Sales tax revenue totaled $3.9 billion in January
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.85 billion in January, 25.3 percent more than in January 2021 in a Feb. 1 news release.
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Celtic Angels to perform in Terrell Monday
Celebrate the Irish culture through music, song and dance in a special concert by Celtic Angels at the Terrell ISD Jamie Foxx Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21. This is the fifth performance in the 2021-‘22 E! Terrell Entertainment Series of community concerts.
BOY SCOUT TROOP 390
Boy Scout Troop 390 presented the colors Feb. 6 in honor of Boy Scout Sunday at First Christian Church. Boy Scouts pictured are Conner Baird, Asher Baird & Nathan Baird with leaders Mark Baird and Donald Lindsey (not pictured).
STAR Transit offers free rides to voters
STAR Transit is offering free, round-trip rides to local polling places, encouraging all eligible voters to participate. The free service is available on the day of the Texas primary elections, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
Texas Tuition Promise Fund enrollment deadline approaches
Texas families can lock in today’s cost of undergraduate resident tuition and schoolwide required fees at Texas public colleges and universities by enrolling their children in the tax-advantaged Texas Tuition Promise Fund before the close of the current general enrollment period on Feb. 28.
From shirtsleeves to thermals
Nowhere but Texas! I was enjoying a nonstop white bass catching trip on Lake Ray Hubbard with my friend guide Brandon Sargent on a spring like day with temperatures in the seventies last week.
Veterans enjoy coffee, conversation at BFTS Museum
More than 20 veterans, ranging from one recently discharged to a Korean War soldier, enjoyed coffee, doughnuts and conversation Feb. 12 at the No.
HEROES IN DISGUISE
Trinity Valley Community College art student Lillian Donathan received word that her artwork will be displayed at the U.S. Capitol. The piece was chosen as a winner of the 2021 Congressional Institute’s art competition, ‘An Artistic Discovery.’
Truck Driving classes coming to TVCC
Trinity Valley Community College Workforce Education and Continuing Education Department is offering Truck Driving/Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training courses with written skills and hands-on coursework.
Burns speaks to NARFE at monthly meeting
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1191 held its monthly meeting Feb. 8 at the Sirloin Stockade in Corsicana. The guest speaker was Thomas Burns, CEO of the Corsicana YMCA since 2017 after serving as sports director.