September 2021

Around Town

Sept. 25-26: St. Martin Community Carnival at 9470 CR 213 in Forney. Saturday’s events sale will take place from 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., and Sunday’s events will be from noon – 5 p.m. All are welcome.

TVC awards grant to local organization

On Sept. 7, the Texas Veterans Commission’s (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) presented over $7.6 million in grants to 27 organizations in North Texas for providing services to over 4,000 veterans.

Celebrating a milestone

Stella Lacour celebrated her 101st birthday with a with a group of friends from Colonial Lodge at the Olive Garden in Terrell Sept. 17. Service manager Brandon Cook stated, “She was so sweet and nice. Our Olive Garden team took a photo with her and sang “Happy Birthday” to her. COURTESY PHOTO
Celebrating a milestone

TPWD creates Chronic Wasting Disease Zone

Due to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s efforts to continue surveillance of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which was recently detected along the Hunt/Kaufman County line, a North Texas CWD Zone was created.

Lady Tigers fall to Sunnyvale, Ford

The Terrell Lady Tigers hit the court twice last week, looking to jumpstart their run through District 13-4A play with matches against the Sunnyvale Lady Raiders and Ford Lady Panthers.

Capital Highlights

Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal with redistricting, to decide how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic funding from the federal government and to determine to whether state or local governments can mandate COVID-19 vaccines, as well as some pet issues of...