Almost everyone has exclaimed: “If I were mayor, governor, president, etc., I’d do …” Well Bill Huthmacher, board president of the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum, got that chance on April 27 when he became Mayor for a Day of the City of Terrell. He purchased this honor during the Terrell Chamber of Commerce’s Civic Auction last year.
Folks flocked by the hundreds to the Terrell Kiwanis Club’s annual Pancake Day festivities at the Rockwall and Brin Church of Christ fellowship hall Tuesday. Proceeds from Pancake Day will be used to help fulfill the Kiwanis Club’s mission of helping children locally and across the globe. Here, members of the Terrell High Key Club stand ready to load plates with flapjacks and sausage. From left are Juan Armandariz, Abigail Castellanos, Lonzell Dye III, Victoria Josphlin, Elizabeth Dye and Marty Risinger. (Hank Murphy) HANK MURPHY PHOTO
As of May 12, the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit will make available to consumers substantial discounts on broadband service and computers. This pandemic-related program will continue until the $3.2 billion in federal funding runs out or six months after the Department of Health and Human Services declares an end to the pandemic.
Kaufman County is trailing the state in the percentage of residents who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as the pace of vaccinations slows. As of Wednesday, May 12, 32.9% of the county’s eligible population was fully vaccinated, according to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
A bid to bring casinos to Texas appears have rolled snake eyes. Monday was the deadline for House committees to advance that chamber’s bills and joint resolutions, and the deadline passed without the State Affairs Committee voting out the Las Vegas Sands-backed House Joint Resolution 133, The Texas Tribune reported.
A bill to keep the teaching of critical race theory out of Texas public schools advanced this week in the Texas House. In a party-line vote of 81-52, the House passed House Bill 3979 by Rep.
Combining warm words with good-natured barbs, the Terrell City Council on Tuesday bid adieu to District 4 Councilman Charles Whitaker, who is leaving the body after reaching his limit of three consecutive terms.