PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF OVILLA, TEXAS MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021, 7:00 P.M., VIA TELECONFERENCE ONLY

Published one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, April 15, 2021.   NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING   Notice is hereby given that the Board of Adjustment of the City of Ovilla, Texas, 105 S. Cockrell Hill Road, will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 19, 2021, 7:00 P.M.

Abbott issues executive order prohibiting government-mandated ‘vaccine passports’

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott Tuesday issued an Executive Order prohibiting state agencies or political subdivisions in Texas from creating a “vaccine passport” requirement, or otherwise conditioning receipt of services on an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status.

Murder in a small town

ITALY – Cold cases are not always as easy to solve as in the movies or as how we see it played out in one-hour television shows.  That goes for an almost three-year-old murder in Italy, Texas too.

Yokohama Tire announces Wilmer distribution center

WILMER – Another Wilmer win last week when the city confirmed Yokohama Tire Corporation will move its new distribution center to Wilmer this summer.   The new 430,000 square-foot distribution center will be the fourth Yokohama distribution center in America to accompany three other U.S.

Wilmer 1st responders receive 6,000 masks

WILMER – The City of Wilmer was the recipient of a mask delivery last week at Wilmer’s City Hall. “Thank you to our State Representative, Carl Sherman for gifting 6,000 masks to our Police, Fire and Senior Services Department,” Wilmer Mayor Sheila Petta said after the mask distribution.

CAP students experience thrill of flying

RED OAK – The last weekend in March, 2021 will be one that 11 middle school students will remember as the Red Oak Middle School Civil Air Patrol  cadets received an orientation flight in a Cessna 172.  “It was a thrill and exciting to fly the aircraft,” said Cadet Jaxson Petersen.

Paxton joins Amicus Brief defending 2nd Amendment

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate friend-of-the-court brief before the San Francisco-based Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit defending Americans’ Second Amendment rights after California banned standard-capacity magazines for firearms, which hold 11 to 15 rounds.

Biden administration’s failure to take custody of criminal aliens endangers Texans, Americans

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today sued the Biden Administration in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas decrying its refusal to take custody of criminal illegal aliens, including dangerous felons and drug manufacturers, as required by federal law.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (April 8, 2021)

TIPSHEET: Fauci can’t explain why Texas virus cases are dropping, but he’s still shaming the state

Dr. Anthony Fauci failed to answer questions during an interview with MSNBC Tuesday about how Texas could lift all Wuhan coronavirus restrictions while watching cases of the disease plummet.