Ferris ISD secures highly competitive electricity rates

FERRIS – At their Dec. 17 board meeting, Ferris ISD approved a contract with Education Energy Initiative, a company that works to provide energy solutions for schools that benefit the entire community.

YesCare awarded contract to provide correctional healthcare

BRENTWOOD, TENN – YesCare, pioneer and premier provider of correctional healthcare in the United States, has been awarded the contract to provide medical, dental and pharmaceutical services at the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Ellis County.

Henry Prikryl featured at ECAA Feb. 3

WAXAHACHIE – The Ellis County Art Association (ECAA) will host artist Henry Prikryl at its monthly meeting, Feb. 3 at First Baptist Church of Waxahachie (450 US287 BYP).The meeting is open to the public.Prikryl is an alumni member of the Portrait Society of America and the Outdoor Painters Society.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (January 30, 2025)

OPINION: Good morning America… again

It was a good thing Ronald Reagan didn’t win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 1976.It’s also a good thing Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Executive orders, declassified documents and still, are we really being fed the truth?

Some of my friends told me, “Now that the Republicans are in office, you’re going to be softer on Trump than you were on Biden.”Those were my dear blue friends. However, I’m going to tell my readers exactly what I told them.“I’m going to be soft on the truth and hard on the lies.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 74

I didn’t hear the blue truck drive up, either, but when Red finally hammered his gavel to get order in the court, he told me to go get the mixer cranked up and get the mud out. I had a little hop in my step since, for one of the first times all summer, I was not the main attraction.

OUT TO PASTOR: How old is too old?

One of my grandchildren asked me quite a penetrating question this week.Everybody knows how perceptive these little people are, especially when they are around big people.“Grandpa,” one of the little people asked, “how old are you?

LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF LOIS BLACKBURN

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, January 30, 2025.

PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE TO BIDDERS INVITATION FOR BIDS BID PACKAGE FOR HEIRLOOM PHASE 10.3 MGD WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY

Publish two times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, January 30, 2025 and Thursday, February 6, 2025. NOTICE TO BIDDERS INVITATION FOR BIDS  Bid Package for  Heirloom Phase 10.