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DAVID KAPITAN editor@terrelltribune.com Kaufman County entered the month riding an impressive streak with the Texas State Comptroller’s Office reporting that 11 out of 13 local cities had reported sales tax revenue gains when comparing against totals from the same calendar month from the previous year for three consecutive months. That streak would come to an end in May with the comptroller’s office announcing that more than half of all Kaufman County cities, seven in total, had seen dips when comparing against May 2022 collections.

Election Day came and went May 6, leaving behind almost as much uncertainty for the lone contested position in the City of Terrell as when this year’s cycle began with candidate filing in January. Early voting numbers released promptly by Kaufman County election officials at 7 p.m.

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DAVID KAPITAN editor@terrelltribune.com Run for the Wall, an annual motorcycle ride promoting military veterans and honoring service, will make a pit stop for fuel and food at Brookshire’s in Terrell (located at 1400 W. Moore Ave.) at 8:30 a.m.

In celebration of the City of Terrell’s Sesquicentennial, the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum will host a talk by noted historian, Donald Frazier, PhD, at 7 p.m. May 18 at the museum, 119 Silent Wings Blvd. “When Gold was White: The Cotton Boom in Terrell” will be his topic. The event, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored with the Terrell Heritage Society.