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Bardwell area residents endured a shutdown of water on Wednesday and a lack of water pressure has continued through Friday.

Colorful excerpts of Ennis and Ellis County history

Editor’s Note: The following account of the “haunted” Raphael House is an updated story that first appeared on the Memories page in 2017.

Thanks again to readers for spotting the mistake in last week’s Town Topics. The bit about San Jacinto was an updated item that ran in this column before. It was corrected at that time but the wrong version of the story was selected to run again.

EVENTS

Ennis’ 16th Annual Fall Festival, officially known as Autumn Daze, kicks of Saturday morning with a 5K (3.1 mile) dash and a one-mile fun run at 8 a.m. It all takes place on the new North Dallas Street.

AROUND TOWN

Angie Juenemann, approaching her fourth year in office as Ennis’ first woman mayor, spoke recently to the Ennis News about the growth of the Bluebonnet City during her term and the plans that are und

Many towns and cities in Texas, including Ennis, have switched from the manually read water meters to those of the easier digital variety.

WEATHER

Storm activities across North Texas on Sunday did an estimated $2 billion in insurance losses as ten tornadoes reportedly struck the area.

Courtesy of:  Ellis County Office of Emergency Management

The Century Club held its first meeting of the fall at the beautiful home of Mrs. Tom Abram.  Rachel Bishop gave an informative program profiling Nikki Haley, the first woman

Ennis enjoys a bye this Friday, Oct. 25, and at 7-1, are ranked No. 7 in the Metroplex among Class 5A teams according to the DMN’s Sports Day. This week’s