Ferris Texas

4 WAYS TO HELP NURSES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

FAMILY FEATURES – America’s nurses are on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus, providing safe, quality, compassionate and nondiscriminatory care to those they serve, many of whom are doing so at significant risk to their own well-being.
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Unemployed due to COVID-19? Find available benefits

STATEPOINT – Self-quarantines and stay-at-home orders as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are having an impact on employment right now, and that may continue for some time. During this period of uncertainty, finding ways to pay bills or keep medical benefits are top concerns for many.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: The cab driver’s unforgettable ride

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” Amazing things are happening today. We actually are seeing each other – almost as if for the first time – and we have boiled life down to the bare minimum. That’s a good thing.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s time got to do with it?

After so many weeks, I haven’t been able to keep track of them, one day seems just like the other day. Today reminds me of yesterday, and yesterday may be the same as tomorrow. I know I am used to being confused, but I have exceeded my limit on this time aspect.

Remember the Census: Your response is critical

WILMER – Texas has a 43.7-percent self-response to the census so far. The U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham last week commemorated the milestone that nationally, “Half of all the households in the country have responded [to the 2020 census] and that’s nearly 74-million responses.

LOCAL STUDENT UPDATE: April 23, 2020

Madison Seale of Ovilla (Texas Woman’s University) and Sharon Boyd of Waxahachie (Texas Tech University) were recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: April 13 – 19

Villarreal, Sergio, 31, DWI 3rd Felony 3, DWLI. Spencer, Charles, 62, theft prop <$2,500 2/more previous convictions, theft prop <$2,500 2/more previous convictions. Casillas, Angel, 19, sex abuse of child continuous Felony 1.