January 2023

NHRA Sportsman racer and Paris, Texas native Mark Sharrock has announced the formation of a new Top Fuel team to compete on a limited schedule in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. Sharrock Motorsports has acquired the Top Fuel dragster formerly owned and built by NHRA Funny Car driver and team owner Terry Haddock.

The Terrell Tigers had their hands full this week, playing host to a Forney team that has suffered just three setbacks during the 2022-’23 season. Forney would go on to live up to its pre-game billing against the Tigers, getting off to a fast start and never looking back in an eventual 73-45 win.

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With the close of whitetail muzzleloader season this past weekend, deer season is officially closed with the exception of some ranches managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife where deer can be hunted through February.

The cold weather and freezing temperatures at the end of the year damaged grasses, plants and trees across the state. The coldest December in Texas in 40 years left gardeners dealing with the ugly aftermath in their gardens and yards.

The most aggressive scholarship campaign in the history of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences began Jan. 13 with an announcement by Jeffrey W.

After meeting to review public input and approve final plan revisions in November, the Trinity Regional Flood Planning Group (Trinity RFPG) has now submitted the first-ever Regional Flood Plan for the Trinity River Basin to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB).

Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) filed Senate Bill 465 in response to the 5,300 percent jump in catalytic converter theft insurance claims in Texas since 2019. The spike is fueled by organized criminal rings who target catalytic converters for the precious metals inside them (palladium and rhodium) that are worth more per ounce than gold.

Texans would see their homestead exemption almost double under the first draft of the state budget filed in the Senate Jan. 18.

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from January 11 to January 17: Arrests: Ronald Wayne Shumaker, Terrell, 40, no liability insurance; speeding 87 mph in a 70 mph zone; failure to appear