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Shopping locally has its benefits – for the owners it is huge, enabling them to keep their doors open in the endless fight for survival against chain stores, and taxes on the purchases remain in Ennis. Those funds subsidize city services.

Bluebonnet Trails & Festival slated for April

Assuming there was a winner in the March 14 runoff between Chad Wester and David Espedal, the victor earned the unexpired term of Mayor Pro Tem in Ennis. The not-so-good news is the term lasts until the end of April 2026, or seven weeks. A new three-year term will be up for grabs on Saturday, May 2, as part of the General Election.

Editor’s Note: This article is the fourth in a series of Lenten season articles submitted by Deacon Don Griffith that will publish through Easter Sunday.

A sizeable crowd of Ellis County Democrats, 18,806, including 12,477 voting early, turned out at the regularly Republican dominated poll to vote in favor of Jasmine Crockett in the United States Senatorial race. More than 70 percent (13,085) chose the former State Representative over James Talarico (5,449 votes), though the latter won statewide, 52.5% to 46.2.

Following a unanimous 7-0 vote by the Waxahachie ISD school board, on February 9, the district elevated Lawrence Williams from Defensive Coordinator to the head coach of the Indians football team. He served as DC during the last four years under previous HC Shane Tolleson, who resigned to accept an offer from perennial power Denton Ryan.

Early blooms of the Texas state flower are already appearing in Ennis and the Bristol area. Members of the Garden Club (GC) recently returned from strategic vantage points with gratifying reports.

Six weeks after the city held a Special Election to name a new Mayor-Pro-Tem and Mayor, Ennis is back at the polls for a runoff. Next Saturday, March 14, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., registered voters who live in the city limits, have only one race, between David Espedal and Chad Wester. Both are Ennis natives and are seeking the unexpired term of Mayor-Pro-Tem.

Event urges dialogues to build racial bridges