Ferris Texas
Ferris resident Terry Murphy was videoing lightening strikes toward downtown Ferris and captured this image of the funnel cloud.
EF0 TORNADO HITS FERRIS
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FERRIS – Residents and city workers are cleaning up the city following the damage from Sunday night’s tornado.
A vigorous storm system running into warm, moist and unstable air across the Southern Plains was the culprit behind the explosive thunderstorm development and subsequent tornado activity.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 11:00
Brooks Williams
Williams named new city manager
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FERRIS – Brooks Williams became the new Ferris city manager Oct. 15.
Williams joins the city of Ferris with decades of experience as a strategic planning and execution executive.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
Action film being shot in Red Oak park this week
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RED OAK – A film titled “Shelter,” produced by Cinestate LLC, is being shot this month in the cities of Red Oak and Lancaster.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
Red Oak Police make arrests in burglary
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RED OAK – The Red Oak Police Department arrested two burglary suspects last week in Lancaster. The arrests came after the two men were identified by a Dallas pawn shop owner as having pawned jewelry taken from a home in the 1500 block of Shawnee Road in Red Oak on Oct. 3 at around 1:10 p.m.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
C.J. Palmer (15) rushed 7 times for 163 yards and two touchdowns in Friday’s blow-out of Adamson. The Hawk running backs as a team averaged 19.7 yards a carry. Photo by Steve Patterson / Moving Pictures.
Red Oak crushes Adamson 70-0
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C.J. Palmer rushed for 163 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead Red Oak to a victory over Adamson. Joshua Ervin passed for 180 yards and three touchdowns for Red Oak. Coby Cavil had 77 yards receiving and a touchdown on five catches.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: What to do when you’re alone but need better company
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Good week to all: Welcome to the “front porch.”
Recently, I had a study and visit with a very special 20-something friend who had just moved 300 miles from Little Rock to Houston. As we talked, I asked what her goals were now that she had relocated. Her answer surprised me.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
OUT TO PASTOR: It was one of those weeks
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At my stage in life, I have experienced a gazillion weeks. I thought about actually counting how many weeks I have lived, but I don’t have that many fingers or toes. It doesn’t matter how many weeks it is.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
Nothing is impossible
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A lot of us are faced with the impossible. We may have what seems to be impossible debts, physical illnesses, human relationships and vocational pressures.
Too often we hear someone say, “Nothing is impossible” and we nod our heads nonchalantly in an unbelieving way.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
The FBI is still illegally spying on American citizens
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As the nation patiently awaits the Justice Department Inspector General report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court abuses that occurred in 2016 when President Donald Trump and his campaign were falsely accused of being Russian agents by the Obama administration’s intelligence...
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
Sen. Graham is right, the impeachment with secret witnesses is a ‘sham’
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Bravo to Sen. Lindsey Graham for pointing out the inherent unfairness and lack of due process of the House impeachment farce.
Sen. Graham was one of the House impeachment managers during the Clinton impeachment in the late 1990s, and knows what an honest inquiry looks like.
Wed, 10/23/2019 - 05:00
