FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: The man lost in a vast wilderness (but, perhaps – just perhaps – not for long)

Good week. Welcome to the “Front Porch.”I was thinking this week, with the world’s recognition of Easter, of something we wrote and maybe we shared after our great adventure in Wyoming in 2021.Read on.

Water contaminants can impact child health. Here’s how to remove them

STATEPOINT – Clean, safe drinking water is essential for human health, especially for children, who are particularly vulnerable to certain contaminants.

CONSTITUTIONAL MINUTE #44

What’s the real problem with our federal government?Is it that people in Congress serve too many terms?And if we get an Amendment to limit their terms, will our land be healed?Of course not!The real problem is that the politicians we elect ignore our Constitution – and we keep reelecting them!

LOCAL STUDENT UPDATE: April 13, 2023

Madison Low of Midlothian was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2022 semester at Washington University in St. Louis.Tayla Lindsey of Lancaster was named to Oregon State’s Scholastic Honor Roll for the Winter 2023 semester.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: April 3 – 9

 Barth, Stephanie, 40, expired motor vehicle registration, poss CS pg 1/1-b <1g.Turner, Christina, 34, DWLI w/prev conviction, DWLI w/prev conviction.Knight, Martha, 57, poss CS pg 1/1-b <1g, poss CS pg 1/1-b <1g.

GLENN HEIGHTS ARRESTS: March 24 – April 6

Pippens, Amaria, 22, warrant arrest Midlothian PD, Lancaster PD, DeSoto PD, Dallas Pd.Figueroa, Donato, 31, warrant arrest Denton County Sheriff’s Office, Flower Mound PD.Ward, Nia, 26, warrant arrest Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, DeSoto PD.

RED OAK ARRESTS: April 3 – 10

Workman, Sky, 20, poss CS pg 2 >=4g<400g.Carter-Walker, Dianne, 57, fail to identify giving false/fictitious info, theft-misdemeanor-property.Davis, Deontre, 21, poss marij <2oz, unl carrying weapon.Chambers, Emanuel, 37, agg sexual assault.

WILMER ARRESTS: April 3 – 9

Fields, Rashard, 34, warrant arrest Dallas Co. Sheriff’s Office.Peralta, Amelia, 27, apprehension by peace officer w/o warrant.Brown, Anthony, 43, warrant arrest Wilmer PD.Guardado, Rabi, 64, apprehension by peace officer w/o warrant.

LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. MCCALLY

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, April 13, 2023. CITATION BY PUBLICATION – FIRST AMENDED APPLICATION TO PROBATE WILL AND FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTERS TESTAMENTARY The State of TexasTo all persons interested in the Estate of JAMES R.

PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE OF ORDINANCE CITY OF OVILLA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 2023-07

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, April 13, 2023. NOTICE OF ORDINANCECITY OF OVILLA, TEXASORDINANCE NO.