COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (May 27, 2021)

OPINION: Who didn’t see this coming?

This headline in the New York Times tells you everything you need to know about the progressive mindset, “A Year After George Floyd: Pressure to Add Police Amid Rising Crime.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Eagles are majestic (but don’t tamper with ’em!)

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” As I write, the amazin’ blonde and I are sitting in Alaska, nearly to the end of the earth, it seems. We are staying in a hotel called “Land’s End” in Homer, which is at the tip-end of a spit at the far northern end of this great state.

OUT TO PASTOR: To scam or not to scam, that is the phone call

One day this past week, I decided to stay home and catch up on a little bit of reading. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage had a day planned of shopping as well as an appointment at her doctor. She would be gone the whole day, and so I would have the entire day to myself.

ON THE JOB TRAINING (part 9)

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Brazoria Co. woman added to most wanted fugitives list

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Margaret Lorrain Smith to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. Smith, 62, has been wanted since 2009 for fleeing during her capital murder case.

FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than books (May 27, 2021)

The Ferris Public Library’s 2021 Virtual Summer Reading Club schedule is available at the library, and it is posted on our Facebook page. Last year’s Reading Club was successful, with numerous families viewing the programs online.

LOCAL STUDENT UPDATE: May 27, 2021

Tsta Coleman of Oak Leaf earned an Associate of Arts, Ryan Holben of Waxahachie earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity, and Tom Watiti of Milford earned a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Technology from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

OFF MY MEDS by Les Taha (May 27, 2021)

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: May 17 – 23

Alvarado, Felix, 44, assault CBI, assault by contact family violence, disorderly conduct. Mulch, Ali, 30, poss CS pg 1 <1g, poss CS pg 3 <28g, no liability insurance. Simpson, Germaine, 28, poss CS pg 1 <1g. Sanchezolvera, Juan, 21, DWI/open, DWI.