News
Bullet train meets local defiance
Texas Central Railway (TCR), who failed to elicit enough investors to move the needle toward the ballyhooed high-speed rail (HSR), has found a rescuer in Amtrak. The government subsidized train system that has never turned a profit, has renewed hopes of delivering a 200 mph bullet train between Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston.
Theatre Rocks comedy, Boys Next Door, opens
Library aiming at January opening
Ready, set, grow! EISD preps for new year
Ennis High School expanded by 52 students last year to 1,799 with Nathan Moye as principal. There are four assistant principals - Teresa Dudley, Terrell Harris, Cynthia Lane and Kendall Price. Ennis Junior High (907 students) continues with Rodney McNeill as principal. AP’s are Amy Barnett and Roynal Bridgeforth.
Amtrak keeps bullet train hopes alive
Amtrak entering the fray to save the high-speed rail has also given renewed reasons for opponents to keep up their resistance. Ennis has strongly rejected the plans, as have other cities along the way. The proposed 240-mile bullet train, near dead twoyears ago when politicians in Austin kept it alive, is reinventing itself.
Case closed on March warehouse fire
215 N. Dallas St., Ste. D
PO Box 100, Ennis, TX 75120-0100
(972) 875-3801
PRINT ISSN 3069-5015
ONLINE ISSN 3069-504X