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By Bodey Cooper editor@terrelltribune.com Nucor Buildings Group is hosting their Second Annual Back to School giveaway Saturday, Aug. 10 in Terrell.

A 16-year-old juvenile led Terrell Police on a chase Tuesday, July 23. At approximately 8:40 p.m.

editor@terrelltribune.com Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant II Daniel Van Huss was killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday, July 20 KCSO announced. The accident occurred Saturday, July 20 and Van Huss died from injuries sustained in the accident Sunday, July 21 at approximately 1 a.m.

The Lyric Art and Café in Historic Downtown Terrell hosted their Steampunk Soiree Saturday, July 20. The event featured teapot racing, tea dueling, parasol dueling and so many more fun activities.

The phrase ‘cooking out’ often equates to applying heat to steaks or burgers anywhere other than in the kitchen, often outside on the patio using a gas or charcoal grill. My first memories of outdoor cooking goes back a long, long way to the late 50s when as a young boy, I watched my dad grill chicken halves first over a pit he dug in the ground on an expanded metal grill over a hot hickory fire, but later on a homemade smoker.

Mayor Rick Carmona takes part in the annual Burnett Reunion July 21 to celebrate William H. Burnett, for which the Terrell elementary school is named after. Burnett was the principal for the Old Colored School in Terrell in 1900. Burnett’s high educational standards and encouragement played an important role in the development of his students and exerted a positive influence on young African Americans well beyond the city limits of Terrell.

editor@terrelltribune.com The FEMA disaster recovery center that opened in Kaufman County following the storms of late May closed permanently Tuesday, July 16. The center in Kaufman opened June 21 to provide one-on-one help to Texans affected by the severe storms, tornadoes, flooding and straight-line winds April 26 through June 5.

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editor@terrelltribune.com As back to school fast approaches in Terrell with the first day being Monday, Aug. 12, tax-free weekend for school supplies begins Friday, Aug.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Terrell City Council heard the good news report for June and July while discussing upcoming events in town for the next few months during their regular meeting July 16. Council members first discussed the recent Terrell Freedom Fest at Terrell Airport.