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July 29: United Way of Kaufman County and Carter BloodCare will partner to host a blood drive from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at 1314 W.

Carnell Horn, a Terrell High School graduate, left his hometown in pursuit of seeking a career in the medical field. He received both academic and athletic scholarships to the University of Texas at El Paso. After graduating with a bachelor’s in biomedical sciences, he returned home looking for where God would guide him next. While preparing to take the next step with plans to enter medical school, life took a different turn. Through prayer and the support of his parents, doors of opportunity had opened for him to gain experience in other avenues that he never considered before.

Terrell ISD’s Back to School Bash gets underway Thursday, Aug. 3 as they look to kick off the new school year in stellar fashion.

The No. 1 British Flying Training School’s Second Saturday Veteran’s Breakfast, set for Aug.12, will honor a former British cadet who earned that country’s highest military honor, The Victoria Cross.

It is back-to-school season for students of all ages, which means, parents are gearing up for back-toschool shopping. The National Retail Federation estimates that nearly $135 billion will be spent on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year. With the current inflationary environment, consumers are choosing cheaper alternatives and paying more attention to sales, coupons and discount retailers. Better Business Bureau reminds consumers that coming up with a game plan early on will go a long way this school shopping season.

The Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) reached a $5 billion multistate settlement with CVS for the company’s role in the national opioid epidemic, including inadequately monitoring opioid prescriptions. Over $300 million is designated for Texas. The agreement with CVS is one of numerous multi-billion- dollar settlements resulting from litigation by state attorneys general against the pharmaceutical industry for practices that escalated a nationwide crisis of fatal abuse of addictive prescription narcotics.

Terrell Police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from July 25 to June 26. Arrests: Antwon Jermaine Holmes, Terrell, 39, driving with suspended license; failure to maintain financial responsibility; expired vehicle registration; possession of drug paraphernalia Marvin Ray Brown: Terrell, 61, driving with expired license Incidents: Harassment – July 25, 500 Block of West College Street Burglary – July 25, 1700 Block of State Highway 34 Transport – July 26, 1100 Block of North State Highway 34 Illegal dumping – July 26, 500 Block of Kings Creek Drive.

Governor Greg Abbott has announced the launch of the Texas fentanyl data dashboard by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) as part of the statewide “One Pill Kills” campaign. This dashboard, available on Texas Health Data, reflects the expansion of data on fentanyl and other drug poisoning deaths published by DSHS online. Texans can now access information that includes fentanyl- related deaths from 2014 to 2023 and lets users view them over time, by demographics or by geography.

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Proponents are calling it the “biggest property tax cut in Texas history.” Both chambers of the Texas Legislature passed an $18 billion package during the second special session, the Austin American- Statesman reported. If signed as expected by Gov.

More than 40 years ago, I penned my first newspaper column and the topic was bass fishing at a brand new trophy largemouth bass reservoir. Lake Fork had just opened and guide Rex Bridges invited me to spend the morning fishing this red-hot new bass fishery with him. Rex phoned late the previous evening and informed me that he couldn’t make it but had set me up to fish with guide C.C. Oswald. C.C. and I became instant friends and I remember him telling me that Fork was strictly all about bass fishing, none of those pesky sandbass or catfi sh to worry with.