July 2021

Body As temperatures rise this summer, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is urging the public to take extra safety precautions to avoid some common heat-related dangers, especially for vulnerable populations like children and the elderly.

Body More than 15-million pints of blood are transfused in this country each year. That exceeds 40-thousand pints daily.

Body July 10: Impromptu fly-in featuring President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1955 Aero Commander L-26B airplane.

Body Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.16 billion in June, 18.1 percent more than in June 2020.

Body The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released spring 2021 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results.

Body In response to the growing complexity of local sales and use tax collection and reporting, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today that his agency updated its Sales Tax Rate Locator services to help sellers determine their tax responsibility at the time of sale.

Body Arrests: Gabriel Rodriguez, 42, Mesquite, driving while license suspended/invalid Nikedrick Deon Daniels, 27, Terrell, violation of bond/protective order, possession of a controlled substance (PG 2) more than one gram and less than four grams Thomas Hayes Pickens, 28, Terrell,...

Body My dad was born in 1921, in Panola County, Texas. He was the youngest of nine children, born into a sharecropper family. He grew up chopping, hoeing, and picking cotton.

Body Sunny skies, limited cloud cover and light breezes served as the perfect backdrop last week as Terrell Chamber of Commerce/CVB rolled out the red carpet to host its annual Free and the Brave Blowout event July 4.