School was arrested last Thursday and charged with two counts of terroristic threat, a class B misdemeanor, and places weapons prohibited, a 3rd degree felony.

ROPD WELCOMES NEWEST POLICE K9

Red Oak Police Department’s newest officer, K9 Bandit, and his handler, Officer Pettit, are now ready to serve their community. Officer Pettit and K9 Bandit both completed training with the Sector K9 Foundation in February as part of their Patrol Dog Program.

Free animal vaccine clinic held

ELLIS COUNTY – According to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department, this past week’s free animal vaccine clinic was a huge success.The process began at 8 a.m., but eager dog owners were lining up by 6:45 a.m.Prepared for 400 vaccinations, the number of vaccinated dogs was just under 300.There were...

ROISD offering free day care

RED OAK – The Red Oak Independent School District is offering free, full-day Pre-K day care at all five elementary campuses, and will open online enrollment on Tuesday, April 2, at 6 p.m. Pre-K enrollment will be time-stamped when completed online, and slots will be filled based on the completion...

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 7, 2024)

OPINION: The day Joe Biden blew up the border

Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021.Less than two weeks later, on Feb. 2, he issued the executive order that began the unraveling at the border in earnest.The border crisis isn’t something that happened to President Biden.It’s not a product of circumstances or understandable policy mistakes...

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street top shareholders of company being sued for possible cause of Texas wildfire

I must talk about the Texas wildfires this week.A fire currently still raging in the Texas Panhandle. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has now exceeded over one million acres. It is being called the “largest and most destructive” fire in the history of the state of Texas.