News

City of Ennis Parks and Recreation held their season-ending volleyball playoffs for seven girls teams, and while the winners were predictable, the matches were filled with drama.

City Hall will be buzzing this Wednesday evening, 4-6 p.m., June 8, 2022, as the city will be hosting a 150th birthday celebration and Open House of its newly renovated location on N. Sherman St.

Whenever local history is discussed, a common topic is the razing of Ennis’ most prestigious old home, the Cerf Mansion, in 1969, a time when commercial progress was in the forefront and preservation rarely considered. Lately, false information has made the rounds and it’s essential that some facts are revisited and myths are dispelled. This article originally ran in the Ennis News in 2015 and it has since been updated.

During the May 17 meeting of the Ennis City Commission approved a zoning change from single residential to multi-family apartments at one of two projects located east of I-45 at N. Sonoma Trail and E. Ennis Ave.

In the headline, statewide race on Tuesday, May 24, Ken Paxton rolled past challenger George P. Bush to earn the Republican nomination for attorney general.

Advancing a tassel from one side of the mortarboard to the other was symbolic of moving from adolescence to adulthood while simultaneously triggering a backdrop of pyrotechnics. EHS Principal Joseph Melms carefully enunciated the names of 376 graduates, including Valedictorian Victoria Berry and Salutatorian Mason Gilb.

The First Presbyterian Church of Ennis, 210 N. McKinney, is hosting a dedication concert for its new Allen pipe organ on June 12th at 4 p.m.

Area residents as well as military veterans are invited to attend two Memorial Day ceremonies in Ennis on Monday, May 30. The first is slated for Ennis Veterans Park at 11 a.m., the second is part of a new, national initiative, called Taps Across America, at 3 p.m., at Pierce Park, 200 NW Main St., in downtown Ennis.

This weekend the coveted Ennis Polka Festival takes place and events from a parade to street dancing to food and fun , both downtown and at the various Czech halls, mark this 55-year-old celebration.

Two areas in Ennis will benefit from an approved decision on May 17 to install lift stations. Simply put, a lift station pushes wastewater uphill until it can catch a downward slope where gravity flow will once again be applied towards the treatment plant.