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The Kaufman County Retired School Personnel will be celebrating 50 years as a Local Unit on Tuesday, Sept. 14 at the Terrell ISD Professional Development Center located behind the TISD Administration Building, 700 N. Catherine St.

Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting grant applications to offset the cost of prescribed burning on private lands for Central and East Texas landowners through September 30, 2021. $477,786 in grant funds are available for eligible landowners conducting prescribed burns on their property by certified and insured prescribed burn managers.

Residents living in and around the Terrell can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening.

The U.S. Postal Service’s unprecedented pilot offering for neighborhood businesses has added 49 Southeast Texas sites. The USPS Connect Local pilot launched on July 19 at seven Dallas and Houston sites and is now available at 385 Texas postal facility locations. More pilot locations will be added in the coming months as operational capabilities are refined.

Drivers that routinely travel along County Road 243 between State Highway 205 and County Road 246 will have to find an alternative route for the foreseeable future after the Kaufman County Commissioners Court approved its closure to thru traffic. Commissioners met at the Courthouse Annex in Kaufman Sept. 7 for a public hearing on the closure and a vote on the item that included a large-scale repair effort.

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents between Sept. 2 and Sept.

On Sept. 2 at approximately 4:05 a.m., the Terrell Police Department was contacted in reference to a burglary in progress at the Levi’s Outlet.

When Robert Terrell helped found a new town in 1873, one of the first things he hoped to do was establish a church. Some 148 years later and First United Methodist Church of Terrell is still going strong and focusing on continuing its vision: "Building Faith...Building Community...Building for Future Generations." First United Methodist Church is celebrating its Homecoming Sun.

City of Terrell workers doing routine maintenance at Ben Gill Park made a gruesome discovery Sept. 1, finding the body of an individual subsequently identified as Kaylon Allen Judd.

A 27-year old Terrell man was arrested and taken into custody by local law enforcement officials on multiple drug related charges following the execution of a search warrant Sept. 1.