Maypearl News

Ben M. Stevenson, a resident of April Sound, Montgomery, Texas, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009, after a year-long battle with leukemia.

For Michele Terry, there is no escaping the nightmare. "I still wake up and say this seriously can't be real". Terry's 6-month old daughter died in a hot truck after being left there, accidentally, by her father.

Residents in southern Ellis County will soon have a 28-mile stretch of natural gas pipeline running beneath their feet.

SATURDAY, MAY 9 GENERAL ELECTIONS turnout was fairly low all across Ellis/Southern Dallas counties.

Someone in Texas has died from a scary-sounding flu. Have we closed the state yet? I mean, really.

Bart Crow is well aware of the history that precedes Cheatham Street Warehouse. He considers it very cool just to play on a stage where country music stars like George Strait and Randy Rogers started their careers.

The last of the Ellis County free dump days for this spring will be held on Saturday, May 9. This clean-up event is available to all Ellis County residents to dispose of trash, furniture, mattresses, yard debris, tires and car batteries.

Health care reform was the main attraction at a Maypearl town hall meeting where U.S. Republican Congressman Joe Barton met with citizens from not only Ellis County, but Waco as well.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com As a career pipeliner, Jacksonville resident Bobby Sanford has criss-crossed the globe for his job.

By Floyd Ingram Waxahachie Daily Light During a recession and tough economic times many people decide to further their education and that trend is true for Navarro College campuses in Midlothian and Waxahachie.

Crystal Booth, a senior at Hirschi High School, has been invited to participate in the 10th Texas Roundup All-Star basketball game on March 21 in Maypearl, Texas.

Judge Gene Knize ruled that Maypearl police must return property seized in a "no-knock" search warrant in November.

The Ellis County Sheriff's Office has released new details about the Dec. 16, 2008, shooting of a man officers were pursuing outside of Maypearl.

An accident at the intersection of Savannah Boulevard and U.S. Highway 380 took the life of a Maypearl, Texas woman on Christmas Day.

The Ellis County Commissioners' Court will hear a presentation of general information regarding the 2010 census at its regular meeting Monday.

An unidentified subject was declared dead at a local hospital Tuesday after being shot by an Ellis County Sheriff's Office deputy.

Commission gets negative feedback from residents The greater part of Monday's regularly scheduled meeting of the Ellis County Commissioners' Court was devoted to input from citizens regarding a proposed ...

A wide smile - the kind that makes everyone else want to smile. An easy laugh that fills the room.

Carl Meyers sees the pasture through the mesquite trees blotting his 213 acres. If all goes well, Mr.