January 2026

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell Pet Adoption Center is set to break ground after many approvals over the last year by the Terrell City Council. The new adoption center is set to break ground next door to the Terrell Police Headquarters, located at 1100 TX-34, on Tuesday, Jan.

1962-2025 Tim Stephens, 63 of Emory, passed away unexpectedly on December 2, 2025. He was born December 22, 1962, to Eddie and Bonnie Stephens in Terrell, Tx.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell Tigers varsity boys’ basketball team fell in district play to the Ennis Lions on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at home.

The Terrell Tigers varsity boys’ soccer team defeated the Wills Point Tigers, 7-1, on Jan. 5.

Terrell Head Football Coach Marvin Sedberry was named the 2025 Coach of the Year and was interviewed by Pat Doney of NBC DFW featured on Sunday, Jan. 4.

editor@terrelltribune.com The ‘Take Me Fishing’event comes to Ben Gill Park pond on Saturday, Jan. 10 in Terrell.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell Lady Tigers varsity basketball team took home their first district win of the season against the Ennis Lady Lions on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Looking back over the past years, I have seen many changes in the way we hunt and fish. My friends often joke with me saying things like, “Luke, all you do is hunt and fish and talk about it on your radio shows, the TV show you do and then write about the adventure in the newspapers and magazines. They are at least partially correct, I do spend a lot of time in the outdoors fishing and hunting, I always have but when I became an outdoors writer forty years ago, these outings changed from being all fun to fun with some work involved. I learned about photography and how to capture the images I needed to compliment my articles. I later bumbled my way through radio, luckily, I had some very experienced radio personalities such as Dan Foster to help me along the way. Dan was the news man for radio icon Bill Mack for many years. I used to drive 50 miles each way every week to a little recording studio where Dan flipped the switches and produced my show. Now, I can record excellent digital sound right at home, email the file to my producer and BINGO, it appears on a total of 41 radio stations the next weekend and becomes a podcast everywhere.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS A spate of new laws took effect on Jan. 1, The Dallas Morning News reported.