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Italy / Don Clingenpeel

Hurricane Laura is strengthening and is ready to strike the upper Texas coast and western Louisiana.

For Immediate Distribution | August 25, 2020
Governor Abbott Provides Update On Texas' Response To Hurricane Laura, Adds 36 Counties To State Disaster Declaration

Ennis / Jay Tullos

Ennis Police confirmed the death of a 19-year old male to a single gunshot at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, at Roger Maise Park, 900 E. Martin Luther King Dr.

Boldt Company, based in Oklahoma City, has been selected by CRB as the general trades partner on a project to build a new, 420,000-square-foot pet food manufacturing facility located in Ennis for Freshpet.

A classic misnomer, the Lazy D Farm in Bardwell, has actually produced a list of cattle awards better suited for a ranch named diligent or hard-working. Owners Eric and Meredith DeBorde recently added to their collection of bovine honors.

Ennis News Managing Editor Mark Warde has been invited by Tater Beard to appear on Monday night’s Aug. 24 Sports Roundtable on the radio at 6 p.m. with Travis Smith.

One of the most tragic events in Ennis history took place in the late spring of 1911 when a man facing a divorce suit shot and killed his neighbor and alleged rival in a downtown hardware store.

Father Henry David “H.D.” Brickley was a young priest when he came from Dallas in the 1890s to pastor the first Catholic congregation in Ennis, St.