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Wilmer approves voting equipment

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
WILMER – The Wilmer City Council passed a resolution at Thursday night’s meeting adopting the new Dallas County voting equipment. The equipment is the ES&S Express Vote Universal Voting System (Ballot Marking Devices), EVS 6.0.2.0, Firmware 2.4.0.0; the ES&S DS200 Digital Precinct Scanner, EVS 6.0.

RO school board election filing open thru Feb. 14

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
RED OAK – The candidate filing and voting dates have been set for the 2020 Red Oak Independent School District’s Board of Trustee election. The board election will be held on Saturday, May 2.

TxDOT to hold a proposed Loop 9 public meeting

News Staff
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 05:00
RED OAK – The Texas Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting at Red Oak Municipal Center, 200 Lakeview Parkway, Red Oak on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Manager hopes ‘Home Town’ considers Ferris for make-over

News Staff
Thu, 01/16/2020 - 12:47
FERRIS – Ferris City Manager Brooks Williams, has confirmed the City of Ferris will submit for the HGTV show, “Hometown Takeover,” hosted by HGTV personalities Ben and Erin Napier to consider Ferris for the small town renovation opportunity that was recently announced.

Contractor issues delay public safety bldg.

News Staff
Thu, 01/16/2020 - 05:00
HUTCHINS – If you have driven by the new digs for the city of Hutchins public safety building at the corner of Palestine and Den-ton Streets, you know work has halted on that project.
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Bob Allwardt

Reserve investigator off city cold case murders

News Staff
Thu, 01/16/2020 - 05:00
FERRIS – Just last week, The Ellis County Press reported information about two double homicides that have been sitting as cold cases in the city of Ferris for 10 years. A number of investigators have come and gone on these cases.

Life High School Waxahachie head coach earns 300th win

News Staff
Thu, 01/16/2020 - 05:00
WAXAHACHIE – On Jan. 2, the Life High School Waxahachie Boys Varsity Basketball team defeated Midland Greenwood by a margin of 50-38 to give Coach Eddie Berumen his 300th win as the head varsity coach.

New Year’s resolutions for proper social etiquette, texting

News Staff
Thu, 01/16/2020 - 05:00
If you don’t know what “LOL,” “BRB,” “OMG” or “TTYL” means, then you might be at a disadvantage these days when trying to communicate. And those are just the cute little abbreviations everyone uses now when texting and often when posting on social media too.

DPS releases mass attacks, domestic terrorism reports

News Staff
Thu, 01/16/2020 - 05:00
AUSTIN – At the direction of Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) produced two state intelligence assessments on critical threats to Texas, both of which were released today.