Just 10 miles south of Ennis on I-45 is Rice (pop. 1,382), the city so nice they named it Rice, and yes, its named after William Marsh Rice. He founded Rice University in Houston and who also donated the land for the Rice community schools.
Good things are happening in town, besides growing 200 people since 2020. The Rice Independent School District has begun their second year of a four-day week at…
