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Mark Warde

mark@ennisdailynews.com

An election season featuring a full gamut of races, from the Ennis ISD, to the City Commission, to a spirited Mayoral campaign, builds to a crescendo this weekend. Election Day results, set for Saturday, May 4, will not be announced until the evening, after this edition is printed.

Ennis Steel Industries, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for issuance of Proposed Air Quality Permit Number 173692, which would authorize construction of a Structural Steel Fabrication And Surface Coating Facility located at 206 Metro Park Boulevard, Ennis, Ellis County, Texas 75119. Additional information concerning this application is contained in the public notice section of this newspaper.

When your garden has crawdads moving in, chances are pretty good you live in the bayou or rainfall in Ennis has surpassed previous high-water marks.

Cost avoids bond or tax increase

Help for victims who suffered extensive property damage from recent flooding and severe weather was the subject when Ellis County Judge Todd Little declared a local state of disaster on May 1.