Citizens Against Ellis County Muds discuss Shankle Rd.

ELLIS COUNTY – According to Ernie Martinek, the Shankle Road and Citizens Against Ellis County MUDs conversations continue.In a timeline of the Shankle Road MUD and Citizens Against Ellis County MUDs actions, it began on Dec. 4, 2022, when a petition was published in a local paper “on one of the...

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) part 74

I also didn’t notice that the black Studebaker pulled up about the time the boy got out of his truck, and Mr. and Mrs. McClain and Corrina were standing out past Red’s truck, watching the whole scene.None of that had time to compute in a mind going a hundred miles an hour.

OUT TO PASTOR: My days of wonder in the hospital

My plans for the New Year were horribly changed – by me ending up in the hospital.Around the middle of the month, it seemed like I may have had the flu.

Ferris featured in upcoming episode of ‘Advancements’ with Ted Danson

JUPITER, FL – An upcoming episode of “Advancements” with Ted Danson will focus on how technology and innovation are being used to transform and empower local government and public administration.This segment will explore some of the challenges facing local government and public administration...

FERRIS SESQUICENTENNIAL: “The City that Bricked the World”

The first settlers from Tennessee began arriving on the prairie that would later become Ferris in 1851.Another caravan of settlers from Mississippi arrived in 1870.Then in 1874, with the construction of the Houston and Texas Central Railway and the building of a train station – a town was...