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Rabies Alert: Skunk Tests Positive for Rabies, 400 Block of E. Crockett Street

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The City of Ennis Department of Health Services is issuing a rabies alert to the City of Ennis residents after receiving confirmation from the Texas Department of State Health Services

Home invasion robbery ends in shooting

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Two armed assailants robbed and shot an unnamed female last week, three blocks from the Ennis Police Station. The robbers entered a home on the 300 block of West Milam

Turkey Trot fundraiser described as very successful

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Ennis Regional Medical Center held a supporting event for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life last weekend at All-Star Bowl, 2303 W. Ennis Ave., ERMC’s effort, known as M*A*S*H,

Gardening in winter

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We’re not into winter yet although it has surely felt like it lately. HGTV.com keeps me inspired about gardening, even when I’m too lazy to do anything in it. Last

In praise of the Indian Paintbrush

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It may be too cold for spring flowers but we can appreciate and remember them for the rest of the year. The Texas bluebonnet may be the star of spring

Christmas comes to Ennis

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Celebrating Christmas this year merges with applause for the progress in downtown Ennis’ renovation. An extensive program of events has been organized by the City of Ennis in conjunction with

Porch piracy prompts plan by purchasers

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Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, millions of shoppers will have millions of packages delivered from online merchants to be placed near their front door. Easy and convenient, but for who? As

Local marines to host official Toys for Tots event

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The Ellis County Marine Corps League Detachment 1452 will be hosting a drive-thru and drop-off Toys for Tots toy drive at the Ennis Veterans Memorial Park (2301 Ennis Pkwy, Ennis,

Remembering Ennis men lost at Iwo Jima

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Colorful excerpts of Ennis and Ellis County history

This Memorial Day marks 12 years since the savage conflict of Iwo Jima was memorialized in the Clint Eastwood film Flags of Our Fathers. But it was a lot more than a movie to the Ennis families who lost loved ones in the legendary battle.

Seven Ennis men fought at Iwo Jima; four of them gave their lives on the infamous volcanic island in the Western Pacific that had become a fortress for the Japanese in the final days of the war. Only three came home.

Jack Lummus: Who was he?

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Who was Lt. Jack Lummus, the man whose name has been embraced by the city of Ennis for his bravery? The following biography of Lummus was written as a monologue for a tour of Myrtle Cemetery in 2016 in which the lives of famous citizens were profiled as visitors stopped at their gravesites. Monologues, which included a number of other well-known Ennis residents, were read by local actors under the direction of the the Ennis Public Theatre and the Ennis Historical Society.