FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than books (June 18, 2020)

The Ferris Public Library is open for business! Stacey Lankford and I are thrilled to be able to welcome you back. Our new hours are Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Friday – Sunday. We have new safety protocols to keep everyone healthy.

OFF MY MEDS by Les Taha (June 18, 2020)

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: June 9 – 12

Valek, Dana, 50, poss dangerous drug. Rogers, Agnes, 57, assault-family violence. Simon, Rosa, 22, public intoxication. Aliverde, Alexis, 24, DWI. Garrett, Andrew, 19, criminal trespass. Ledbetter, Karl, 59, fail to comply/register as sex offender Felony 2.

FERRIS ARRESTS: June 3 – 14

Stewart, Justin, 30, assault-family violence.

GLENN HEIGHTS ARRESTS: June 5 – 11

Doblado, Anthony, 23, DWI. Weathersby, Bernard, 55, assault. Waites, Roderick, 43, warrant arrest Kaufman County.

PUBLIC NOTICE: FRANK PRASIFKA AND SONS PUBLIC AUCTION JULY 30, 2020

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, June 18, 2020. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE FRANK PRASIFKA AND SON’S will sell at Public Auction, vehicles that have been abandoned in a storage facility under Transportation Code 683.011.

LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR THE ESTATE OF V. M. ADAMS, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, June 18, 2020.   NOTICE TO CREDITORS   Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of V. M. Adams, Deceased, were issued on June 9, 2020, in Docket No. 20-E-2129, pending in the County Court at Law No.

Tuesday, June 16 upcoming traffic switch on I-35E in Waxahachie

ELLIS COUNTY – Weather permitting, The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will be closing the northbound mainlanes of Interstate 35E (I-35E) in Waxahachie on Tuesday, June 16 from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. to perform a traffic switch.

EC protests, counter protests draw crowds over weekend

WAXAHACHIE – Last week’s protests in Ellis County began on Thursday in front of the Ellis County African American Hall of Fame on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.  Dr. Jamel Rasheed, founder of the museum said before the march began, “We can do this peacefully.” They did.

ESD #5 under fire

FERRIS – The monthly scheduled meeting of Emergency Service District #5 was canceled Monday night after failure to properly post the meeting agenda. Ellis County Press Publisher Charles D. Hatfield Jr.