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News Editor Rita Cook holds an AR-15 semi-automatice carbine for the first time at Texas Defensive Shooting Academy near Ferris.

Wondering when to get your license to carry – how about right now!

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Wed, 12/02/2020 - 11:50

ELLIS COUNTY – Ellis County resident Kay Wiggs decided to take a beginner’s handgun class this month as well as a class to pass her License to Carry certification. Wiggs said, “It is time to take these classes.

Jeremy Harris

RED OAK MAN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE MURDER COUNTS

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Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:55

RED OAK – Police said the arrest of Jeremy Harris is a major break in a number of violent crimes that police were investigating involving a black Chevy Tahoe with black rims. Harris, 31 from Red Oak, was arrested Thursday night in connection to a murder of a 60-year-old Celina man.

Earlier this month, newly elected Ellis County Constable Curtis Polk Jr., 42, spoke out about being moved to a shared work space that was near a “Negroes” sign leftover from the segregation era. He was given the office space with two sheriff deputies in the courthouse basement. The move came after county commissioners voted on a relocation plan to make space for a new court. Photo courtesy The Dallas Morning News.

History continuing to change in Ellis County

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Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:52

WAXAHACHIE – It is up to the Ellis County Historical Society to decide what to do with a seven-letter word painted on a basement archway that changed Ellis County history last week.

Ferris City Manager Brooks Williams

ECP INTERVIEW: Ferris City Manager Brooks Williams

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Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:45

The popular city manager sat down with The Ellis County Press and offered up his thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. ECP: What are your thoughts on how Governor Abbott has handled the pandemic?

Motorcycle fatality in Ellis County

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Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:11

ELLIS COUNTY – On Monday, around 4:37 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were called to a one-vehicle crash on FM 1446 approximately three miles west of Interstate 35.

I-45 double fatality reported by DPS

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Wed, 11/25/2020 - 11:00

CORSICANA – On Sunday at approximately 6:01 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were called to a two vehicle crash on the Interstate 45 southbound west service road approximately 100 yards south of the 244 exit, in Ellis County.

Light up your Holidays in downtown Ennis

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Wed, 11/25/2020 - 10:48

ENNIS – Ennis will celebrate the holidays big this year with the lighting of the downtown rooftops! The beloved downtown rooftop lights have been turned off for the last five years leaving the community longing for the day the heart of their city would be aglow again.

Ovilla lights Christmas tree with masks, social distancing

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Wed, 11/25/2020 - 10:39

OVILLA – The Christmas tree lighting in the City of Ovilla will go on - even amid the current COVID-19 pandemic. Scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. the lighting will take place in Ovilla Heritage Park in the downtown area of Ovilla.

Oak Leaf man dies in one car accident

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Wed, 11/18/2020 - 12:50

RED OAK – A 30-year-old Oak Leaf man died Saturday morning when the 1995 black Chevrolet Camera he was driving hit a tree at around 2:28 a.m. Red Oak Police were called to the scene on the service road off the northbound side of Interstate-35.

4 runaways found by Palmer Police

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Wed, 11/18/2020 - 12:46

PALMER – The Palmer Police Department quickly located four runaways from the city’s high school and middle school last week. Palmer Criminal Investigative Division Detective L. Armendariz said on Nov.