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Lauri Ann Mendoza

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Lauri Ann Mendoza, 57, passed away on Feb. 18, 2022.

Ennis PD catch thieves red-handed

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Ennis Police arrested two adult males attempting to steal a bulldozer on Saturday evening, Jan. 29, at 1405 S. Interstate Highway 45 on the southbound service road.

Waxahachie QB accepts coaching gig in Kansas

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Venique Benton, who quarterbacked Waxahachie to a 13-0 start in 2009, has been named the new Special Teams Coordinator at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe (Kansas City), Kansas. The NAIA team went 7-4 last season as a member of the 13-team Heart of America Conference.

Benton spent the past two years as Defensive Backs Coach at NCAA Division II, Western New Mexico

University. Prior to that he was on the Southwestern Assemblies of God University coaching staff under HC Frank Tristan, the current WNM head coach.

Calvin Joe Collins

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Calvin Joe Collins, 78, passed away in Ennis, Texas on March 10, 2020.

Calvin was born on May 25, 1941 to Willie Joe and Mary Helen (Bryant) Collins in Mertens, Texas. Calvin grew up in several different cities around North Texas and graduated from Ennis High School in 1960. He went on to graduate from Navarro College with a degree in communication. On January 5, 1962 Calvin married the love of his life Peggy Conner and they made their home in Ennis.

Come on, people

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Perhaps now we all need to step back and take a deep breath.

COVID-19 or the 2019 novel coronavirus has held the media captive while dominating the news cycles of late. It seems that the media-fed frenzy of hysteria that has cleared stores of toilet paper, water and canned goods, and has cancelled sporting and musical events all over the nation has not reached its peak yet. Plunging stock markets, oil prices and other commodities are causing business-people to tremble in the wake of economic uncertainty.

Cows - the more they eat, the more they toot!

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Many folks up in arms about the human contribution to climate change have long held the opinion that a cow’s farting is a big, if not major, contributor to greenhouse gases. It’s been claimed the carbon footprint of a cow is as bad as an automobile, or at least a lawn mower. I suspect there are more cows than lawnmowers and the bovines eat all day, every day.