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The Terrell City Council on Tuesday night voted 3-1 to give city employees a 2.5% raise in May as well as a 2.5% pay boost in September. The action will impact about half the city’s workforce because police and firefighters, who are civil service employees, received an across-the-board 4% raise with passage last fall of the fiscal 2021 budget.

The Terrell Jubilee came back stronger than ever last week after COVID-19 KO’d the event a year ago. The festival’s 40th edition featured massive weekend crowds, brisk sales by vendors and fun by the boatload.

In regard to COVID-19 vaccinations, the message coming out of Terrell city hall this week is that it’s never been easier to get vaccinated in Kaufman County. As of Tuesday, the Terrell Fire Department had administered roughly 29,000 COVID-19 vaccines, according to Dustin Connor, the city’s coordinator for Emergency Management.

The Kaufman County Commissioners Court on Tuesday awarded a consulting bid to HOK, an engineering and architecture company that will advise the county on possible construction of a new juvenile detention center.

Mayor Rick Carmona, left, read a proclamation honoring the original Terrell Tigerettes team from 1951- 52 as honored guests at the Tigerettes Spring Show on April 16 at the Jamie Foxx Performing Arts Center. From left are Carmona and original Tigerettes Sally Leigh, Saundra Wnorowski, Mary Lindsey and Barbara Rasor. The first group of Tigerettes comprised about 45 students under the direction of J.H. Compton and Ira Tyson. Year 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the Tigerettes. Carmona proclaimed April 16 as Terrell Tigerettes Appreciation Day in Terrell. COURTESY PHOTO

KAUFMAN – Construction is under way on a $37 million promise made to voters in 2019. Excavation equipment is scraping earth to clear way for the Kaufman County Justice Center.

A city utilities worker observes professionals from Advanced Valve Technologies use a special machine purchased by the city to install a valve in a six-inch water line in the 900 block of Griffith Avenue this week. In this photo, the blue machine appears to jut upward 18 inches or so from the water pipe.

Early voting begins Monday, April 19 at the Terrell Sub-courthouse, 408 East College St., in the District 4 Terrell City Council race. The ballot will feature Stephanie Thomas, a registered nurse and a member of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, against Gary Weems, pastor of The Rock Church in Terrell.