May 2021

Arrests: Alex Carrillo, 28, Terrell, no driver’s license, expired vehicle registration, possession of drug paraphernalia. Leigh Clare Donahue, 46, possession of a controlled substance (PG 1) less than a gram.

Terrell High School career and technical education (CTE) students received a boost to their education in automotive technology last week with delivery of a 2016 Ford Focus courtesy of Platinum Ford.

Texas voters are feeling safer about being out in public, and better about getting COVID-19 vaccines, but a majority of the state’s voters still consider the coronavirus a “significant crisis,” according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

The forecast for US economic recovery is improving. In March, 916,000 net new jobs were added across the nation, led by leisure and hospitality, education, and construction. The unemployment rate fell to 6.0%, and the number of unemployed dropped to 9.7 million.

Abel Mojica was named Volunteer of the Year for 2020 with Lone Star CASA, which serves Rockwall and Kaufman counties. He became a CASA volunteer in 2012 and advocated for 13 children throughout his nine years of service, helping them achieve permanency and improving their lives.

Trinity Valley Community College Ag Club members claimed numerous awards in leadership contests at this year’s Texas Junior College Agriculture Association Convention held at West Texas A&M University in Canyon.

Lone Star CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children), an organization dedicated to serving abused and neglected children in Rockwall and Kaufman Counties, recently held a Bunco fundraising event at Chandlers Landing Yacht Club, sponsored by Republic Services.