June 2022

Body The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released spring 2022 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results for end-of-course (EOC) assessments June 16. The results include assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology, and U.S History.

Body I have had a lifelong love of catching catfish and… eating them! I guess my passion for catfish comes naturally, as a boy growing up on a poultry farm in Red River County; catching catfish was a way of life.

Body Economic Development Corporation President Ray Dunlap served as the guest speaker at the June 14 Terrell Kiwanis Club meeting. Dunlap provided a brief history of the EDC while also providing a look ahead at new and exciting projects slated to come to the Terrell community.

Body Construction is underway on a brand new, rental community in Terrell, Texas, which will consist of almost 300, three-and four-bedroom, single-family homes.

Body In early 2020, Joanne Zipay, founder of New York’s award-winning Judith Shakespeare Company, was preparing to direct a play in Fort Worth later that year. Into the Breeches!

Body A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service webinar from 6-7 p.m. June 21 will cover how to identify and successfully manage various forms of algae found in ponds.

Body Winnie Moody of Terrell passed away peacefully on June 13, 2022. She was born August 15, 1932 in Wills Point and was raised in the Bright Star community, just north of Wills Point.

Body Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 9.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.65/g June 13, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 54.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.89/g higher than a year ago.