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A house fire near downtown on Wednesday morning, June 5, was rapidly extinguished by the Ennis Fire Department. The residence at 609 W. Baylor, on the corner of N. Clay, a block north of Walgreens. No injuries were reported.

The abolition of slavery in the United States marked the end of a long and winding road. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, a point in time when the American Civil War had already been raging for years. President Lincoln’s proclamation declared that “slaves within any State, or designated part of a State… in rebellion… shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” While this was an important step toward enslaved individuals receiving their freedom, the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment after the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865 officially abolished slavery.

New online portals will modernize permitting, licensing, applications

The Ellis County Art Association will host artist Irma Ward at the monthly meeting, June 3, 2024, at First Baptist Church of Waxahachie, 450 US-287 Bypass. The meeting is open to the public. Throughout her artistic career Ward has created artwork from traditional works to plein air (French for open air) paintings; and, more recently, to works of abstraction. She works with a variety of mediums: oils, acrylics, pastels and currently oil with cold wax medium. Ward received a teaching certificate from the Liliedahl School of Traditional Oil Painting, then began sharing her knowledge at her Arlington, Texas studio in 2008.

Masonic Lodge awards scholarships to locals

David Stiff Photography