Ferris Texas

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: December 17 – 22

Kemp, Cody, 23, probation violation-poss marij.   Couchman, Paul, 66, DWI.   Martinez, Erin, 35, commitment order-poss marij <2oz.   May, Kyle, 40, probation violation-DWI, probation violation-assault causes bodily injury family member.   Burke, Kimberly, 34, forgery financial instrument.

GLENN HEIGHTS ARRESTS: December 13 – 19

Geason, Lester, 53, DWI 2nd. Jaimes, Eustorgio, 18, warrant arrest Dallas County SO. Arzate, John, 25, evading, warrant arrest Dallas PD. Kezar, Irving, 77, continuous sexual assault of a child under 14. Turner, Lonny, 34, warrant arrest Dallas County SO.

RED OAK ARRESTS: December 16 – 22

Kennedy, Chadrick, 45, display expired registration, no DL, no motor vehicle liability insurance. McQueen, Catherine, 34, failure to appear. Pacheco, Nicholas, 40, poss CS pg 1 <1g, expired operators license, failure to appear.
CFI’s Wilmer employees visited City Hall last night to make a ceremonial check presentation. Pictured on the back row (L-R) are: Sergio Campos, Melissa Ramirez, Jeff Steele, Candy Madrigal and Phyllis Slough. Front row (L-R) are: Patrick Meilinger, Mayor Emmanuel Wealthy-Williams and Greg Shaw.

CFI’s Wilmer employees visited City Hall last night to make a ceremonial check presentation. Pictured on the back row (L-R) are: Sergio Campos, Melissa Ramirez, Jeff Steele, Candy Madrigal and Phyllis Slough. Front row (L-R) are: Patrick Meilinger, Mayor Emmanuel Wealthy-Williams and Greg Shaw.

CFI donates to Wilmer’s Initiative to Spread Hope

WILMER – The City of Wilmer’s Initiative to Spread Hope got an early Christmas gift from employees of truckload carrier CFI – to the tune of $2,600. The local program was one of 19 charities around the nation supported by CFI in its annual Truckloads of Treasures holiday giving campaign.

Businesses support foster families for the holidays

RED OAK – Red Oak area businesses partnered with Red Oak Independent School District’s Community and Family Services to bring extra joy to dozens of district students currently in foster care, and the families providing that care. The first-ever Holiday Festival held Dec.
EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY – Niles Dunson, 1st Place; Thien To, 2nd Place;  Peyton Gibbs, 3rd Place.

EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY – Niles Dunson, 1st Place; Thien To, 2nd Place; Peyton Gibbs, 3rd Place.

Spelling Bee winners prep for county Bee

RED OAK – Congratulations to the Red Oak ISD campus Spelling Bee champions. The week of Dec. 16, ROISD students in grades 4-8 participated in the Scripps Spelling Bee at their campus. First place winners from each campus will move on to the Ellis County Spelling Bee on Feb. 6 in Waxahachie.

Christmas – hold tight

Make a mental decision that Christmas is going to be great. Our world exists in the space between our ears known as our brains. We can dread or hate something or just decide it’s going to be wonderful. Faking it is not always easy.