Around Town

Downtown Ennis was a musical sensation last Saturday when “Mornings at Minnie” came alive with the sounds of Mexico 2000 Ballet Folklorico in Minnie McDowal Park.

Keep Ennis Beautiful has announced that the 2021 North Texas Community Cleanup Challenge (NTCCC) has officially begun.

Keep Ennis Beautiful has announced that the 2021 North Texas Community Cleanup Challenge (NTCCC) has officially begun.

Matthew Paul Mikula, 46, Ennis. Possession CS PG1/1-B LT1G. Booked on 09/23/2021 by Waxahachie PD. Tonya Marie Ruiz, 40, Ennis.

The death of a man with extensive Ennis roots has caused a groundswell of grief among his many friends and one-time neighbors. Mark LaFollett, 53, was living in Tyler, but had spent his youth in Ennis where he graduated from EHS in 1986.

Who was Lt. Jack Lummus, the man whose name has been embraced by the city of Ennis for his bravery?

Always a crowd-pleaser, the award-winning Ennis Choral Department proudly presents their annual, fall concert, Bless the USA, outdoors next Saturday morning, 10 a.m., downtown.

The recently announced reboot of the Ennis Historical Society (formerly the Ennis Heritage Society) is continuing smoothly, according to Treasurer Sugar Glaspy, one of the founders of the organization.

This postcard shows Tabernacle Baptist Church of Ennis as it looked in the 1920s. Courtesy Photo

EDN treasurer Emma Sims is seen here with a copy of the paper from around 1937. Courtesy Photo