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Dana Skelton, a fixture in the City of Terrell for over four decades, passed away at the age of 76 on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Madison Keto of Terrell has been accepted into the Peace Corps. Keto will depart for Thailand on Jan.

The magic of the holiday season will fill Historic Downtown Terrell once again on Saturday, December 13th at 10:00 a.m., as the community gathers for the Annual Stanley Ballard Sr. Christmas Parade—a time-honored celebration that embodies the warmth, charm, and togetherness of a classic small-town Christmas. This year’s theme is Rockin’ Around Terrell.

Windsor Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Terrell recently hosted a chili cook-off for visitors to try their delicious recipes. .

The transplant highlights the strength of love, forgiveness As is often the case with ex-spouses, Amanda McCowen was not exactly enthusiastic when Joshua Maples, her former husband and father of her two children, married again. “Automatically upon meeting her, I had formed this thing in my mind — ‘I’m just not going to like her.’ These are my children and I’m not going to share them with anybody,” McCowen readily admitted.

Terrell City Councilwoman Mayrani Velasquez spoke on something personal to her and many others: domestic abuse. Velasquez took to the steps of the Kaufman County Justice Center on Friday, Nov.

Hunting seasons are well under way and chances are good many of you already have a freezer well stocked with everything from venison steaks and ground meat to dove breasts. Let’s not let all this tasty meat get freezer burned.

According to the Van Zandt County Jail website, Van Zandt County Pct. 1 Commissioner Mitchell James Curtis, 57, was arrested and booked into the Van Zandt County Jail at 8:49 a.m.

The Association of Breezy Hill Park gave their time, donations, cooked, delivered plates, cleaned and much more for those in need to provide Thanksgiving meals for the 2025 Loretta Hickmon-Gipson Thanksgiving in the Park. They received donations from Brookshire’s, Legacy Age Credit, ACA and Church of the Living God.

December 5-7, 12-14: The Terrell Heritage Museum will be hosting their Heritage Holiday Market at the Museum, located at 111 W. Moore Ave.