Ellis County News

Members of the May community have come together to form the town's first volunteer fire department.

Alice Varnell is all to familiar with the diabetes. Besides her job where she cares for residents at Grace Living Center who have the disease, Varnell's husband, Tom, was recently diagnosed with the illness.

"Diabetes has a long-term affect. If you don't take care of yourself, someone will end up taking care of you." Rhonda DeVor, an OSU extension educator for Woodward County, explained that since diabetes affects vision, circulation and insulin levels, "people with diabetes have to take care of the whole body -- eyes, hands, feet and diet." To ...

Did you know that Fido can get the flu too? In fact, according to a variety of recent reports canine influenza, or dog flu, is spreading in the United States.

Imagine wrestling a pig in the mud. That's only one of the events that will be featured at the Major County Free Fair at 6 p.m. Aug.

Rich Talleya s Primary Natural Resources III LLC has secured its first deal, acquiring properties and associated equipment in Ellis County, Oklahoma, from Citrus Energy for an undisclosed price.

An OG&E substation that suffered a failed insulator left most of Ellis County without power for about two-and-a-half hours Thursday morning.