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A wide band across the Metroplex, from Fort Worth to Dallas, will experience a rarity on Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse beginning just after 12 noon. Much of the state will have a chance to view a partial eclipse, though weather could limit visibility. Meteorologists have confirmed the D-FW area will have the biggest metropolitan area for seeing the path of totality. Even with overcast conditions as a possibility, when the moon passes in front of the sun, a total solar eclipse, which begins around 1:40 p.m. and extends for approximately 4:23 of complete darkness.

Cornell’s Amit Vishwas, astrophysicist, on stage at 3:30 p.m.

Marching over the threshold like Louis Armstrong’s version of When the Saints Go Marching, the Ennis High School Band collected 85 First Division medals at the solo and ensemble contest in Red Oak, with 25 advancing to state.

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Two men were involved in a disagreement around 2 a.m. on Saturday morning that ended with one shot dead and the alleged perpetrator on the run. The unnamed victim, a 55year old from Rice, Texas, was unresponsive when police arrived outside a townhouse residence at 1212 Grace Circle, near S. Hall and Lake Bardwell Dr.

Downtown Ennis is the place to be next weekend. Saturday, Sunday and Monday, April 6-8, is expected to draw scores of people and energy to go along with the anticipation of the total eclipse. Music fans are sure to enjoy three bands, including LeFreak at 3 p.m. after the moon blocks out the sun The greatest disco band in the world, LeFreak, are very popular in Ennis. As the eclipse exits to the northeast at 3:02 p.m., the band stage at McKinney and Sherman will yield to the flashback of fun and funk by Minnesota’s Mick James, Bo Bandit, Marvin Jackson-Osmond and Curly Brown.