May 2021

Body June 11: The Talent Box will host “A Rock ‘N’ Roll Night with the Blandelles” on Friday, June 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Community Room, 307 N. Fourth Street in Wills Point. Call 214-356-0505 for tickets or for more information.

Body May 29: The Steel Woods will perform at the Silver Saloon in Terrell. May 31: Kaufman County will honor service men and women on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 11 a.m.

Body State Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) will conduct a town hall in Kaufman County on Monday, June 7 from 6-8 p.m.

Body The Oakland Alliance will be placing American flags on the graves of veterans at Oakland Memorial Cemetery in Terrell on Saturday in commemoration of Memorial Day. The Alliance is comprised of Patty Yocum, Gay Fowler and Jean and Dale Thompson.

Body Malori Wooten has been named principal at J.W. Long Elementary School for the 2021-2022 school year, the Terrell ISD announced.

Body Kaufman County will honor service men and women on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 11 a.m. at the Kaufman County Veterans’ Memorial Park, 3800 S.

Body Rovilla Beaty, 93 years young, passed away to be with her Lord and Savior on May 22, 2021. Rovilla was born March 31, 1928 in Mt. Carmel, Ill. and she was a resident of Terrell for 42 years where her smile was well known and well loved.

Body Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents between May 19 and May 25: Arrests: Caitlyn Ashley Sewell, 25, Wills Point, class B theft. Darquawn Dremond Varner, 27, Fort Worth, assault by contact/family violence.

Body The Texas Legislature this week passed a bill that would outlaw abortions in the state if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationally.

Body GOP-backed legislation that would have banned taxpayer-funded lobbying in Texas failed to make it out of the state House this week, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking Gov.