April 2023

The Terrell City Council met April 25 at the Terrell ISD auditorium to vote on items related to the city’s conclusion of annexation efforts. After listening to public comments, the council approved on second reading, Ordinance No.

DAVID KAPITAN editor@terrelltribune.com The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered a welcome dose of good news to Kaufman County cities last week, reporting for the third consecutive month that 11 out of 13 local entities had seen sales tax revenue gains when comparing against totals from the same calendar month from the previous year. In keeping with local trends, the City of Terrell led the way by seeing a county-best increase of $172,192.91 in collections, from $1,201,109.23 in April 2022 up to $1,373,302.14 in April 2023.

Local voters are officially on the clock this week with early voting for the May 6 election cycle set to wrap May 2. Unlike the 2022 cycle, which saw plenty of interest with several state-level races and multiple returns have been relatively slow throughout the county with the seven open voting sites reporting just 863 total ballots cast over the first two days of early voting.

The Terrell track and field program hit the road April 20, traveling to Princeton High School to compete in this year’s District 13/14-5A Area Meet against competing athletes from Corsicana, Crandall, Dension, Ennis, Forney, Greenville, Lancaster, Lucas Lovejoy, McKinney North, Melissa, Princeton, Red Oak and Sherman.

The Terrell Tigers embarked on their final road game of the season this week, traveling to Corsicana April 24 to take on a team that has been steady since opening day. Four errors in the field by Terrell and a strong pitching performance from Corsicana would prove to be the difference in the contest as the home team scored an easy 10-0 win.

Carter BloodCare is urging area residents to make a positive difference by donating blood this month. All blood types are needed.

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from April 14 to April 25: Arrests: Demon Jackson, Terrell, 36, public intoxication Alexander Gutierrez, Terrell, 35, theft