Around Town

National Polka Festival Weekend draws thousands of visitors each year, everyone eager to sample the traditional food, drink, dance and all the other aspects of Czechoslovakian culture symbolized by the event.

Like many Czech residents of his day, Joe F. Honza, Sr. (1896-1955) was a devoted father and husband as well as a successful farmer in the Ennis area.

Rhett Roddy Bodle, 44, Ennis. Driving while intoxicated 3rd or more IAT. Booked on 05/10/2021 by ECSO. *The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

The Ennis News is proud to announce the winners of our April Coloring Contest sponsored by Ferguson’s Electric.

Samantha Marie Billingsley, 35, Ennis. Driving while intoxicated BAC GT=0.15, theft property GT=$100LT$750. Booked on 05/02/2021 by DPS. *The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities.

Ennis-born Bob Banner (left) with Dinah Shore and George Montgomery at the 1956 Emmy Awards.  Singer-songwriter Ernest Tubb was born in 1914 in Crisp, a few miles from Ennis, and lived there until the 1930s.