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The Terrell Chamber of Commerce hosted their Annual Clay Shoot on Friday, March 4, 2022 from, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Each year the area Chambers, school districts, economic development corporations and cities host Kaufman County Day (KCD) in Austin, Texas, on March 28, 2022. Registration for this event can be found on the Kaufman Chamber of Commerce website, www.kaufmanchamber.com.

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Kaufman County voters took to the polls March 1, making their voices heard during Republican and Democratic Primary voting. Voters largely put their support behind incumbent candidates up and down the ballot with Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Comptroller Glenn Hegar and Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller easily holding off challengers at the state-level and Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh Norville Wiley and County Commissioner Precinct 2 Skeet Phillips doing the same at the local level.

For more than five years, a group of volunteers affectionately referred to as the “Bag Ladies” have met monthly, using their collective talents and know-how to turn what otherwise might be considered garbage into hundreds of sleeping mats for homeless people across the area.

The Terrell City Council put its focus on a series of local infrastructure efforts on Tuesday night, discussing and reviewing proposed professional services agreements for four separate projects as introduced by Terrell City Engineer Steve Rogers.

Kaufman County has found itself in the midst of a boom in recent years, ranking as one of the areas with the fastest population growth rates in the country. While that increase has lent itself to new residential and commercial development, rising sales tax revenues and increased property tax revenues, it has also served to overshadow issues related to homelessness locally.

Kaufman County officials announced that they would be holding a cleanup event at the Terrell Convenience Station (located at 287 FM 429) from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The BFTS Museum played host to the King’s Fort Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Saturday, Feb. 19 for the organization’s annual George Washington Tea.

The agony is merciless. The pain cuts deep. Deeper and more vicious than anyone can imagine when you lose a child. Unfortunately, hundreds of parents have had to endure this nightmare after losing their teens in car crashes in which they weren’t wearing their seat belts.