August 2023

Body Kaufman County Commissioners voted to issue a burn ban during the regular meeting Aug. 1.

Body BODEY COOPER editor@terrelltribune.com Nucor Buildings Group has partnered with Terrell High School to host a back to school drive at Terrell High School Aug. 5.

Body The Terrell City Council honored Reverend Richard Rollerson with a commemorative coin celebrating the Terrell anniversary at their regular meeting Aug. 1.

Body The Legacy of Mary “Louise” King lives on through their Louise’s Kids program which provides back to school supplies for K-12 children. Who is Mary “Louise” King you might ask?

Body A new law will go into effect in September that limits rights by the public to hunting on navigable rivers in Texas. This new law/regulation (SB 1236) was passed just last week and blindsided most Texas sportsmen and women.

Body J&J Snack Foods celebrated the opening of its first owned distribution center in Terrell with a ribbon cutting event July 18. The state-of-the-art, 117,000 square foot cold storage facility is strategically placed to optimize distribution across the midwestern United States.

Body Kaufman County is the latest in a long string of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma to come to a close after commissioners voted to take a settlement at the July 25 meeting. The case was initially filed in August 2018, two months after the State of Texas filed its own suit.

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Body August 12: The No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum will host area veterans for the Second Saturday Veterans Breakfast on Saturday from 9-10:30 a.m.

Body Ruby Ruth Davis Hare was born on February 28, 1940 to Ruth May Terry and Charles Leaman Davis in Kaufman, and passed away peacefully with her family by her side in hospice care July 31, 2023 in Richardson.