Ennis school bus accident under investigation

ENNIS – On Thursday, Jan. 27, an Ennis ISD school bus was involved in an accident near the intersection of Interstate 45 and N. Kaufman St.On the bus at the time of the accident was the bus driver, an adult monitor, and 32 EISD students.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (February 3, 2022)

OPINION: Drop the Goldberg name you co-opted, Whoopi — you don’t deserve it

Decades ago, when the performer Caryn Johnson decided her name wasn’t interesting enough and dubbed herself Whoopi Goldberg instead, it wasn’t because Goldberg signified “whiteness.

OPINION: Biden’s pledge to nominate a black woman for SCOTUS is racist and sexist

Joe Biden affirmed he will again institutionalize government racism and sexism through his selection of a nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy soon arising due to Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement.

OPINION: GOP can’t complain about Biden’s migrants when they’re not stepping in

It’s all very well for Kevin McCarthy and other GOP members of Congress to rant on Fox News about how terrible the border crisis is – but what are they doing about it?At least 2 million illegal migrants crossed the border last year, and all we heard from Congress was hot air.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: Lost in Yellowstone (chapter 28)

CHAPTER 28“10 1/2 miles from the end.” After crossing that cold, knee-high river that morning, I immediately entered into a deep, dark wilderness that was more like bear country than perhaps any we had been in. The early-morning hour, with a thick fog hanging in the trees, made it more so.

OUT TO PASTOR: Mr. Cold, please go away

The older I get, the more allergic I am to cold. So whenever the temperature dips below my age number, that is too cold for me.I know some people relish the cold; that person is not me.There are some things that I enjoy being cold. I like my iced tea to be very cold, making it rather delicious.

OBITUARY: Robert Lynn Darling

Robert Lynn Darling, age 71, of Ferris, Texas passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, with his family by his side.Lynn was born Feb. 26, 1950. He proudly served in the United States Army from 1968-1971 and was a Vietnam veteran.

OBITUARY: Ralph Paul Scaccia

Ralph Paul Scaccia, age 89 of Ferris, Texas passed away Jan. 23, 2022. He was born May 22, 1932 in the Bronx, New York to Alfredo and Assunta (Lobano) Scaccia, Italian immigrants who passed through Ellis Island from Italy. He was the youngest of four children; the second born in the USA.

FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than books (February 3, 2022)

The Ferris Public Library will be having our Annual Black History Month contest again this year. We’ve set up a display of black history books, and flag them in our system to let us know who checked out certain books. So it’s fun to learn history, and it’s pretty fun to win, too!