HIGH SCHOO FOOTBALL AREA SCORES (October 29-30)

Ennis 71, Richland 18 Ferris 44, Venus 26 Italy 28, Dawson 14 Brownwood 48, Life Waxahachie 14 Midlothian Heritage 42, Stephenville 27  Colleyville Heritage 45, Midlothian 21 Blum 48, Milford 0 Red Oak 58, Richland 40 Cedar Hill 35, Waxahachie 10

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (November 5, 2020)

RED OAK ACCIDENT CLAIMS 2 LIVES

RED OAK – Two people were killed Sunday afternoon when the Silver Mitsubishi Raider being driven by 36-year-old David Adam Lynch of Waxahachie left the road and collided with a storage facility in the 2600 block of E. Ovilla Road (FM 664).

It was a good-ole’ fashioned Halloween over the weekend

ITALY – Saturday night in Italy, Texas. Halloween! I have only one time in my life – passed out candy to trick or treaters. Most years for the past 25, I have been in another country – some destinations where Halloween is not even celebrated.

Ennis 71, Royse City 18

ENNIS – Ennis quarterback Collin Drake made an impact through the air and on the ground, going 13-for-16 passing for 192 yards and two touchdowns and carrying the ball eight times for 102 yards and another score. Ennis (4-0,1-0 8-5A Div.

Cedar Hill 35, Waxahachie 10

WAXAHACHIE – Running back Kevin Young Jr.’s 61-yard touchdown run led Cedar Hill (4-0,2-0 11-6A). Waxahachie struck first on a 13-play opening drive culminating in a 30-yard field goal by Clyde Melick. The teams exchanged punts, then Young gave Cedar Hill a 7-3 lead on his touchdown run.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Tuesday night? Well, that’s prayer night

Good week to all. Welcome to the “front porch.” Alas, the election is here. And by the way, I think this is the first time I’ve begun a column with ‘alas,’ but this is a time like no other. You understand. I mean, who would’ve thought things would have come to this?

OUT TO PASTOR: Things have a way of catching up with me

I have learned in my life, and probably just one thing: things have a way of catching up with me. I can’t get away with anything. One example stands out. Last year someone hacked into the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage’s bank account and purchased a case of wine for around $700.

OP-ED: Will America stay awake with Trump, or go back to sleep with Biden?

Is it possible that Americans have become so servile, so convinced of our worthlessness, that we would hand over our country again to a ruling class that has neither the desire nor the ability to preserve it? This is the critical question that hangs in the balance today.

Man sentenced to 58-years for murder

WAXAHACHIE – On Oct. 29 in the 40th Judicial District Court of Ellis County, Woodrow Stevenson Head Jr., 33, from Purvis, Miss., accepted a sentence of 58 years in prison for the offense of murder. On Aug.