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The countdown has begun! Check out the new Elections page at https://www.kaufmancounty.net/elections/ for a real time countdown clock to the celebration of National Voter Registration Day. On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, Americans will celebrate with a massive cross-country effort to register voters ahead of critical state and local elections in 2021 and midterm elections in 2022 and Kaufman County is no exception.

On August 10, 2021 at approximately 4.51 p.m. an unidentified white male committed a theft at 701 W. Moore Ave. This subject appears to be in his late 20s to mid 30s, has a heavy build and full beard. The subject also has a distinct tattoo on the back of his upper left arm. The tattoo is in the shape of a vertical rectangle. At the time of the theft the subject was possibly driving a white 1997-2008 Buick Regal or Buick Century with chrome wheels or hubcaps, with the exception of the left front wheel which was black. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Terrell Police Department at 469-474-2700. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TERELL POLICE DEPARTMENT

The Terrell City Council gave unanimous approval to a senior tax freeze at its Aug. 31 meeting at Terrell Police Headquarters.

This past week while at camp with my friend Jeff Rice filming a segment for our weekly video titled “A Sportsman’s Life”, I spent some time preparing over the campfire a couple of dishes that have become staples over the years; fajitas and a modified method of blackened fish.

During this time of the year, college students prepare for the upcoming semester and budget for school supplies, tuition, transportation, and living expenses. According to the National Retail Federation, households with a college student can expect to spend an average of $1,200 on back-to-school shopping for the 2021 school year.

To improve oversight of the ERCOT grid in the wake of Winter Storm Uri, Senate Bill 2 (87 R) requires the Texas Governor, Lt. Governor, and Speaker of the House to each appoint one member to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) board selection committee. Today, Speaker Dade Phelan announced his selection of Austin attorney Bill Jones as appointee.

No parent should ever receive the kind of devastating news that two Bryan police officers delivered to Pam Todaro one early Saturday morning. At 6:45 a.m. on August 9, 2014 they appeared on her doorstep to tell her that her 25-year-old son had been killed in a drunk `driving crash.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced via Twitter Saturday that he is now testing negative for COVID-19, four days after testing positive though asymptomatic.

Governor Greg Abbott announced that Aug. 24 that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a third round of federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefits for families with children who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to COVID-19.

TEXAS–In Texas, if a livestock owner uses brands, earmarks, tattoos or electronic devices to mark their cattle, hogs, sheep, goats or horses, they must register the brands with the county clerk. See Texas Agric. Code Sections 144.001; 144.041. Brands must be registered at the county clerk’s office in any county where the livestock resides. See Texas Agric. Code Section 144.041. For example, if we have livestock both in Van Zandt County and in Kaufman County, we will need to ensure that your brand is registered at both of those county clerk’s offices. The registration will require identifying the brand itself, along with the location where the brand or other identifying information is placed on the animal. See Texas Agric. Code Section 144.042.