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Dangerous conditions, driven in large part by an extended run of warm weather without much rainfall, prompted Kaufman County officials to place the county under a burn ban effective June 28. Officials noted, “Kaufman County is under a burn ban.

ne of the attractions during the Terrell FreedomFest, July 3-4, will be a visit from Stearman 44, a bi-plane that was flown by cadets at the No. 1 British Flying Training School from April 6, 1943 till July 31, 1945. BFTS Concert visitors on July 3 and festival visitors on July 4 will find two Stearmans parked near the Museum.

The office of Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s issued its latest report on sales tax revenue payments June 8, indicating that all but one local city had posted sales tax revenue gains when comparing against the same calendar month from the previous year.

Terrell’s annual Freedom-Fest will break new ground in 2022, transitioning from a one-day event to a twoday extravaganza. Events on day one will take place at the Terrell Municipal Airport, located at 400 British Flying School Boulevard, and include live music by Kaelynn Nikole and A Thousand Horses.

I have had a lifelong love of catching catfish and… eating them! I guess my passion for catfish comes naturally, as a boy growing up on a poultry farm in Red River County; catching catfish was a way of life. Every nine weeks or so when the chickens sold, we would pack up the old 1950 International Pick Up with tarps, Coleman stoves, cast iron skillets, bedding, etc and head up to a little lake in southeast Oklahoma that was chock full of channel catfish. I would begin catching bait, small perch from our farm pond, the day before. Upon arriving at our fishing hotspot, the drill was to set up camp quickly, which was easy to do, we had no tent, just tarps or, as they were called back then ‘wagon sheets’. Tarps on the ground with a blanket served as bedding.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released spring 2022 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results for end-of-course (EOC) assessments June 16. The results include assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, Biology, and U.S History.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released his agency’s Texas Broadband Plan to support the expansion of broadband access for underserved and unserved Texans. The Comptroller’s Broadband Development Office (BDO) crafted the plan building upon the feedback that Hegar and BDO staff collected from Texans through 12 public town halls, 60 virtual regional roundtable discussions and more than 16,000 survey responses.

Are you looking for an exciting career in the Pharmacy Technician Field? Then Trinity Valley Community College has the opportunity for you with classes enrolling for the fall semester. “The pharmacy tech program is rigorous as any healthcare program is, however, the end result is so very beneficial for our students,” Cindy Darragh, Pharmacy Technician Program Director said.

The students listed on the Dean’s List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours.

July 3-4: Terrell’s Freedom Fest 2022 will take place at the Terrell Municipal Airport over two funfilled days. Events and attractions will include hot air balloon flights and tethered rides, live music, food vendors and a firework show.