TUESDAY:  A 23-year-old Ellis woman was arrested Monday evening on suspicion of involvement in a hit and run incident Sunday which injured an Ellis pedestrian.

Ellis County attorney Tom Drees says bond has been set for Jessica L. Owston who allegedly struck an Ellis man with her vehicle and then drove away.

Owston appeared Tuesday in Ellis County District Court on a probable cause affidavit.  She is being held in the Ellis County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bond.  Drees has one week to file charges.

 

MONDAY:  An Ellis man was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run early Sunday morning while out walking.

Ellis Police Chief Taft Yates would not identify the victim who was treated and released from Hays Medical Center.

Yates says his department is searching for the driver of a grey or silver mini-van which allegedly hit the pedestrian about 6:15a.m. Sunday while driving northbound in the 600 block of Cottonwood Street.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Ellis Police Department at 785.726.4462.