Triple-digit temps settle in for now

Temperatures are expected to top out back above 100 degrees daily through the weekend before a possible thunderstorm could dowse the area at the beginning of next week.

Temperatures are expected to top out back above 100 degrees daily through the weekend before a possible thunderstorm could dowse the area at the beginning of next week.

The unfinished Superconducting Super Collider facility in Waxahachie is up for sale.

Ellis County unemployment declined again in April, continuing a general decline in joblessness and following a statewide regression that has stretched for several months.

The Ohio Valley Refinery and Roadshow is on its way to Ennis next week.

Interior Ideas will host a book signing today for Michigan-born writer Hilary LiDestri, who co-authored the thriller novel Consumed.

Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas has dispatched their Mobile Workforce Unit to the Waxahachie Workforce Center to assist hundreds of laid off workers until 4 p.m. today.
The recently remodeled transitional care unit at Ennis Care Center will be officially introduced to the community on Thursday, May 12, at 4–7 p.m.

Longtime radio and TV repairman, Douglas Madewell retired Monday after being in business repairing radios and TVs in Ennis for 64 years. Madewell started repairing radios at the age of 17 in a little shed within the old OK Garage, which was located on North Kaufman Street. He married Lorena Walker on Feb. 10,1944, [...]

GO! Dance and Gymnastics Studio sent two teams to compete in a Regional Dance competition this weekend in Kennedale and had some big winners in the group. Our Red Team consisted of Malia Montoya and Kendell Roberts, who performed a soul stirring lyrical duet to Amazing Grace. The duet placed first in their Lyrical Division. [...]

Ennis will play host to a group of dignitaries from the Czech Republic at this year’s Polka Festival.

Ennis’ teamwork with more than 140 other municipalities protesting a planned Oncor rate increase looks like it will lessen the blow of the requested boost.

H-E-B and Central Market have activated an emergency response unit to assist the American Red Cross and Texas firefighters as the state combats wildfires in West and North Texas.

Ennis State Bank released the following announcement about processing delays in their system. “We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our processing systems. “We are working diligently to be processing before end of day (04/18/11) however, at this time all Internet processing, ACH, and transfers will be on hold until the systems are repaired. “If [...]

Providence Title company celebrated the opening of its office in Ennis, at 1905 West Ennis Ave.

This month, locals can make a small donation to support organ donation at a local Valvoline Express Care Center as part of a nationwide campaign, thanks in large part to the vision of local organ recipient Scott Rider.

Five-piece southern rock outfit Whiskey Myers is bringing their dynamic live show and a potent taste of “firewater” to Waxhachie’s Fat Daddy’s on Friday.

Employees of Allen Samuels Autoplex in Ennis volunteered their time Wednesday to deliver meals to homebound elderly clients of Meals on Wheels of Johnson and Ellis Counties in the area.

CertainTeed Corporation formally marked the reopening of its Ennis facility 10 months after the initial announcement that it was coming back to town.

The community of Ennis is focused on all things bluebonnet, but plans are also in the works for next month’s National Polka Festival.

The annual barbecue cookoff is put together by the Ennis Chamber of Commerce.