December 2025

A Kaufman County jury has awarded $10.45 million to plaintiff Felissa Gamero, finding Cummings Electrical, L.P., and its employees negligent in connection with a shooting that occurred during a company-sponsored business event on April 29, 2023. The verdict is believed to be the second largest in Kaufman County history.

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‘Tis the season for porch pirates. Since this summer, more than 14 million Americans have experienced package theft, and that number is expected to increase dramatically throughout the holiday shopping season.

Leadership books and boardrooms spend an enormous amount of time talking about strategy: five-year plans, organizational charts, metrics, and benchmarks. Ask anyone who has truly led a family, a college, a business, or a team, and they’ll tell you the same truth: culture defeats strategy every single time.

Dana Skelton, a fixture in the City of Terrell for over four decades, passed away at the age of 76 on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Madison Keto of Terrell has been accepted into the Peace Corps. Keto will depart for Thailand on Jan.

The magic of the holiday season will fill Historic Downtown Terrell once again on Saturday, December 13th at 10:00 a.m., as the community gathers for the Annual Stanley Ballard Sr. Christmas Parade—a time-honored celebration that embodies the warmth, charm, and togetherness of a classic small-town Christmas. This year’s theme is Rockin’ Around Terrell.

Windsor Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Terrell recently hosted a chili cook-off for visitors to try their delicious recipes. .

The transplant highlights the strength of love, forgiveness As is often the case with ex-spouses, Amanda McCowen was not exactly enthusiastic when Joshua Maples, her former husband and father of her two children, married again. “Automatically upon meeting her, I had formed this thing in my mind — ‘I’m just not going to like her.’ These are my children and I’m not going to share them with anybody,” McCowen readily admitted.

Terrell City Councilwoman Mayrani Velasquez spoke on something personal to her and many others: domestic abuse. Velasquez took to the steps of the Kaufman County Justice Center on Friday, Nov.