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The United Way of Kaufman County’s will stage its annual 5K Veterans Day 5K Run on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 1314 West Moore Ave.

Trick-or-Treaters by the hundreds descended on Moore Avenue on Oct. 29 for Terrell’s annual Downtown Trick-or-Treat. Witches, dragons, ghouls, dinosaurs and gobs of other creepy characters took to the street looking for treats from Moore Avenue merchants. The streets of Terrell – especially Griffith Avenue – also teamed with costumed candy collectors on Halloween night. HANK MURPHY PHOTO

City Manager Mike Sims this week outlined several ways in which the city intends to shape its future amid the dynamic growth taking place in and around Terrell. In remarks delivered at a joint meeting Monday involving the city council, school district and Economic Development Corp, Sims declared: “Growth isn’t slowing down; growth is coming faster and faster.” New Census statistics lend credence to his statement.

The Terrell Independent School District is expecting to see significant growth in enrollment over the next two decades as it performs a top-to-bottom assessment of its entire stock of educational facilities.

The Terrell Tribune will soon bid adieu to a familiar face and say hello to a new one. Longtime Tribune advertising executive Patty Barringer is leaving the paper at the end of the month to take a position in financial management.

Team 679 delivered a message of involvement and outreach to Terrell’s atrisk youth during a dinner event Oct. 30 at Herman Furlough Middle School.

Arrests: Salvador Lopez, 27, Terrell, theft of property between $100 and $750. Dubayonne Delacro Shortridge, 37, Terrell, possession of paraphernalia.

Texas voters can soon weigh in on potential changes to the state’s Constitution regarding religious services, eligibility requirements for judges, county infrastructure and more. Election day is Tuesday, Nov.

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims. The agreement will largely track the terms of the Global Prescription Opioid Litigation Settlement Agreement that was announced July 23. According to the settlement, Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $29.84 million into the Qualified Settlement Fund, representing Texas’s allocation of the Global Abatement Settlement.

State officials have shortlisted five firms to design and build barriers on the Texas-Mexico border — including some companies that had the quality of their work or its impact on the environment questioned on previous wall projects under the Trump administration.