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Arrested by Texas DPS Troopers outside of Ennis City Hall on January 13, Eric Contreras, a city employee, was temporarily jailed at Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Waxahachie on one charge of theft. An investigation initiated by the city led to his arrest.

President Donald Trump’s first bill, the Laken Riley Act, was signed on Wednesday, Jan. 29. It aims to expand the federal government’s mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally, marking the first legislation in Trump›s second term.

As promised, newly-elected President Donald Trump took action on three high-level assassinations by signing executive orders to declassify all files connected to the murders of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.

On January 14, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) announced their plan to exercise the termination clause in its contract with Ellis County. They will no longer render sheltering services to the county beginning on April 15, 2025.