An Ellis County detention officer was killed Monday in an attack by an inmate the sheriff describes as a "heinous, horrific, purposeful murder." In a press release, officials with the sheriff's ...

“It was a heinous, horrific, purposeful murder,” Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman said in a Tuesday news conference to describe the act of a jail inmate Monday afternoon that claimed the life ...

Ellis County Sheriff's Office denies online claims of withholding benefits from a fallen officer's family on Facebook.