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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Staff Report Two years since it received an Academically Unacceptable rating from the state, Ennis High School’s juniors turned in high scores on the most recent state testing. Click here to sign up for our E-Edition and read the rest of the story!
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.
WACO (AP) — A first responder who helped evacuate victims of a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant has been indicted on a federal firearm charge.
The Ennis ISD School Board rearranged itself Tuesday night after saying goodbye to a longtime member and welcoming its newest, and announced pending superintendent evaluation meetings.
An Ennis man remains in jail as of today after a Sunday night argument ended with a shooting.
As Congress handles discussion on the subject, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, said he is supportive of an Internet sales tax.
Jake and Jessica Holland of Ennis, king and queen of the 2012 festival, ride in the annual parade.
A man allegedly found drunk and nearly naked inside a home on Gaines Street in April has been indicted on a count of burglary and a count of driving while intoxicated.
