Former Atlanta Falcon and Sports Author Tim Green will be speaking to 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students in the George E. Scott Coliseum at Italy High School Thursday, May 30, about the importance of education, reading, and good character. (Continued…)

The Italy Athletic Department to hold several summer camps for Boys’ football, baseball, and basketball and for Girls’ volleyball, softball and basketball. (Continued…)

Italy Baseball head coach Josh Ward is proud to announce that Gladiator seniors Reid Jacinto and Cole Hopkins both made the district 14-A baseball’s 2013 Academic All-District list, proving the old adage that the pencil is mightier than the sword. (Continued…)

Italy Baseball boasts 9 players selected to this season’s All-District team with Caden Jacinto chosen as the Defensive Player of the Year and Marvin Cox named Newcomer of the Year. (Continued…)

The Italy Gladiators have their baseball playoff run come to an end with Trenton winning game two of the regional quarterfinal matchup on Saturday, 8-2. (Continued…)

The Italy Police Department is extending the deadline date for applications for the upcoming 2nd Citizens Police Academy Class. The new deadline is Friday, June 7th, 2013 by 5:00pm. (Continued…)

Deborah G. Johnson, age 61, of Jacksonville, Arkansas passed away May 16, 2013. She was born September 2, 1952 in Waxahachie to the late Moses and Ola Mae Cofer. (Continued…)

The High School’s annual induction and installation of new officers’ ceremony for the Italy Chapter of the National Honor society will be Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 7 p.m. in the Italy High School Auditorium. (Continued…)

Two new school board members — Sal Ramirez and Ida Overton — were sworn in Monday evening at the monthly meeting of the Italy School Board of Trustees. Larry Eubank, incumbent, was also sworn in as trustee. (Continued…)

There is an interest in getting an South Ellis County 4H club started. An informational meeting is planned for Thursday evening, May 23. The meeting will be in the Italy Boze Community Center Building at 161 W. Main Street, Italy and will begin at 6:00pm. All those interested in learning about the 4H organization are urged to attend. (Continued…)

Navarro College dual-credit counselor, Renae Tribble, addressed the current sophomores and juniors of Italy High School who have an interest in the dual-credit courses offered at IHS. The attached images are a slide show she presented during the assembly. (Continued…)

Italy ISD is releasing students early today, Tuesday, May 21, due to a severe weather forecast. The elementary students are being released at 1:15 p.m. The high school/junior high school campus will be releasing at 1:30. A severe storm is expected to pass thru Ellis County around 3:00 p.m. Italy ISD wants the community to feel free come to the dome to seek shelter if the need arises. There have been several activities cancelled this evening. Please read further for more information. (Continued…)

Residents of Italy, Texas are cordially invited to attend a public reception for Mayor Frank Jackson for 14 years of dedicated service to the City of Italy on May 30, 2013 at 5:30 pm, at the Italy Boze Community Center. You are invited to share in the serving of refreshments, and to extend your appreciation to Mayor Jackson as well as wish him well in the future. (Continued…)

With several sport achievements by student-athletes from Italy High School culminating around the same time, the school, in conjunction with the City of Italy, held a small but enthusiastic parade to honor the school’s sports heroes on their recent accomplishments. (Continued…)

There will be a mandatory band and band booster meeting Tuesday, May 28, at 6:15 p.m. in the band hall according to Mark Stiles, band booster president. This meeting is for band students who plan to participate in the band next year and their parents. (Continued…)

You can help send Kortnei Johnson to Florida to compete in the Nationals this summer. (Continued…)

Italy High School hosted the 30th Annual Academic Banquet Thursday night at the Italy High School dome-nasium. Superintendent, Barry Bassett, and IHS Principal, Lee Joffre, recognized high ranking students. “The lowest GPA here tonight is 3.4,” said Joffre. The administration presented trophies to Valedictorian Reid Jacinto and Salutatorian Meagan Hooker. (Continued…)

Jacklyn Mae Adams, age 75, of Italy, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab. She was born September 11, 1937 in Italy to Jack and Aline (Hudson) Paisley. Jacklyn had been the secretary at Central Baptist Church for many years. (Continued…)

The Italy ISD Board of Trustees will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, May 20, 2013. The meeting will be held in the Italy High School Cafeteria at 300 S. College Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 7:30pm. (Continued…)

Trenton wins game one of the regional quarterfinal last night to put Italy in a must win situation going into game two starting at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon in Forney. (Continued…)

The Lady Gladiators prove their might both on the playing field and inside the classroom. (Continued…)

Italy Baseball has been working hard this week in practice to prepare for their upcoming regional quarterfinal matchup against Trenton. Here is a sneak peek into Gladiator training where these young men have been honing their skills, sharpening their swings and striving to be better than yesterday. (Continued…)

Italy High School presented the second annual Talent Show on Tuesday evening in the open air. Parents, family and friends joined the students in the brand new Cargill-Gallman Pavilion downtown for fun, frolic and service to a neighboring community. Donations for the community of West were collected at both the Stafford Elementary campus and Italy High/Junior High School campus during the days prior to the talent show. (Continued…)

Italy Lady Gladiator head coach Wayne Rowe is proud of the number of Lady Gladiator softball players that made the 2013 All-Academic list for 1A Region II District 12. (Continued…)

This past Saturday was the first Coffee with Cops at McDonalds in Italy. There was coffee for all and donuts too! The Italy police department has come up with a great way to help the citizens of Italy have better communication with the police department. (Continued…)

Bosqueville ends the playoff hopes of the Italy Lady Gladiators during an action-packed three game series in Hillsboro. (Continued…)

On Saturday, May 18th, 2013, Italy school and city leaders have planned a downtown Italy parade to honor state record breaking track sprinter, Kortnei Johnson along with state qualifying runners, Halee Turner, Ryisha Copeland and Kendra Copeland. Parade time is 10:00am. Also included in the parade will be a send off for the Gladiator Baseball team as they head out to battle Trenton in game two of a best of three series for the regional quarter-final title. The entire community is welcome to come and hail these outstanding young athletes. (Continued…)

The Italy City Council held two public hearings to discuss rezoning and the issuance of a specific use permit Monday evening at its regular meeting. (Continued…)

If you are a IHS student, or parent of a student, that will graduate in 2014 or 2015 this information is for you. (Continued…)

Italy High School has supplied the following list for their students regarding SAT and ACT testing dates. All of the information is available on the internet. (Continued…)

Dean Carrell, director of public works for the City of Italy is really proud of the progress being made concerning our water. The State of Texas told us we needed better water production, more water storage and better treatments for our water and the public works team did not waste any time going to work on it. (Continued…)

The Gladiators will take on the Trenton Tigers this week to battle it out in a three game series for the regional quarterfinal title. (Continued…)

This week, we will remember fallen officers throughout the nation and we will remember their individual sacrifices on May 15th. Please also remember the ones that continue to put on that uniform everyday knowing that their “ultimate sacrifice” may be today. If you see an officer on the street, tell them Thank You for their service. (Continued…)

Mt. Zion AME Church is planning Revivals every third Thursday of the month. The date for the May Revival will be Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 7:00pm. (Continued…)

Spring is in the air! Everywhere you look you are starting to see flowers blooming, humming birds visiting bright blooms and your grass is turning green. Well, if you are a first grader at Stafford Elementary you will also know that “spring has sprung” because they have baby chicks hatching away. (Continued…)

The official results are in from the local election held Saturday, May 11, 2013. Results from Italy and Milford are included in this report. (Continued…)

It is that time again! Time to honor those students that excelled these past six weeks. And once again there were lots of awards given out for A honor roll, A-B honor roll, B honor roll, perfect attendance, excellent conduct and AR points. (Continued…)

Because of the reduction in the Federal Budget (Sequester) all funding for Fire Department Grants have been drastically reduced. The Ellis County Emergency Service District No. 3 is calling for an increase in the fire district tax on May 11, 2013. The fire district tax rate has not increased since August 11, 1984…Almost 29 years ago. (Continued…)

My name is Jackie Dwayne Cate, and I have been a volunteer firefighter for 25 years with the Italy Fire Department. I have been employed with the City of Ennis as a Firefighter/Paramedic for the last 15 years. I am the President of the Emergency Service District #3 (ESD 3), and have served on this board for 14 years. (Continued…)

The Italy Lady Gladiators blow into Hillsboro and threaten to run away with a game one win over Bosqueville but the game is stopped in the fifth-inning due to lightning and is rescheduled for Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (Continued…)

First time principal Jonathan Nash is ready and raring to get started as Stafford elementary’s new principal. He is excited and happy to be here and loves our school already in the two short weeks he has been here.

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The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, May 13, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. There will be two public hearings in conjunction with this meeting. (Continued…)

The Italy Police Department with sponsorship from McDonald’s in Italy is hosting it’s first Coffee with COPS on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at 9:00am. (Continued…)

Austin — The UIL State Track & Field Meet 2013 Championships are being held at Mike A. Meyers Stadium on the University of Texas campus in Austin from Friday, May 10, to Saturday, May 11. (Continued…)

68 years, a lifetime. 4 years was also a lifetime. 68 years ago today the nightmare for millions in Europe and America partially ended. Victory in Europe was the end of hostilities there, but it continued in the Pacific. (Continued…)

Murrie Wainscott and his wife Brenda invite the community to join them for a Waxahachie Old Fashioned Singing project featuring a brush-arbor musical production called, “Heaven’s Front Porch.” (Continued…)

Gladiator Athletic Booster Club president, Albert Garcia, Jr., has called a meeting for today, Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 6:00pm to be held in the Italy High School’s Library. All supporters of Italy High School and Junior High School athletics are welcome to attend. (Continued…)

The Italy Gladiators outscore Gorman 27-5 during a double-header in Weatherford to claim the Area Championship and avoid a game three on Saturday. (Continued…)

The Italy Ministerial Alliance has a new location for their Italy Food Pantry. They are now located at 405 W. Moseley, Suite #4, Italy. (Continued…)