Ellis County

The all-abilities park, the first in the city, features wheelchair accessible equipment, a lighted path, and a playground with words in Spanish and Braille.

Counties across Texas have issued disaster declarations ahead of the April 8 total solar eclipse. But for Ellis County, which already gets high tourism in April, this isn't their first rodeo.

Ellis County is the latest in a list of Texas counties making similar declarations, citing increased border crossings, smuggling operations and drug trafficking. Critics say the language fuels anti-immigrant sentiments.

Thousands are without power Tuesday as communities begin cleaning up after a string of powerful storms — including four confirmed tornadoes — blew across North Texas Monday night.

A county judge is under investigation for defacing the sign that was preserved as evidence of the area’s segregationist past.

Curtis Polk Jr. is an Ellis County constable and its only Black elected official. He received his own private office after a recent rearrangement put him in the basement, where he had to walk past the word "Negroes" on the wall.

After an incident where a disabled man was hospitalized following his arrest, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department is expanding disability and mental health training for officers.

Lillian Ayro, a mother of three boys and three girls, elevated her voice so the crowd gathered in the Ellis County Courthouse square could hear her share…

State Rep. John Wray, a Waxahachie Republican, announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election to the Texas House in 2020."These elected jobs are not…

On Thursday, the last group of migrant kids staying at a Rockwall County campsite was transferred to other temporary shelters. Last week, a larger shelter…

South of Dallas, more than 170 buildings were damaged or destroyed by the EF-3 tornado that hit Ellis County. That includes Shields Elementary in the Red…

Another group of unaccompanied children from Central America arrived in North Texas over the weekend.The 179 kids -- mostly boys ages 12 to 17 -- are…