March 2022

Water district earns 2022 WateReuse Awards

Body The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) has been a leader in water reuse for more than a decade to help meet the growing population in the region, and the utility provider was honored at the 37 Annual WateReuse Symposium with the prestigious 2022 WateReuse Award for...
Patricia Sinicropi (Executive Director WateReuse Association) Cody Graham (Professional Engineer NTMWD), B Narayanan (President and CEO Carollo Engineers), Galen Roberts (Assistant Deputy Water Resources NTMWD), Craig Lichty (President WateReuse Association), Shela Chowdhury (Assistant Planning Program Mgr NTMWD) were on hand for the presentation of the 2022 WateReuse Award for Excellence as a Community Water Champion Award. Photo by WateReuse Association

Around Town — Happenings in & around Terrell

Body March 18: The Knights of Columbus Fish Fry will run from 6-8 p.m. at St. Johns Parrish. The cost is $12 per adult, and $6 for children under 12. Fish fries will also be held every Friday in March as well as April 1 and April 8.

BLOTTER

Body Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from March 9 to March 15: Arrests: Chance Avery Alan Goldman, Wills Point, 21, no seatbelt – driver, expire vehicle registration Juan Vargas, Jr.

City sees 16.41 % bump in sales tax revenues

Body The Texas State Comptroller’s Office issued its third sales tax revenue collection report of the year March 9, indicating that most local cities had shown sizeable gains when comparing March 2022 totals against those posted during the same calendar month from the previous year.
City sees 16.41 % bump in sales tax revenues

Kaufman PD warns of increased fraud threat

Body The City of Kaufman Police Department wants to make our citizens aware that we are seeing an increase in Credit Card/Debit Card Fraud. The credit/debit card information is being used or attempted on cards that use the RFID (radio frequency identification) chips.

Home deemed total loss following fire

Body Local fire departments, including members of the Terrell Volunteer Fire Department, Terrell Fire Department, Elmo Fire Department and Able’s Springs Fire Department among others, spent nearly six hours battling a structure fire late on March 3 and into the early morning hours...
Units from across Kaufman County spent close to six hours on the scene of a structure fire along County Road 322A March 3. Officials noted that one firefighter sustained minor injuries during fire suppression operations that did not require transportation for further medical care. Photos courtesy of TVFD Facebook page

Solar projects discussed by court

Body The Kaufman County Commissioners Court held its regular weekly meeting March 8, tackling an agenda that included an update from representatives of Belltown Power regarding a pair of solar projects currently in the works south west of the Terrell area.