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Bonds/Propositions for May Election
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ELLIS COUNTY – With the open city council and school board seats on the May ballot, there will also be a number of bond election and proposition various cities are asking residents to consider.
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Proposition A
The current term of office for each duly elected alderman is two (2) years.
Wed, 03/31/2021 - 13:05
Wilmer’s Easter drive-thru this Thursday
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WILMER – The City of Wilmer will be hosting a safe way to enjoy Easter this year.
On Thursday, April 1, this year’s Easter Drive-Thru event will take place at Wilmer City Square beginning at 3 p.m.
Wed, 03/31/2021 - 13:00
Midlothian seeking approval on $125-million bond election
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MIDLOTHIAN – The bond package will feature four propositions including $46-million for a new public safety and police headquarters.
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 14:19
Emergency Service District No. 5, Station #2, is located at 101 Ewing in Ferris.
FERRIS – PROP ‘A’ ON MAY’S BALLOT: SALES TAX INCREASE SOUGHT BY ESD NO. 5 FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS
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ELLIS COUNTY – Ellis County Emergency Service District No. 5 will be asking voters to vote on a local sales and use tax in the ESD 5 district in May’s election.
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 14:17
Red Oak Mayor Mark Stanfill officially cut the ribbon on the new baseball/softball complex.
Red Oak holds Baseball and Softball Complex Grand Opening
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RED OAK – The City of Red Oak officially held its Grand Opening of the new Baseball and Softball Complex on Saturday, March 20. The complex is located at the end of Live Oak street and behind what used to be the Red Oak Junior High just past Watkins Park.
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 14:09
Watch out for new vaccine survey scams
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Senior Medicare Patrol of Texas has received reports of a new COVID-19 vaccine email scam where people are asked to complete a survey.
Scammers offer a free reward but ask people to pay a nominal fee “to cover shipping.”
Survey scams like this are a creative way to steal your identity or money.
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 14:03
Sen. Ted Cruz and more than a dozen other GOP senators will tour the Texas-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley on Friday to assess the illegal immigration crisis there. It will be a return visit for Cruz. Pictured: On Jan. 10, 2019, Cruz (second from right) and fellow Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn (left) listen as then-President Donald Trump speaks after receiving a briefing on border security in McAllen, Texas. Photo by Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Cruz demands Biden allow press access to border crisis
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today ramped up pressure on President Biden to allow free and fair reporting on the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises at the southern border. This comes ahead of a tour Sens.
Wed, 03/24/2021 - 14:01
Determan during his boxing career. Photo courtesy Blue Line Boxing & Fitness.
Red Oak K9 officer opens primo boxing, fitness facility
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RED OAK – John Determan, a K9 officer in Red Oak, is taking his past profession as a former amateur boxing champion and professional boxer to the streets where youth and adults can take advantage of his experience.
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 16:00
Jeremy Michael Lawson
ECSO arrest child pornography suspect
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ELLIS COUNTY – The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office arrested Waxahachie resident Jeremy Michael Lawson, 46, last week in relation to a possession of child pornography case they had been alerted to in January.
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 15:56
After receiving the supplies, volunteers at LMSW Waxahachie got to work sorting and organizing the supplies into large bags for teachers of their sister campuses that would help replenish some of what was lost in their classrooms.
CARE donates pallets of school supplies
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WAXAHACHIE – In February, the worst winter storm Texas has seen in more than a decade impacted many families and businesses across the state.
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 15:41
