Midlothian teams in Destination Imagination competition

MIDLOTHIAN – There were seven teams from Midlothian ISD that competed in the  recent Lone Star Finals Destination Imagination state tournament at the end of March.The competition was held March 26 at the University of Texas Arlington and Globe Life Field.

Maypearl to welcome new tattoo shop

MAYPEARL – A tattoo shop called Inky Blinders is moving to Maypearl.At the city’s last city council meeting in March, a public hearing was held to approve a specific use permit for Inky Blinders Tattoo to be located at 218 North Main Street.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT, HHSC ANNOUNCE $626 MILLION IN PANDEMIC FOOD BENEFITS FOR FAMILIES

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has received approval from the U.S.

EC Elections Office adds new clerk position

ELLIS COUNTY – The Ellis County Elections office will be adding a new clerk position this month.The Ellis County Commissioner’s Court voted to provide funding for the new position last week.The idea for the new clerk position according to a press release is to strengthen election integrity measures.

ROHS senior receives a scholarship to Harvard

RED OAK – Red Oak High School senior Saadi El-Saadi applied to multiple universities but he could hardly contain his excitement when he received the acceptance letter from Harvard University, his dream school since childhood.“Harvard has been my dream school since I was young,” said Saadi.

Texas Central Railway failed to pay property taxes last year

County attorneys along the proposed Texas Central high-speed rail route assert the railroad company is delinquent in paying over $622,000 in property taxes.While the decision by the Supreme Court of Texas in the eminent domain case, Miles v.

Jeremy Lewis takes part in Last Responders Town Hall

FERRIS – Jeremy Lewis, Owner, Funeral Director/Embalmer from Green Funeral Home in Ferris took part in State Representative Carl O. Sherman’s (District-109) second Last Responders Town Hall last week.

DPS INVESTIGATING FATALITY ACCIDENT IN ALMA

ALMA – On March 24, at approximately 12:26 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers were called to a three vehicle fatality crash on Interstate 45 approximately 2.1 miles south of Alma in Ellis county.

RO man sentenced to life in prison

WAXAHACHIE – Richard Lynn Phillips Jr., 66, of Red Oak, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Children, a first-degree felony with a punishment range of 25-99 years, or life, in prison.

ClearSky Health breaks ground for new medical rehab hospital

WAXAHACHIE – ClearSky Health broke ground Tuesday on a new 30-bed medical rehabilitation hospital in Waxahachie.