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Former Ennis resident Lane Grayson withdrew from the Ellis County Judge runoff on Tuesday, March 17, ensuring Kameron K. Raburn the victory in the primary for chief executive officer of the county.

Editor’s Note: This article is the fifth in a series of Lenten season articles submitted by Deacon Don Griffith that will publish through Easter Sunday.

First Presbyterian Church invites the community to their Good Friday Free Organ Concert featuring Phillip Staggs on the Allen Pipe Organ. The concert will feature traditional hymns and be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 3, 2026, at the church, which is located at 210 N. McKinney Street in Ennis.

Two of the seven positions on the Ennis Independent School District (EISD) board will be up for election this spring on Saturday, May 2. Referred to as the Joint & Special Elections, the date is about seven weeks away.

Shopping locally has its benefits – for the owners it is huge, enabling them to keep their doors open in the endless fight for survival against chain stores, and taxes on the purchases remain in Ennis. Those funds subsidize city services.

Bluebonnet Trails & Festival slated for April

Assuming there was a winner in the March 14 runoff between Chad Wester and David Espedal, the victor earned the unexpired term of Mayor Pro Tem in Ennis. The not-so-good news is the term lasts until the end of April 2026, or seven weeks. A new three-year term will be up for grabs on Saturday, May 2, as part of the General Election.

Editor’s Note: This article is the fourth in a series of Lenten season articles submitted by Deacon Don Griffith that will publish through Easter Sunday.

A sizeable crowd of Ellis County Democrats, 18,806, including 12,477 voting early, turned out at the regularly Republican dominated poll to vote in favor of Jasmine Crockett in the United States Senatorial race. More than 70 percent (13,085) chose the former State Representative over James Talarico (5,449 votes), though the latter won statewide, 52.5% to 46.2.