WEEK 5: HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES (SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2023)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21Italy 45, Cross Roads 14 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22Avalon 32, Abbott 62Ennis 49, Everman 33Ferris 33, Caddo Mills 54Life School 13, Mabank 30Maypearl 0, Grandview 34Milford 55, Gorman 0Ovilla Christian 47, Lucas Christian 78Palmer 27, Trinity Leadership 24Red Oak 49, Killeen Ellison...

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (September 28, 2023)

OPINION: Our self-induced catastrophe at the border

Since early 2021 we have witnessed somewhere between 7 and 8 million illegal entries across the now nonexistent U.S. southern border.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: The Texas Border Crisis – and then some

I am going to begin this week with a mention of what a reader wrote to me about his take on the border crisis.And yes, it is a crisis that has no end in sight. However, here in Texas Governor Greg Abbott is playing his own game and he and Biden are certainly bumping heads.

OPINION: Biden no savior of democracy

President Joe Biden is pitching himself as the savior of democracy.“I will always defend, protect, and fight for our democracy,” he said at a campaign event last week in New York City.He’s been saying it for four years.It’s a blatant lie.

OPINION: The GOP cannot survive the ‘Only-Trumpers’

Too bad Donald Trump won’t attend the second Republican presidential primary debate next week at the Ronald Reagan Library.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 21

One day after a long, hard, hot day of work on our Roanoke brick job, Pee Wee drove me home in his own blue Chevy truck. He had picked me up at my house that morning so he and I could go with him to pick up some supplies at the lumber yard in downtown LaGrange.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s the harm of a little treat?

The last month has been crazy for me and The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage.First, my main computer crashed, and I lost a lot of stuff.Second, we had a hurricane that came through; fortunately, it was only thunder, rain and loss of electricity.

The miracles of Jesus (part 21)

And when Jesus went out, He saw a great multitude and He was moved to compassion for them and healed their sick. – Matthew 14:14When evening came, the disciples came to Him and told Him to send the people away so they could go to the villages and find food.

PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE SALE FREEUP STORAGE - FERRIS

Publish two times in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, and Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.