MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A mix of volunteers and first responders are combing through debris in an Oklahoma City suburb looking for survivors. The city of Moore, Okla., was hit by a mile-wide tornado on Monday afternoon. People wearing neon-green vests were joined by residents in the search through rubble. Neighborhoods are flattened and homes [...]
Date: 05-19-2013 Item: 13-06551; Loud Music Disturbance in the 4700 block of Highway 67, Midlothian. Item: 13-06581 and 13-06582; No Driver License at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 983 and Shelby Circle, Red Oak. W/M and W/M were arrested. SourceURL:news:Users:editor:Desktop:shiftreports:05-19-13%20Day%20Sheriff Item: 13-06553, Criminal Mischief in the 100 block of Barker Road, Ennis. Item: 13-06562, Accident [...]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility. Seeking to weaken the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents have been carrying out attacks and assassinations intended to [...]
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas firefighters have recovered the body of a comrade who reported by radio being trapped while battling a condominium complex blaze. A U.S. flag covered the firefighter’s body when it was removed from the rubble Monday morning. His name wasn’t immediately released. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says two firefighters were transported [...]
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town’s parade. Investigators were looking into whether the motorist had suffered a medical emergency before the accident. About 50 to 60 people suffered injuries ranging from critical to [...]
ARLINGTON (AP) — Elvis Andrus was swinging for the fences in the eighth inning. The Texas shortstop, though, was thrilled with a soft single that capped one of the best nights of his career. Andrus had a career-high five hits, Mitch Moreland homered and Texas roughed up Anibal Sanchez in theRangers’ 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday [...]
City Manager Steve Howerton reported the city completed building a hard perimeter of barricades and fences on Saturday in the potential collapse zone around five buildings in the 200 block of West Ennis Avenue and the 100 block of South Dallas. “These buildings are deemed to have suffered serious structural damage and are considered to [...]
Date: May 16, 2013 Item: 13-06363, Burglary to a Motor Vehicle in the 5600 block of Deerfield Lane, Midlothian. Item: 13-06365, Threat in the 900 block of Bluff Springs, Ferris. Item: 13-06367, Warrant Service in the 100 block of Tanners Farm Road, Ferris. M/W was arrested for a warrant out of Ellis [...]
DALLAS (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a Dallas man found shot to death on the front porch of his home. The Dallas Morning News reports 36-year-old Jeffrey Weaver was found shot multiple times just before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police say he was on the threshold of his front porch. Weaver was taken [...]
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Few details have been released in the case, and no arrests have been made. Federal investigators have been searching for the person who sent the letters, [...]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb’s bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and 14th Triple Crown victory, most in horse racing history. Orb finished fourth. The Kentucky Derby winner was a [...]
After two days of assessing major structural damage and blocking access in parts of downtown Ennis, city officials have designated a potential collapse zone along Ennis Avenue and South Dallas.
CLEBURNE (AP) — School is expected to resume Monday in a North Texas community where a tornado damaged homes and cut power. Campuses in the Cleburne school district, about 25 miles south of Fort Worth, were closed Thursday and Friday after a tornado Wednesday night caused electrical outages and dangerous road conditions. Dallas-based Oncor said [...]
GRANBURY (AP) — Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday. In Granbury, the area hardest hit by Wednesday night’s exceptionally strong tornado, workers are trying to restore water service, raise [...]
Officials from the National Polka Planning Committee and Ennis Chamber of Commerce agreed, with consultation from the city of Ennis, that the parade that normally runs through downtown should stop just shy of the downtown damage due to a potential collapse zone near at the 200 block of West Ennis Avenue. The route now turns [...]
LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF ELLIS By virtue of Orders of Sale issued out of the Honorable 40th District Court of Ellis County in the following cases on the 29th day of April, 2013, and to me, as Sheriff, directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell at 2:00 PM on [...]
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The Way, Truth and Life Church, located at 1700 N. Kaufman St., hosts Celebrate Recovery each Monday. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., with the whole group meeting at 7 p.m. and the small group meeting at 8 p.m. For more information, call 972-875-1118.
Give A Kid A Chance, the community agency that provides back-to-school assistance and outreach throughout the year, is accepting online nominations for the August event at www.giveakidachance.com. Applications will be accepted through the end of May. An online application isn’t necessary if you have already returned a form distributed by Ennis ISD. The event is [...]
The Ennis Rotary Club is again sponsoring the 15th annual Polkafest Run at 7 a.m. May 25. The event, held on the Saturday morning of the National Polka Festival, begins with early registration at 5 a.m. Maps of the run courses are available at www.ennispolkarun.com. Awards go to the top finishers in each age group, [...]
