Ferris Texas

Wilmer celebrating Juneteenth Saturday

News Staff

Wed, 06/26/2019 - 05:00

WILMER – The City of Wilmer will hold its Juneteenth celebration a little late this year on June 30, but “residents can be sure it was worth the wait.” A free event is to be held at the Wilmer Community Center from 1 to 3:30 p.m. there will be music, food and vendors for all who join.

State Representative Carl Sherman

FERRIS APPROVES HELP FOR CITY MANAGER DUTIES

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

FERRIS – Mayor Jim Swafford was given approval to contract with former Ferris City Manager Carl Sherman as a consultant to assist with certain areas needed to be handled by a city manager for a period of six months during Monday, June 17’s regular meeting of the city council.

Ellis County storms knock out electricity

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

RED OAK – As a series of storms rolled through the Ellis County area over the weekend, some residents in cities like Red Oak awoke Sunday morning to no electricity. The first storms came through around 4 a.m. and electricity went down for residents in Red Oak until around 11 a.m.

The City of Hutchins broke ground Monday morning on a new $6.5 million 18,200-square-feet building, Public Safety building located at the corner of Palestine and Denton Streets.

Hutchins breaks ground

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

HUTCHINS – The City of Hutchins broke ground Monday morning on a new Public Safety building that is poised to put the city on the map regarding state of the art. Costing the city about $6.

Mayor addresses water, utility outages and interruptions

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

The City of Ferris experienced several periods of water-utility interruptions; low-pressure periods and outages; during the month of May, 2019. Many citizens suffered this inconvenience.

Public hearing on widening FM 664 set for June 27

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

FERRIS – A public hearing will be held Thursday, June 27 on widening of FM 664 from Interstate 35 to Interstate 45. An open house will begin at 6 p.m. at the Ferris High School campus cafeteria. A formal presentation will start at 7 p.m.

Texas prison guards to get a small raise, but some doubt it will help with chronic understaffing

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

State leaders have recently cheered on record-low unemployment rates in Texas. But the economic success has made it that much harder for the state to run a crucial agency – it can’t keep its prisons staffed.

Democrats don’t care one iota about foreign influence – to get Trump they used foreign intel who lied that THE PRESIDENT was a Russian agent

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

Democrats criticizing President Donald Trump for suggesting he would listen if foreign sources had information on his opponents (he also suggested he might call the FBI) really don’t care one iota about foreign influence in our political process.

FERRIS SENIOR CENTER: June 20, 2019

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

We are starting our scrapbooking and arts/crafts! LUNCH MENU Monday, June 24: Homemade hamburgers, chips and dessert. Wednesday, June 26: Fried chicken, corn and green beans. Friday, June 28: Meatloaf, macaroni and cheese salad and dessert. See you at the Center!

FRONT PORCH GOSPEL: Make God REAL!

News Staff

Thu, 06/20/2019 - 00:00

Good week to all. Welcome to the “Front Porch.” Over 50 years ago, country singer Don Gibson came out with a great song with a poignant message. “My God is real” he sang in a beautiful twang, “he's real in my soul, my God is real for he has washed and made me whole.