FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than books (May 30, 2019)

The Ferris Public Library’s Annual Summer Reading Program will be here before you know it! Maricela and her Puppet Family will be visiting on Wednesday, June 12, at 11 a.m. This is Maricela’s first time to perform here; she comes highly recommended!

Red Oak student winner in national scholarship

RED OAK – Red Oak High School’s Hunter King is a winner in the Washington Crossing Foundation National Scholarship Competition.

FRONT PORCH GOSPEL: Ode to Charlie, the world’s greatest kisser

Good day to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” A month or so ago I sat down to write a column that started this way: “Charlie has grown old, and we know that his time with us is growing short.

OUT TO PASTOR: Eating out of my comfort zone

One pleasure the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and myself enjoy is going out for a quiet dinner together. It does not happen often, at least not often enough. When it does, it is always a delightful time and we try to take advantage of it.

Texas lawmakers are done

The 86th Texas Legislature gaveled out Monday after a 140-day session that saw a major breakthrough on two big issues that have long bedeviled lawmakers: school finance and property taxes. But there were other ups – and downs – during the session.

Public Safety Officer considered for Ferris

FERRIS – The negative climate of politics in Ferris in the past few years has officials seeking new and innovative solutions.

MEMORIAL DAY: Remembering the fallen heroes from Ellis County

Marvin Hubert Allen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Allen, was born Nov. 10, 1922 in Boyce, Texas, but his family moved to Waxahachie after the 9th grade, where he played football for the Waxahachie Indians.

FERRIS: Fallen officers remembered

FERRIS – A memorial ceremony was held  on May 15 for Ferris’ two fallen officers,  Constable Ben Wicker and Officer Harry Marvin ‘Marty’ Steinfeldt III. The ceremony, held at the police memorial in front of city hall honored the officers killed in the line-of-duty.

The Ellis County Press finally named official paper for Ferris

FERRIS – After more than a year, The Ellis County Press was finally renamed as the city’s official legal publication.

How ‘Citizens to Free Ferris’ was born

FERRIS – Even today after the Political Action Committee known as Citizens to Free Ferris was successful in its campaign to put Tommy Scott and Michael Martinez into office, key member Len Baxley still doesn’t feel completely at ease.