North Texans opened their wallets and their hearts last week to help local nonprofits across the region, including in Ellis County. The Communities Foundation of Texas’ 14th Annual North Texas Giving Day, presented by Amazon, wrapped up Thursday with an unofficial total of $62 million received in donations.
I guess it’s my occupation but I’ve been thinking a lot about the holidays. There is both joy and pain in the upcoming season. Thanksgiving no doubt is relevant to our spiritual lives (1st Thessalonians 5:18) and Christmas is the obvious (Isaiah 6:9). The pain for us is family. Who can travel, who can’t, who wants to and who doesn’t blah, blah, blah. I’m sure you feel the pain.
One of the oldest and mostbeneficialnonprofits in all of Ellis County is Texas Baptist Home for Children, better known as “TBHC Foster Care & Adoption.” Since 1910, this organization has been serving the children of Texas and helping counties in North Texas and the Permian Basin. Their main focus is to serve children and families through foster care (by recruiting, training, and resources and support for families); assist with adoptions (private infant adoption as well as kinship and matched adoptions); and provide teen pregnancy care services.
The Midlothian Fire Department responded to the following incidents: Sept. 12 1402 S 3rd St, Midlothian, TX 76065, EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 4000 FM 1387, Midlothian, TX 76065, EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 4000 FM 1387, Midlothian, TX 76065, EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 2200 FM 663, Midlothian, TX 76065 , lock-out 300 Ward Rd, Midlothian, TX 76065, EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 8021 West Highland Rd, Ovilla, TX 75154, dispatched and cancelled en route 610 S 14th St 2031, Midlothian, TX 76065, EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 804 E Highland Rd, Red Oak, TX 75154, EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury Sept.
Most parents think they are using their car seat correctly, but unfortunately, most car seats are used incorrectly. For a car seat to best protect your child, it must be the one that fits your child, your vehicle, and one that you will use correctly every time you travel.
The Ellis County AgriLife Extension Office will present “Health Literacy for Older Texans” at 9 a.m. Mondays beginning on Oct.
The Texas Access to Justice Foundation, the state’s largest funding source for civil legal aid, announced it received an additional $20 million in funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to continue the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
The Texas Department of State Health Services is providing emergency medical service (EMS) scholarships to help interested Texans complete education and training to begin careers in the EMS field. The Texas Legislature provided $21 million to fund the scholarships for students using approved EMS education programs and licensed EMS providers, with special attention given to rural and other underserved areas of Texas.
John H. Reagan had risen through the ranks of Texas frontier politics, serving as a local judge and legislator and ultimately a member of Congress.
The Midlothian ISD board of trustees faced a dilemma at last Monday night’s regular meeting — weighing the need to make room for future added debt versus the desire to give a break to taxpayers stressed by high prices.