Botched home invasion ends in teenagers’ deaths
Two Oklahoma teenagers are dead after what authorities are calling a failed home invasion in Maypearl on Wednesday.
Two Oklahoma teenagers are dead after what authorities are calling a failed home invasion in Maypearl on Wednesday.
An Ellis County jury found Perry Lee Ray Ford guilty Wednesday of aggravated robbery in the holdup of an Ennis gas station last April.
Eastern Ellis County is bracing for another dry and hot summer season, and Ennis is watching its water source closely as reports of statewide shortages echo from recent years.
Murder suspect Lynda Cayard waived her arraignment at her last scheduled court appearance March 7.
Public people have a chance to weigh in next week on public transportation in Ellis County.
The Ellis County Commissioners Court voted 3-1 Monday to reschedule all future 6 p.m. meetings to 3 p.m., over the protests of several concerned citizens.
A recently tabled proposal from the Ellis County Commissioners Court is once again set for a possible vote Monday morning: whether to reschedule their public meetings for the morning hours.
A woman arrested for a Dec. 4, 2012 killing in Red Oak faces a charge of murder after her recent indictment.
Palmer residents will pay a little more for water after a rate increase by the Rockett Special Utility District.
The Waxahachie Police Department offered few answers after a shooting left a 44-year-old man dead.
The Ellis County Commissioners Court faced opposition Monday morning after proposing the elimination of regular evening meetings.
The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office released statistics Friday showing violent crimes and crimes against property have decreased for the fourth consecutive year.
County Judge Carol Bush said Ellis County could save $2 million-$3 million by allowing a private corporation to manage the Wayne McCollum Detention Center.
The Ellis County Commissioners court heard a presentation from an international development company on a potential new community to be built near Ferris, during which local resident Amy Hedtke was removed from the courtroom.
Ellis County unemployment jumped 0.3 percent in December to end the year at 6.3 percent.
President Barack Obama’s new proposed gun control legislation ruffled more than a few feathers in Ennis and the greater region on Wednesday.
EDN News Service, edi…@ennisdailynews.com USDA Texas Farm Service Agency Acting Executive Director James B. Douglass announced that 207 counties in Texas were declared a disaster this month due to drought and heat using the new, streamlined Secretarial Disaster Designation process. Under this designation, producers with operations in any of the 157 primary disaster counties or 50 [...]
Phil Banker, p…@ennisdailynews.com The Ellis County Commissioners Court voted Monday to rescind the county wide burn ban, citing the rapidly falling Keetch-Byrum drought index. Fire Marshal Joe Stewart said the county’s average drought index sat at 220 on Monday, after roughly 4 inches of rain fell last week. Click here to sign up for our E-Edition [...]
The jury will begin deliberating the sexual assault case against former blogger and activist Joseph Dauben today, after both sides rested on Thursday.
