Eastbound I-20 closes, detours at Duncanville Road March 7

DUNCANVILLE – Weather permitting, all lanes of eastbound I-20 will be closed and detoured to the frontage roads between the Duncanville Road/North Main Street exit (MM 462) and Cockrell Hill Road from 10 p.m. Friday, March 7 to 5 a.m. Saturday, March 8 as part of an ongoing corridor improvement...

Remember to “Spring Forward” this weekend!

Clocks will spring forward one hour this Sunday, March 9, 2025, as daylight saving time begins across most of the United States.This will result in later sunrises and sunsets.Hawaii and Arizona, with the exception of the Navajo Nation located in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, are the only states...

Ellis County ISD: who is running May 2025

IMPORTANT DATES FOR VOTERS APRIL 3: Last day to register to vote for the May 3 General Election.APRIL 21: First day of Early Voting by personal appearance.APRIL 22: Last day to apply for ballot by mail (received, not postmarked).APRIL 29: Last day of Early Voting by personal appearance.MAY 3:...

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 6, 2025)

OPINION: Is President Trump inheriting Joe Biden’s recession?

Don’t look now, but the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GPDNow estimate for the first quarter of 2025 shows the U.S. economy potentially contracting 1.5 percent annualized.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: You don’t have to love Russia to dislike Ukraine, you don’t have to love Trump to agree with his idea of peace

If you only listen to propaganda and narrative-driven sound bites you will always repeat that loop. I’m sure not everyone will come to the same conclusions every time – no matter what loop they frequent.After all, people perceive the world differently based on many factors.

OPINION: Trump wants transgender insanity discharged from military

Would it bother you to learn that anywhere from 2,150 and 10,790 mentally-ill people with a proven history of mass violence – or attempted mass violence – have access to heavy weapons at locations scattered all around the United States and collect a paycheck from taxpayers?It’s like USAID spending,...

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (March 6, 2025)

LIES LIKE A RUG“We kept this place running and we saved lives and we led the nation.” – New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, whose horrendous COVID policies as governor literally got nursing home patients killed“Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine and affection for Russia is part of the bigger...

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 76

Billy Ray,” she started, then paused. I noted she changed from “Pup” to “Billy Ray” for no particular reason, but as precise as I’d learned she was, I’m sure she made a slight distinction in her mind.She turned a little to the side.

OUT TO PASTOR: How coffee has changed my life

Recently, I was sitting drinking a nice hot cup of coffee.