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Today marks the beginning of the biggest blowout in Ennis every year — the 47th annual National Polka Festival.
Today marks the beginning of the biggest blowout in Ennis every year — the 47th annual National Polka Festival.
Ennis city officials let lapse Thursday the disaster declaration signed by Mayor Russell Thomas after a May 16 tornado heavily damaged several areas of town.
The Brookshire’s grocery store on W. Ennis Avenue hosted a grand opening to much fanfare Wednesday morning, with city officials and local luminaries joining Brookshire’s executives to cut the ribbon.
Mayor Russell Thomas said he understands people’s fear and concerns that sirens never sounded in Ennis after an early morning tornado on Thursday damaged buildings across town.
The Ennis Economic Development Corporation considered this week how to poll residents in the area around the proposed golf course project off Country Club Road.
City Manager Steve Howerton presented to City Commissioners on Monday the latest damage estimates from the EF-1 tornado that struck Thursday, showing roughly $4.6 million in commercial and residential damage.
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Nick Todaro, n…@ennisdailynews.com Official confirmation from the National Weather Service classified the tornado that struck Ennis overnight as an EF-1, City Manager Steve Howerton said in a release this evening. An EF-1 classification on the Enhanced Fujita scale is assigned to tornadoes with sustained winds in the 86-110 mph range. Reports detail dozens of damaged [...]
Business owners along the storm’s path are only now seeing the full extent of the damage to their facilities today.
“We’ll make this thing happen any way we can,” said Mayor Russell Thomas.
Images from around Ennis this morning show the extent of tornado and storm damage in areas hit hardest.
At daybreak, people from areas of Ennis unaffected by the storm event overnight woke to a dramatic scene in downtown Ennis.
Unofficial election results after Saturday polling show Julie Pierce gained the vacant Place 6 seat on the Ennis Independent School District Board of Trustees, Matt Walker is the city’s new Ward 6 commissioner and Carolyn Frazier retained her Ward 2 seat.
Unofficial results from polling in the race for two positions on the Ennis City Commission saw incumbent Carolyn Frazier retain her Ward 2 seat and commission newcomer Matt Walker claim the open Ward 6 seat.
Election Day on Saturday will see several local races decided in one of the busier election cycles of recent years.
Candidates for the Ennis City Commission have varying views on what responsibility the board has in working directly to improve economic conditions and quality of life in town.
The Relay For Life of Ennis and its organizational committee are poised for a special event to “Paint the Town Purple” on Saturday, days before the May 17 event at the Texas Motorplex.
