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Traeveon Dashun Kirven, 23, Ennis. Possession CS PG 1 LT1G. Booked on 04/14/2021 by ECSO. *The individuals listed above are persons booked in Ellis County by local authorities. An arrest is not an indication of guilt.

The first Bluebonnet Trails event was hosted by the Ennis Garden Club in 1952.

A column in the Grand Prairie Daily News in 1955 by that city’s Garden Club president Charmian Akins, refers to the bluebonnets in Ennis.

In honor of tax month, we’re tackling a big topic at our next webinar - money. Secrets to try to set yourself up for the retirement you want? Best ways to save for senior living? Medicare coverage? Estate planning?

The class of 1981 will meet on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at 7 p.m., at SPJST, 1901 E. Ennis Ave.

Ennis Care Center will be hosting a Pfizer Covid Vaccine Clinic on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The second dose will be on Monday, May 24, beginning at 10 a.m. A consent form is required before both clinics.

The 2020 cancellation of the Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival for only the second time in its 59-year history didn’t stop the memories of this city-defining event and this year hopes that it will resume have come true.

An elderly Ennis resident, R. L. Sparkman, was interviewed in 1955 about the changing times, and among the things he recalled was that “when he went away to college, students had to bring along their own featherbeds.”

A new lake was proposed by Ennis Mayor J. P. Clark and City Commissioners J. N. Goodwin and Howard Thomas in 1938 and a citizens meeting was called at City Hall.

In 1951 an Ennis family was trying to locate a family member who had disappeared.