News

Dependable and passionate, the staff and service who provide to the needy of Ennis at Helping Hands are a mainstay in the community.

With their big, fluffy blossoms, peonies enchant us. They usually like cool weather but, if properly looked after, they do adapt to warmer climates, even to the hot temperatures we face here in Texas.

Recently a guest on “Central Texas Gardener,” the KERA-TV show, spoke of the many references to gardening in the Bible. I enjoyed learning about the various flowers, plants and herbs that we still enjoy today that have a Biblical history.

COMMUNITY

Mark Twain added to that line, “...and a sleepy conscience, these make for the ideal life.” Friends of the Ennis Public Library held a successful book sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Jewelry designer Theresa Giron, who has been making special appearances at the The Shop at the Raphael House, 500 W.

CRIME

A routine traffic stop resulted in Christopher Horton, of Ennis, being arrested with over 600 grams of cocaine in his vehicle on Monday.

Art Briles, the reported scapegoat at Baylor over a sex scandal involving a handful of players, received good news recently when the transfer of two football players from Colorado to Mount Vernon, Texas, where Briles has returned to coaching.

Baylor (3-0) defeated Rice (0-4) in Houston, 21-13, on Saturday in a defensive game that saw former Ennis all-stater James Lockhart register a season-best four tackles (3 solo), with two TFL’s, including his first sack of the year and a fumble rec

Alyssa Noel was the top finisher for St. Edward’s University at the debut cross country race this month when she placed ninth overall at the Ken Garland Invitational in Denton.