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The Wills Point City Council had a surprise visitor at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting Oct. 11 in the form of U.S.

A Terrell resident claimed a top prize winning ticket worth $1 million in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game 500X. The ticket was purchased at Stop Food Mart, located at 6600 Meadowbrook Drive, in Fort Worth.

“The 1911 Sidearm of Two World Wars” is the title of the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum’s October 27 program that is free and open to the public. The program begins at 7 pm at the museum, 119 Silent Wings Blvd. in Terrell.

County officials took to social media this week, inviting the public for a special ribbon cutting event for the soon to be completed Kaufman County Justice Center located at 1902 US Highway 175 in Kaufman.

More than 15-million pints of blood are transfused in this country each year. That exceeds 40-thousand pints daily. Hospitals in north, central and east Texas are using only a fraction of that amount, but Carter BloodCare still requests 1,000 volunteer blood donors each day to keep pace with local hospital demands.

Oct. 21-23: The Historic US 80 Hi-Way Sale is a biannual yard and garage sale is with events scheduled each April and October.

Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.25/g Oct. 17, according to GasBuddy's survey of 13,114 stations in Texas.

I was visiting with Alaina Smith, secretary at the Van Zandt AgriLife Extension office, about what was the most asked question this past week. She said there were numerous calls about pecan trees dripping sap on cars and windshields that had been parked under them.

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from October 12 to October 18: Arrests: Nakiela Tenee Green, Terrell, 30, failure to maintain financial responsibility; driving while license is suspended/invalid Kenneth Lamont Anderson, Terrell, 38, open container in a motor vehicle Jerry Lynn Oliver, Rockwall, 51, assaulting a peace officer; resisting arrest, search or transport John Albert Brookins, Terrell, 57, no drivers license; failure to maintain financial responsibility; speeding 11-20; assault simple; public intoxication; open container in a motor vehicle Robert Wayne Howe, Canton, 25, unlawful carrying weapon; failure to identify; public intoxication Yolanda Rivera Strawther, Terrell, 52, speeding Jeffrey Bryan Byrd, West Tawakoni, 36, driving while intoxicated Adrian Deleon Brown, Terrell, 23, possession of drug paraphernalia; no drivers license; assault by contact – family violence Tyjrian Monyea Gardner, Terrell, 21, burglary of a habitation Billy Wayne Jackson, Desoto, 58, criminal trespass in a habitation Dexter Deshun Ward, Terrell, 33, possession of a dangerous drug; criminal trespass; disorderly conduct Anjanette Lashawn Garrett-Stokes, Terrell, 49, no drivers license; failure to appear Nicholas Lozoya, Terrell, 23, no drivers license; failure to maintain financial responsibility Cristo Jovany Martinez-Ireta, Dallas, 23, assault causing bodily injury to a family member Miguel Angel De Los Santos, Terrell, 20, no drivers license; expired vehicle registration Alexandria Nicole Cockrill, Garland, 30, public intoxication Incidents: Fraud/Forgery: Oct. 12, 900 block of East High Street City Ordinance Violation – Noise Complaint: Oct.

Edgar Cruz and the Brave Amigos will bring world-class guitar prowess and artistic showmanship to the stage at the Terrell ISD Jamie Foxx Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm on Thursday, Nov. 3. This is the third performance in the 2022-‘23 E! Terrell Entertainment Series of community concerts.