HOPE FOR TODAY: World history’s two greatest events

The Gutenberg Printing Press was invented around 1440 having a huge impact on learning, communications and much more worldwide. The United States Constitution was adopted September 17, 1787, establishing a new form of government the world had never witnessed before.

The believer’s mission statement (part 9)

“To proclaim the day of vengeance of our God.” – Isaiah 61:2 The day of the Lord or the day of vengeance, commonly referred to as “Judgment Day”" is a time of reckoning on the earth toward its sinners, it is the “Great Tribulation!

Informants leaking classified info are at great personal risk

When you get right down to it, the only reason the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was ever adopted in 1978 in the first place was after disclosures by reporter Seymour Hersh in the New York Times on Dec. 22, 1974 of a highly classified domestic spying operation.

Jobs report signals steady economy in first quarter

Why was I eagerly anticipating at the Labor Department job report for March? Job reports are boring and they are usually more of a trailing indicator of the nation’s economic direction as the last thing that employers do is lay off employees when heading into tougher times.

Border Patrol says apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley have already surpassed all of 2018

Less than seven months into the fiscal year, the number of undocumented immigrants who have been apprehended or turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley has already surpassed last year’s total, the agency said Monday.

FERRIS SENIOR CENTER: April 25, 2019

Monday: Mindfulness Movement – come learn about the benefits of mindfulness movement. Wednesday: Wellness Wednesday – we will be doing some inside walking. Friday: Free Style – we will be enjoying board games, coloring and other fun things.

FERRIS ISD ROUND UP FOR PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN APRIL 29 – MAY 2

FERRIS – Ferris ISD is Rounding Up new 3 and 4 year olds for Pre-K and 5-year-old Kindergarten students for the 2019-2020 school year. Round Up will be held at Hazel Ingram Elementary School, 600 S. Central Street, Ferris, Monday through Thursday, April 29 – May 2.

FM 664 at Little Creed Bridge to close overnight April 18

ELLIS COUNTY – Crews will close all lanes of FM 664 in Ovilla overnight on Thursday, April 18 to set beams on the Little Creek Bridge. The closure will be from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. on Friday, April 19.

Council continues ‘vendetta’ against local paper

FERRIS – Despite the fact The Ellis County Press is three times less expensive – and has a larger circulation of Ferris residents – several councilmen once again refused to name the ECP as Ferris’ newspaper of record.