Around Town

Strange bedfellows

Alma’s Smokehouse BBQ and owners Jesse and Susan Martinez, as well as partners John and Amelia Valdez, lifelong Ennis citizens, already have one popular spot, a haven for those with a hankering for barbecue.

Elvis in Ennis?

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), Chapter 1191, will not hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting in Corsicana on Feb. 9, 2021, due to the CoronaVirus.

Fish tale

C.W. Duke of Ennis would have answered “yes” in 1930 when a plane ride reportedly restored his hearing.

*The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt. Joshua Joe Barton, 21, Ennis. Burglary of habitation. Booked

Ennis people and events have often made regional, even national, news. And on occasion, a note of levity marked the various stories of local interest that appeared in daily and weekly newspapers across the country.

This postcard, dating to the early 1900s, shows the corner of Ennis Avenue and Main Street with only horses and wagons in sight – not a single automobile. Courtesy Ennis Public Library

*The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.*

Jaime Benavente Sanchez, 51, Ennis. Driving while intoxicated 2nd. Booked on 01/12/2021 by
Ennis PD.