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Ellis County ‘Take it to the Box’ this weekend

Ellis123
Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:19
ELLIS COUNTY – Local law enforcement and IMPACT Communities, a program of Drug Prevention Resources, will host the semi-annual Prescription Drug Take Back Event on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Wilmer warehouse deal to lease 1-million sq. ft.

News Staff
Wed, 04/24/2019 - 05:00
WILMER – A huge industrial deal in southern Dallas County has taken a big block of new North Texas warehouse space off the market, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News. Chicago-based Logistics Property Co.
Photo courtesy Fox 4 News

Photo courtesy Fox 4 News

POLICE INVESTIGATING WALMART SHOOTING

News Staff
Wed, 04/24/2019 - 05:00
RED OAK – Red Oak police responded to a shooting Monday evening at the Wal-Mart parking lot in the 100 block of Ryan Drive where they found a victim who had been shot.

Dispatchers are COOL!

News Staff
Wed, 04/24/2019 - 05:00
FERRIS – “Dispatchers are COOL,” is a brief statement from Ferris Police Chief Eddie Salazar, and he couldn’t be more correct in his summation. The City of Ferris employs four full-time dispatchers and two part-time. Last week, April 14 to 20 was National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

Fill the Boot campaign raises funds for MDA

News Staff
Wed, 04/24/2019 - 05:00
FERRIS – It was in the city of Ferris last week I saw dedicated fire professionals in the streets raising money for a campaign going on since 1954.

FM 664 at Little Creed Bridge to close overnight April 18

News Staff
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 00:00
ELLIS COUNTY – Crews will close all lanes of FM 664 in Ovilla overnight on Thursday, April 18 to set beams on the Little Creek Bridge. The closure will be from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. on Friday, April 19.

Council continues ‘vendetta’ against local paper

News Staff
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 00:00
FERRIS – Despite the fact The Ellis County Press is three times less expensive – and has a larger circulation of Ferris residents – several councilmen once again refused to name the ECP as Ferris’ newspaper of record.
Ferris Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum candidates shown – John Riley, Sherie Chapman, Tommy Scott, Rudy Amor – along with Michael Martinez, answered random questions during the hour-long event. Not attending were Bobby Lindsey, Cindy Aspin or Jennifer Stanford.

Ferris Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum candidates shown – John Riley, Sherie Chapman, Tommy Scott, Rudy Amor – along with Michael Martinez, answered random questions during the hour-long event. Not attending were Bobby Lindsey, Cindy Aspin or Jennifer Stanford.

Candidates Forum held despite wild weather

News Staff
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 00:00
FERRIS – While the thunderstorms roared through the Ellis County area Saturday and was the reason Ferris’ annual Brick Fest was canceled, it did not dampen the spirits of the candidates who showed up to participate in the City Council Candidates Forum.

Texas Senate votes to advance property tax reform bill

News Staff
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 00:00
The Texas Senate broke a logjam that had paralyzed a piece of priority legislation for weeks, blunting a controversial provision in its property tax reform package Monday and then advancing the bill — without having to deploy a procedural “nuclear option.