Legend to hang up badge, gun

After nearly 40 years of public service, Ennis Police Lt. Ron Roark has reached retirement.

After nearly 40 years of public service, Ennis Police Lt. Ron Roark has reached retirement.

Crime reporting statistics from the Ennis Police Department show that, while thefts increased from last year, violent crimes, including assaults and burglaries, are down.

Ann Chamlee got a call from her grandson Travis on Dec. 5. He said he was in a terrible accident in Mexico City, and needed $1,000 to cover his costs.

A 45-year-old from Edmond spent Christmas in Ellis County lockup after failing to help a motorist after allegedly crashing his car into hers.

Officials with the Department of Public Safety shed additional light Thursday on the Dec. 17 pedestrian accident that left a Rice woman dead.

Ferris police apprehended a man accused of burglary with intent to commit assault Tuesday after he escaped from the back of an improperly secured patrol car.

The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office took two men into custody on drug-related charges after a Dec. 9 traffic stop on Interstate 35E at the Hill County line.

Palmer police on Thursday arrested a man wanted on warrants out of Arkansas after he tried to flee.

One woman remains in jail following a failed attempt at both shoplifting from Walmart and concealing her identity to police.

A Ferris teenager has been indicted on a felony family violence assault charge after allegedly choking a younger teen over a bag of snack chips.

A 17-year-old Palmer resident has been indicted for automobile theft after a September arrest that followed an alleged burglary and flight from law enforcement.

Ennisite Johnny Steel has been indicted for the second time this year on charges of theft from Walmart, this time for a few packages of meat and some golf balls.

The driver of a Toyota sedan was taken to Ennis Regional Medical Center this morning for treatment following a collision with an Ennis Independent School District bus at McKinney Street and Ennis Avenue.

Police arrested a 23-year-old Ennis man after he allegedly broke into a woman’s home and attacked her.

Police arrested the wife of a slain Red Oak man Friday in Denver pending charges of murder.

The Ellis County Sheriff’s Department is searching for answers regarding a suspected homicide in Red Oak.

Ennis police arrested two men Sunday after they were seen leaving a reported 40-person brawl in the Super 1 Foods parking lot.

Ennis police investigators are still searching for answers after an armed robbery Wednesday night in the 500 block of S. Kaufman Street.

ITALY — Police are still searching for two men connected to a Thanksgiving Day stabbing near Italy’s Dollar General.