The Terrell Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) is proud to announce the 2025 Leadership Summit, a premier professional development event taking place on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Terrell at the Jamie Foxx Performing Arts Center located at 400 Poetry Road. Designed to empower, connect, and equip today’s professionals, the summit will feature nationally acclaimed speakers and dynamic panelists offering real-world leadership strategies for organizations of all sizes.

District Attorney Erleigh Norville Wiley has announced that 22-year-old Jamarco Jakeith Blanton has been sentenced to life without parole in the Texas penitentiary for the offense of capital murder, following a two-day trial before the Honorable Judge Shelton Gibbs in the 422nd District Court of Kaufman County. Judge Gibbs pronounced sentence after a Kaufman County jury found Blanton guilty of capital murder for the May 12, 2023, killing of 82-yearold Terrell convenience store owner Fahed Fatayri, lovingly known in the community as “Pops.”