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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering loan and other assistance to Texas businesses located in areas impacted by severe weather that began on April 26, 2024. Attached to this email are SBA information and fact sheets that can be shared with your local business community and chambers of commerce, and that can be posted on your website and social media pages. In addition, businesses impacted by the severe weather can contact the SBA at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or (800) 659-2955 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday for assistance and questions.

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TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Residents in a total of 35 Texas counties now qualify for individual disaster assistance following a series of severe storms and flooding that began in late April, The Dallas Morning News reported. “I thank our federal partners and emergency response personnel across our great state who are working tirelessly to protect and support their fellow Texans,” Gov.

I saw the first signs a few weeks ago while walking across the couple of acres that serve as our ‘front lawn.’ I do keep try my best to keep the varied species of grasses and weeds some might call a lawn under control, but it’s been a real challenge lately with all the wet weather. I noticed where the ground had been disturbed and instantly knew a sounder of hogs from the nearby woods had invaded our neighborhood.

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On June 4, 2024, the Kaufman County Street Crimes Task Force received information that an individual was possibly in possession and/or selling illegal dangerous drugs out of a residence in Forney. The Kaufman County Street Crimes Task Force took immediate action to prevent the dangerous drugs from falling into the hands of children and unsuspecting victims within our community.

June 15-16 and 19: The Association of Breezy Hill Park will be hosting their 8th Annual Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom in Breezy Hill Park at 351 New Hope St. in Terrell.

District Attorney Erleigh Norville Wiley announced today that a Kaufman County jury has sentenced 21-year-old Zacchaeus Ja’Juan Henderson to 60 years in the Texas penitentiary. After a week-long trial before Honorable Judge Shelton Gibbs in the 422nd District Court of Kaufman County, a jury found Henderson guilty of murder in the September 2021 shooting that took place outside of North Forney High School just hours before classes were to start.

editor@terrelltribune.com The doors of Rue 21 at The Shops at Terrell came to a close for the final time Thursday, May 30. In a lasting and generous gesture, Rue 21 donated all remaining clothes, valued at around $2,500 to the non-profit Kaufman County Community United (KCCU) that helps uniting multilingual communities for higher education and voting initiatives.