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Kaufman County recently announced that it will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccination site Monday – Saturday from Friday, Sept. 10 through Friday, Oct. 29, at the Shops at Terrell at 301 Tanger Drive, Suite 103 in Terrell (I-20 @ SH 34).

Sept. 18, 2021 is the date of the 12th annual Allied Memorial Remembrance Ride from Fort Worth to Terrell that honors those who paid the ultimate price for democracy. Motorcyclists will arrive at the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum located at 119 Silent Wings Boulevard for a brief stop at 10:30 a.m.

Terrell volunteer firefighters were dispatched to a structure fire on FM 1392 near CR 239 at 5:08 a.m. Sept.

There are all types of deer hunters, those like me that love venison profess that any mature, healthy buck or doe is a candidate for the freezer and ultimately chicken fried venison steak. And those that love venison but long to harvest the biggest antlered buck in the woods. I believe every deer hunter (yes, myself included) that professed to be strictly a ‘meat hunter’ might not be telling the complete truth!

AUSTIN–The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is currently accepting applications for their 65th Texas Game Warden Cadet class. As fully commissioned peace officers, game wardens are responsible for the enforcement of Texas laws across the state including water safety, natural resource protection and environmental management.

More than 600 new laws signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott went into effect Sept. 1. The new state laws — including one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, the right to carry handguns both concealed and openly without a license, changes to election law and a bill allowing restaurants to sell alcohol to go — were passed during the regular session of the legislature, which ended May 31. The House and Senate adjourned their second special session Thursday night.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar released totals for fiscal 2021 state revenues Sept. 1, in addition to announcing monthly state revenues for August.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds families that enrollment in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, the state’s prepaid college tuition program, began Sept. 1 and runs through Feb. 28, 2022. The Texas Tuition Promise Fund offers parents and loved ones the chance to prepay a child’s future higher education at Texas public colleges and universities at today’s prices, excluding medical and dental institutions.

September is National Preparedness Month and Kaufman County encourages all residents to be ready! The Commissioners’ Court passed a resolution today encouraging families to be ready for any and all disasters.

The Kaufman County Hay Show has been set for Tuesday, Oct. 19.