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editor@terrelltribune.com Terrell State Hospital Volunteer Services Council’s fourth annual Patient Art Show and Silent Auction will take place June 9 from 6-8:30 p.m. at The Shops at Terrell (301 Tanger Dr.).

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The Terrell City Council shined its spotlight on one of the community’s most visible and active public servants on Tuesday night, presenting former councilman, mayor and Kaufman County Judge Hal Richards with a key to the city.

editor@terrelltribune.com The countdown towards the end of another election cycle is officially on with the runoff election to determine who will represent Terrell’s District 5 set to wrap June 10. The 2023 local election cycle began back in January with filing opening for three potential positions on the Terrell ISD Board of Trustees and two potential positions on the Terrell City Council.

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston with the news that the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free. This announcement came two years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.

Kaufman County residents will have an opportunity to jumpstart their summer cleanup efforts June 10 with a special county- wide cleanup collection event set to take place at the Road and Bridge Maintenance Facility located at 2051 Precinct Circle in Forney from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

editor@terrelltribune.com The Kaufman County Commissioners Court made its way through a relatively light agenda May 30, tackling a series of bookkeeping items while also declaring June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month.

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from May 24 to May 30: Arrests: Natalie Renee Reyes, Terrell, 22, assault by contact family violence Duane Clifford Stewart, Terrell, 49, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance PG1 >=1G

Each year on the first Saturday in June, anglers across the state pack their tackle boxes and get their fishing poles ready for the Texas tradition of Free Fishing Day. This year, Free Fishing Day lands on June 3 and Texans can fish on any public waterbody in the state without a fishing license.

Warmer temperatures and rain means mosquito season is underway in most of the state. With an increase in mosquitoes comes an increase in bites.