BEHIND THE WHEEL: Rugged and refined – the 2021 Chevrolet Silverado Trail Boss

The 2021 Chevrolet Silverado Trail Boss Z71 is something we have been looking forward to for a while.  The Silverado has been a part of the fabric of Texas since the name was just a trim level. So most Texans are familiar with the Silverado, but the Trail Boss package makes this a different truck.

BEHIND THE WHEEL: My little green machine with a monster engine; the Dodge Durango Hellcat

Yep, that’s right. A Dodge Durango, thumbs up and… in a Hellcat version? What, you say? Another head turner. This time people rolling down their windows at red lights to tell me I’m awesome because I’m sitting behind the wheel of the 2021 Dodge Durango Hellcat. I’ll take the compliment.

BEHIND THE WHEEL: Turning heads with the 2021 Corvette Stingray

You know you have hit on a winner when you have people literally stopping on the street and running up to you in parking lots to just get a look at the car you are driving. Such was the tale when I took the 2021 Corvette Stingray Coupe 2LT out for the week.

Spring storm causes severe destruction

ELLIS COUNTY – As severe thunderstorm and tornado watches and warnings moved through Ellis County Monday evening, officials said late that it was likely a tornado that passed over I-35 in Waxahachie and caused motorist injuries.

Wright-Ellzey face-off for Congress Dist 6

DISTRICT 6 – Susan Wright will face Jake Ellzey in a run-off election to be determined by Governor Greg Abbott. Susan Wright scored Donald Trump’s endorsement, which helped catapult her to a first-place finish.  She’ll meet state Rep.

Ellis County demobilizes vaccine hub

ELLIS COUNTY – A recent article at https://247wallst.com/tracking-coronavirus-in-texas/ touted Ellis County as the most dangerous county in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for COVID-19.   With a flat statistic such as that, one might wonder why Ellis County is closing up their vaccine hub.

Texas gaining 10,000 new residents daily

Texas’ population outpaced all other states in the last decade, with nearly 4-million new residents since the 2010 Census, according to apportionment data released April 26. That surge took the state to a population of 29,145,505. The U.S.

ELECTIONS: Bond and prop election items on Saturday’s ballot

ELLIS COUNTY – Cities in the Best Southwest and Ellis County were not only electing city council and school board seats this past Saturday, but there were also a number of bond election and proposition items that various cities were asking residents to consider.

ELECTIONS: Ellis County city council election results

ELLIS COUNTY – There were few upsets in Saturday’s city council and ISD elections.  June 5 has been set for the date of the Runoff Election in the City of Waxahachie, but other races were uneventful. Place 6 Midlothian  (I)Hud Hartson had plenty of votes to win his seat back with 62.

ELECTIONS: Ellis County May ISD elections results

ELLIS COUNTY – In Saturday’s unofficial results in the Ellis County ISD school board races, there were only four cities in Ellis County with school board elections.