Around Town

Chamber of Commerce President Jeannette Patak announced her retirement after serving office for 25 years. The move becomes effective in September.

One of the area’s most decorated students, recent graduate Brayden DeBorde is a stalwart, 6-foot-4, clean-cut cowboy.

The discovery of some old bound volumes of Dallas trade publications by Ennis resident Steven Monroe turned up some interesting history of hat, clothing and shoe businesses operated by Ennis merchants.

Former Ennis graduate and current student at Stephen F. Austin State University student Emma Howard has been awarded a $1,500 accounting scholarship from the East Texas chapter of the Texas Society of CPA’s.

Ennis Regional Medical Center will host a Carter BloodCare Bus blood drive on Thursday, July 22, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in their parking lot at 2201 W. :ampasas, Ennis.

“Our welcoming attitude and excellence in our festival productions are such an incredible experience, and word is getting around.

Jay Bradley Vance, 41, Ennis. Burglary of habitation. Booked on 07/08/2021 by ECSO.  *The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

A local man’s love of trains has led to research about the part Ennis played in Texas railroad history, in particular the Interurban electric trains that connected the Bluebonnet City to Dallas and other stops between 1913 and the 1940s.

Ennis Regional Medical Center will host a Carter BloodCare Bus blood drive on Thursday, July 22, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in their parking lot at 2201 W. :ampasas, Ennis.

The Ennis News is proud to announce the winners of our June Coloring Contest sponsored by Sonic.