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The Waxahachie City Council unanimously approved a resolution earlier this month at a council meeting to install special street name sign markers in Historic Freedmen’s Town. Submitted photo.

The Waxahachie City Council unanimously approved a resolution earlier this month at a council meeting to install special street name sign markers in Historic Freedmen’s Town. Submitted photo.

Historic Freedmen’s Town street signs approved

RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
Wed, 07/01/2026 - 17:45
  WAXAHACHIE – The Waxahachie City Council unanimously approved a resolution earlier this month at a council meeting to install special street name sign markers within the cities’ Historic Freedmen’s Town.
Chad Nelson

Chad Nelson

Chad Nelson promoted to Italy Police Chief

RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
Wed, 07/01/2026 - 17:43
  ITALY – Italy named Lt. Chad Nelson as its new police chief. The police department has been under the leadership of Nelson for the past eight months while he was serving as Interim Chief of Police. The city has now officially appointed Nelson as the new Chief of Police in the city.
Logo courtesy City of Glenn Heights

Logo courtesy City of Glenn Heights

Upcoming Glenn Heights concert series offers diverse lineup

STAFF REPORT
Wed, 07/01/2026 - 17:40
  GLENN HEIGHTS – The Glenn Heights Sunset Concert Series is one of the city’s favorite summer traditions, bringing residents together for evenings filled with live music, community, and fun. This weekend wraps up June’s lineup and there will be two exclusive concerts in July and August.
© Jody Dyer

© Jody Dyer

The strange story of Silence Dogood

JODY DYER
Wed, 07/01/2026 - 17:30
  “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”  – Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac Benjamin Franklin is perhaps my favorite Founding Father. In the annals of U.S.
Donald Mercer

Donald Mercer

Ellis County jury convicts former Cedar Hill Police Officer

STAFF REPORT
Thu, 06/25/2026 - 21:51
  WAXAHACHIE – Former Cedar Hill Police Officer Donald Mercer was convicted and sentenced to jail time last week in Ellis County. Mercer,  from Dallas County, was convicted by a jury of the Class A Misdemeanor offense of Official Oppression and sentenced to 300 days in the Ellis County Jail.
Submitted graphic

Submitted graphic

Ellis County GOP comments on Commissioner Zajic arrest

RITA COOK / Freelance Writer
Thu, 06/25/2026 - 21:48
  ENNIS – The Ellis County GOP has commented on newly elected Ellis County Precinct 2 Commissioner Matthew Zajic’s recent arrest in Ennis. Zajic was arrested in connection with a Theft of Property (>$100–<$750), which is a Class B Misdemeanor.