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Family claims mistreatment during traffic stop; Ennis chief says it could’ve been handled differently Ennis Police Chief Dustin Munn addressed the situation, saying there were several ways to better handle the situation. Author: Malini Basu Updated: 7:36 PM CDT July 20, 2021 ENNIS, Texas — An Ennis police officer has been reassigned after the department acknowledged that a Saturday traffic stop and subsequent arrests could have been handled better. On Saturda...

Why do ‘Shark treatment’ (or shock treatment as it was once known) on those attending Army Basic Training? Why scream at new recruits getting off a bus? Why have them crawl through sawdust pits or do pushups in the snow in the middle of the night? The U.S. Army recently decided to end the practice “towards a kinder, gentler start.” But thats a wrong-headed approach. For starters, trainees are not soldiers; there are four tests each individual must pass in order to earn that title. Each ...

Manager’s Message

County employees will have the day off and are encouraged to use it as a “day on” in some form of community service.

Opera Saratoga Presents America Sings: A Juneteenth Celebration Juneteenth, which is celebrated on June 19th annually, commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed. The arrival of troops came two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox Court House two months earlier in Virginia, but slavery had re...

Juneteenth by the Numbers 2020 Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African-Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Here’s a look at Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day and Jubilee Day, by the numbers: 155 – Years since Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger (Union Army) first read the proclamation, General Orders, No. 3, in Galveston, Texas, notifying slaves of ...

Congress has yet to pass legislation recognizing Juneteenth as a Federal holiday, a long past-due gesture for a day so important to U.S. history.

Monday is Memorial Day. Here is a brief history of its origins. Q: Ive heard different cities listed as the birthplace of Memorial Day. Where was it first held? M.R. Frank E. Walker Sr. (left, center) survived World War I. His son, Frank Jr., was interred in this graveyard in the British Isles after his death in World War II. His body was returned to Mount Airy after the war. Lawrence Joel (right) won the Congressional Medal of Honor. J 05/29/00, A1, J. Sparks reporter. Nicolas Weir...

Monday is Memorial Day. What does that mean to you and your children? Two things we should teach our children are about our national history and patriotism. Patriotism isn’t flying a flag or going to a parade. Patriotism is knowing what the flag and the parade represent.

A trip to war-ravaged Richmond inspired a generals wife — and thus began Decoration Day. A century later the holiday became Memorial Day.