COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 7, 2019)

May 4, 2019 Ellis County Elections

FERRIS CITY COUNCIL     Place 2 Michael Martinez Cindy Aspin   Place 3  Bobby Lindsey (incumbent)  Tommy Scott Rudy Amore  John Riley   Place 5 Sherie Chapman (incumbent)   Jennifer Stanford   FERRIS ISD    Place 4 Melissa Salas (incumbent) Nancy Salmon Richard Sasser   Place...

Vehicle burglaries in Red Oak on the rise

RED OAK – The Red Oak Walmart located in the 100 block of Ryan Drive was the location of several vehicle burglaries last week. Red Oak Police were originally dispatched to the location on a theft in progress call. Three black males entered the store with backpacks.

FERRIS JUNIOR WINS GRAND CHAMPION AT FWSSR

Gabby Curtis, a junior at Ferris High School, won Grand Champion Haltered Female Longhorn at Fort Worth Stock Show on January 24 with her longhorn heifer “Gala.”

ROISD students excel in competitions

RED OAK – The Red Oak ISD administration is proud of this year’s students who have repeatedly taken part in and exceled in a variety of competitions this year.

OUT TO PASTOR: It’s a soap opera world... or is it?

As a child, I remember my mother watching soap operas in the afternoon. My mother would talk to the characters on TV telling them what they should be doing and saying. Several times, she yelled at them giving them instructions.

Homosexuality is dividing the American church

I have a fellow minister friend who has an effective and growing ministry to teens and college students. One of his challenges to them is to stop yelling at each other on sensitive issues and come to the middle.

The believer’s mission statement (part 2)

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon us.” – Luke 4:18 The baptism of the Holy Spirit is imperative for the believer to be able to carry out their mission and fulfill their destiny and calling in the earth today.

Foreign aid... adjust and repair

Between 1948 and 2011, the United States gave Egypt 71.6 billion dollars in bilateral military and economic aid. Our Senate last August passed a new bill that will give 38 billion dollars in military aid to Israel over the next ten years.

Sanders races to lead in New Hampshire primary as Democratic socialism is now front and center in 2020 race

Don’t look now, but the New Hampshire primary is just a year away as Democrats compete to take on President Donald Trump in the 2020 general election. And the latest Emerson College poll shows a neck and neck battle between Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joe Biden.