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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 Saturday, at about 9 p.m., Ennis police said one of its officers initiated a traffic stop for speeding. ...

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 that's 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 trainee must qualify (achieve a minimum score) with a rifle. The M-16 rifle was in use when I enlis...

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 remained relatively unaffected in Texas—until U.S. General Gordon Granger stood on Texas soil and re...