Ferris News

Share + Jul 8, 2009 5:36 pm US/Central Reporting Steve Pickett FERRIS Animal advocates have set their sights on the town of Ferris in Ellis County.

They call it euthanasia, it is NOT euthanasia when it is applied to HEALTHY and ADOPTABLE animals.

This morning, in the reflection of Dallas's Fountain Place building, a small group of environmental activists gathered as previously announced to oppose the nomination of former Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission head John Hall as the new regional director of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Ron and Nancy Pittsenbarger of Red Bluff announce the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Pittsenbarger of Ferris, Texas, to Brian Schneider of Ferris, Texas.

Volunteers from around the state gathered Thursday at The Salvation Army building to help those who help others in the community.

It's that time of the year again when the Ferris wheel starts turning and funnel cake finds its way into the hands of eager children and adults alike.

Ferris is a small town about 20 miles south of downtown Dallas. Wayne Anthony is a coach and speech teacher at Ferris High School who formerly coached at high schools in McKinney and Crandall.

Notice is hereby given that a regular meeting of the Ellis County Commissioners' Court will be held on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at 6:00 P.M., in the Commissioners' Courtroom, 101 West Main Street , Waxahachie, Texas at which time the following will be discussed and considered, to-wit: County Judge: Judge Carol Bush Commissioners: Dennis Robinson , ...

On July 1, 2008 the Ferris Police Department was called to the corner of Weatherford Street and Oak Street in reference to a stone grave marker being found in a vacant lot.

Michael Owensby, 44 of Ferris, was fatally shot April 10 while riding his motorcycle on Highway 780 causing a one vehicle crash, according to the Ellis County Sheriff's Office.

Ellis County sheriff's investigators were searching for leads Monday in the death of a motorcyclist who at first appeared to have died in a weekend traffic accident but was later found to have been shot.

A 44-year-old man who died in an Ellis County motorcycle accident over the weekend was shot before the crash, authorities say.

Michael Owensby of Ferris was pronounced dead about 9 a.m. Saturday at the scene in the 2700 block of FM 780.

Members of the Teachers Communications Committee for the Denton school district named 31 educators as Jostens' Teachers of the Year.

Schepps Dairy is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to those responsible for murdering of a Ferris couple last month, police said.

On Wednesday the Texas Rangers sent forensic artist Suzanne Lowe to Ferris PD where she met with a witness and prepared a sketch of a person of interest in connection with a double murder that took place in Ferris over the weekend.

Police are investigating the deaths of two local residents found in their bedroom apparently stabbed to death early Monday morning.

A memorial fund has been established for Steven Taylor and Janine Johnson, the couple murdered in Ferris, Texas on Monday.

Mar 24, 2009 4:32 pm US/Central FERRIS Friends and family are trying to deal with what happened inside a Ferris house where a couple was found dead yesterday.

FERRIS, Texas a 'Two people were found stabbed to death Monday in a home in Ferris, a town of about 2,100 that straddles Dallas and Ellis Counties.