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1. Enjoy free crafts, storytime and more activities at the public library.

Families spend a lot of quality time together. While there are many ways to fill that time, sometimes the best activities are those that inspire a bit of nostalgia.

Education and health officials across the nation remain cautiously optimistic that schools will reopen this fall, albeit with the option of standard classroom teaching or online courses.

Like a fidler’s elbow, the ups and downs of making solid decisions on moving subjects has area district superintendents uncertain in the weeks leading up to the start of school.

School Superintendent Jay Tullos, administrators and the Board of Trustees are in strategic dialogues concerning the multifaceted impact of COVID-19 in plans for campus and online education as well as district athletics.

Presenting itself as accurately positive as a first impression, the City of Ennis has announced it has launched two new websites and another new Facebook presence.

Primary runoffs were held on Tuesday, July 14, with Brad Norman, the challenger, ousting incumbent Ellis County Sheriff Chuck Edge, 4,212 votes to 2,972, a 59 to 41 percent victory in the most watched race in the area.

All roads lead to history. At least that was the idea behind a book project that writer Laurie Wilson took on 11 years ago, together with fellow local historian Peggy Rankin.

Local photographer Henry (H. A.) Maresh made his mark with a popular W. Ennis Ave. studio that served this city for nearly 50 years, from 1916 to 1963.