June 2026

DAR meets to present awards

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The Daughters of the American Revolution meet on the third Saturday of each month at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Terrell. They recently met on Saturday, June 20 where awards were presented to the club and its members for various projects and recognitions.
Photo by Mary Dlabaj

BLUES OR CHANNEL CATFISH-TAKE YOUR PICK

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It’s summertime and fishing is easy. Maybe I should write the ‘catching’ is easy, for both blue and channel catfish. I just got off the water at Lake Tawakoni with guide Tony Pennebaker and Jeff Rice who produces and is the primary force that drives our weekly TV show “A Sportsman’s Life”. Our primary goal was to catch a box of ‘eater’ blue catfish and then switch to some fast-paced action on the smaller but scrappy channel cats. We accomplished both on one of those cloudy mornings last week.
Jeff Rice and Tawakoni catfish guide Tony Pennebaker show off one of many good eating blue catfish landed last week. Photo by Luke Clayton

Elmo FD works multi-vehicle accident

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editor@terrelltribune.com Elmo Fire Department was dispatched to a major multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 20 in Terrell on Saturday, June 20. After being dispatched to a minor accident around 10:50 a.m.
Elmo Fire Department, along with multiple other agencies, worked a 13-vehicle accident on Interstate 20 on Saturday, June 20. Photo courtesy of Elmo Fire Department

Around Town

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June 29: Al-anon meetings for family and friends of alcoholics will be held each Monday at 12 p.m. at 501 W.

Terrell gives update on good news report

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editor@terrelltribune.com City of Terrell’s Public Information Officer Alison Walker gave a good news report update at the regular city council meeting on Tuesday, June 16. Walker walked through all the positive things for the City of Terrell and its residents dating back to April of this year.

County approves drainage fix along 175

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russell@themonitor.net Kaufman County Commissioners’ Court voted June 16 to hire MB Concrete to do work at 15913 U.S. Highway 175 near Cedar Creek Country Club, which is at the highway’s intersection with County Road 4020 and is in Precinct 4 between Kemp and Mabank.

Terrell native wins JAMBALOO music prize

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Terrell High School graduate Matthew McNeal has captured one of the biggest honors of his musical career, winning the inaugural JAMBALOO Music Prize and a $20,000 cash award. The regional prize recognizes the top full-length album released in the previous calendar year by a Dallas-Fort Worth-based artist or band.
Local Terrell artist Matthew McNeal won the Inaugural JAMBALOO Music prize on Saturday, June 6, along with a $20,000 cash reward. McNeal will be back in his hometown to perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 at the Lyric Performance Center in Terrell. Photo courtesy of Andrew Sherman