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Richard Austin Bisbing

Possessing child pornography gets Waxahachie man 20 years

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:57

WAXAHACHE – Richard Austin Bisbing, 62, of Waxahachie, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for 37 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a statement from Ellis County and District Attorney Ann Montgomery.The sentences for the offenses will run concurrently.

More inflammatory emails sent to the ECP publisher

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:46

In last week’s Ellis County Press, the paper outlined a recent offensive email chain to the publisher from Spat Capital Developer Heran Patel, who did not agree with an ETJ issue in the City of Wilmer, which the paper reported on several months ago.

City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides

Ellis County resident/ Duncanville city manager questionably terminated

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:27

ELLIS COUNTY – Ellis County resident and former Glenn Heights City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides, who returned from a job on the east coast several years ago to take the role of city manager in the City of Duncanville, was terminated last week from her role in that city.

TASB THREATENS TO SUE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT LEAVE

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:06

In the wake of Carroll ISD’s school board terminating its membership with the Texas Association of School Boards, the organization is now threatening to sue schools that leave the association.

Ellis County Press publisher threatened over Wilmer ETJ story

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Wed, 03/29/2023 - 15:18

NOTE: Some of the following language has been edited due to vulgarity. A series of emails were recently sent to the Ellis County Press’s publisher, likely in response to an article last week about ETJ’s in the City of Wilmer.

Counterfeit Midlothian police identification card. Photo courtesy Midlothian Police Department

Scammer posing as police officer hits Midlothian

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Wed, 03/29/2023 - 14:03

MIDLOTHIAN – The scams just keep getting more intense.Last week, an alert was issued on the Ellis County Sheriff’s Facebook page in conjunction with an alert posted on the Midlothian Police Department’s Facebook page in regard to fraud in Midlothian.

Girls basketball coach charged and arrested

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Wed, 03/29/2023 - 14:00

A member of the Hector P. Garcia Middle School athletics staff engaged in a year’s long, sexual relationship with a student she met through the women’s basketball team she coached, court documents show.

State Representative Brian Harrison, District 10, Ellis County

A conversation with State Representative Brian Harrison on the how and why of removing property tax in Texas (and it could work, too!)

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Wed, 03/29/2023 - 14:00

ELLIS COUNTY - In the world of technology sometimes things go awry.

Photo courtesy City of Ennis website

ENNIS WOMAN DROWNS IN LIONS PARK

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Wed, 03/29/2023 - 13:57

ENNIS - A 33-year-old Ennis woman drowned Sunday night at Lions Park on Lampasas Street in Ennis.When Ennis officers arrived at the park they retrieved the woman from the water, administering life saving measures unsuccessfully.

Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman’s Unmanned Aerial System (Drone) Team. Photo Courtesy Ellis County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff has an ‘eye in the sky’

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Wed, 03/22/2023 - 12:19

WAXAHACHIE – Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman recently announced the formation of the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office Unmanned Aerial System Response Team.This newly integrated team consists of seven members from the ECSO Patrol and Criminal Investigations Divisions.