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The churches of Terrell are gathering and inviting the public to a citywide Thanksgiving service at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

Members of the Kaufman County Retired School Personnel recently delivered books to Crandall ISD as part of KCRSP’s Carol Welch Children's Book Project in which books are delivered annually to schools throughout Kaufman County.

Grief is a difficult emotion, especially when those around you are in happy and celebrating. After the loss of a loved one our grief can be even more intense. During the Christmas season that lost can be felt deeper than before.

The Shops at Terrell were evacuated shortly before noon on Saturday, Nov. 6 after a natural gas leak was reported.

Terrell’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony, hosted by the No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum, will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Oakland Memorial Cemetery. The ceremony honors the 20 Royal Air Force cadets who died in training accidents during the School’s tenure from 1941-1945.

Nobody was seriously injured in this collision between a pickup and dump truck on Monday evening at FM 986 and FM 3486/CR 249 in Poetry. After initial reports of head-on collision came in to the Terrell Volunteer Fire Department, a CareFlite helicopter was placed on airborne standby.

After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Terrell’s annual Stanley Ballard Sr. Christmas Parade is back on and will take place on Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Chamber of Commerce is encouraging schools, churches and businesses to participate in this year’s parade.

On Tuesday, Nov. 9, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (OBE), a leading global supplier of architectural glass, metal and hardware, held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction of its new Innovation Center.

A story about Team 679 in the Nov. 6 paper incorrectly identified Grady Simpson as Terrell’s District 4 councilman.