Meet our new editor
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Bodey Cooper is the new editor of The Terrell Tribune. He joins the paper after six years at our company’s twice-weekly publication, The Monitor in Cedar Creek Lake.
July 2023
Council approves water main project amendment
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The Terrell City Council approved an agreement with Mc- Manus & Johnson Consulting Engineers, LLC for a water main replacement at their reg-company will help provide survey and design work to replace an existing 10-inch water main on E. Moore from N. Blanche to Burch Street.
Disman pleads guilty to wire fraud charges
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A Terrell man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M.
Adoption Center to participate in major event
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The Kaufman County Pet Adoption Center has made a major impact on the local stray and discarded animal population since opening its doors in 2022, giving many of their intakes new forever homes while also enriching the lives of those who chose to adopt.
Terrell Volunteer FD receives AFG Grant
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BODEY COOPER editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell Volunteer Fire Department was awarded a 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Friday, July 21 from FEMA for a department-wide replacement of their self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBAs). The SCBAs are the units firefighters wear to breathe clean air when attending to a structure fire.
Lake Fork - more than just bass
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More than 40 years ago, I penned my first newspaper column and the topic was bass fishing at a brand new trophy largemouth bass reservoir. Lake Fork had just opened and guide Rex Bridges invited me to spend the morning fishing this red-hot new bass fishery with him. Rex phoned late the previous evening and informed me that he couldn’t make it but had set me up to fish with guide C.C. Oswald. C.C. and I became instant friends and I remember him telling me that Fork was strictly all about bass fishing, none of those pesky sandbass or catfi sh to worry with.
Tax-relief plan headed to governor
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TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Proponents are calling it the “biggest property tax cut in Texas history.” Both chambers of the Texas Legislature passed an $18 billion package during the second special session, the Austin American- Statesman reported. If signed as expected by Gov.
Fentanyl data dashboard unveiled by state
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Governor Greg Abbott has announced the launch of the Texas fentanyl data dashboard by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) as part of the statewide “One Pill Kills” campaign. This dashboard, available on Texas Health Data, reflects the expansion of data on fentanyl and other drug poisoning deaths published by DSHS online. Texans can now access information that includes fentanyl- related deaths from 2014 to 2023 and lets users view them over time, by demographics or by geography.