The Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie is one of the most ornate 19th-century public buildings in Texas. Among its most unusual features are the faces carved into the stone trim above the ...

Ellis County Judge Todd Little talks about the Ellis County office relocation and the segregation-era 'Negroes' sign on November 17, 2020, at the Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie, Texas.

With this year’s session drawing rapidly to a close, the Ellis County Republican Party has sounded the alarm over the removal ...

In addition to the wonderful shopping and dining, downtown Waxahachie is home of the legendary Ellis County Courthouse, the most photographed courthouse in the state of Texas, plus historic ...

A symbol of Texas' racist past has become a source of controversy at the Ellis County courthouse in Waxahachie. The sign that says "negroes" was found after a courthouse renovation and is believed ...

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — Like a lot of old Texas courthouses, the history surrounding the old Ellis County courthouse is a segregated history. The word “negroes” remains painted on a wall in the ...

WAXAHACHIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM ... Taylor Sheridan's new show, "1883: Bass Reeves," will film inside the Ellis County Courthouse on Feb. 13 and 14. The city plans to close parking around ...

Ellis County Constable Precinct 3 Curtis Polk Jr. poses for a photo at the Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie, Texas. His office was recently moved to a basement, where a segregation-era sign ...

The 120 dutiful souls who'd answered their jury summons on January 9 had been sitting in the historic Waxahachie courthouse listening to lawyers drone on for hours. Then suddenly things got weird.

The sign in a courthouse in Waxahachie, a city about 30 miles south of Dallas, drew attention in November when Constable Curtis Polk Jr. spoke out over being moved to a shared office space near ...