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Arrests: Latora Denise Henderson, 44, Dallas, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with suspended/invalid license, expired license plates. Mandell Waynewood Kelley Jr., 39, Mesquite, theft of property of more than $100 and less than $750.

A Kaufman County man who sexually preyed on young girls via Snapchat has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by a Rockwall County district judge. Taylor Craft, 26, was arrested in March 2019 after a three-month investigation that began in Connecticut and extended to Rockwall, Kaufman, and Dallas counties.

Four people were arrested and firearms and alleged narcotics were seized during separate police raids Tuesday, June 1, in Terrell and Forney. According to a news release from Terrell police, narcotic investigators from Terrell police, Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office and DEA-Dallas as well as a joint Terrell-Forney SWAT team and a Kaufman County Sheriff Department SWAT team worked on a joint investigation and executed search warrants in the 1100 block of S.

The beautiful bride has been planning this day for as long as she can remember. In a few short moments, her fantasy wedding will leap from the heights of her imagination into reality: Her custom-made gown, her knight in shining armor, and the romantic honeymoon awaits her. She anxiously anticipates the moment when she’ll walk down the petal covered center aisle, stare her husbandto-be deep into his eyes and finally be introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Perfect Couple. This is the day she has dreamed of all her life – so as guest we want to be well mannered in order not to make a faux pas that will go down in the pages of the wedding album.

June 5: St. Martin Catholic Church in Talty offers a food giveaway every first Saturday of the month. The church is located at Interstate-20 and FM 1641. A drive-thru will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Fresh fruits and vegetables.

WILLS POINT – The Talent Box, a nonprofit community theatre, will host “A Rock ‘N’ Roll Night with the Blandelles,” a fundraiser with all proceeds going to support the theatre, on Friday, June 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Community Room, 307 N. Fourth Street in Wills Point.

Terrell State Hospital’s Volunteer Services Council will stage its second annual Patient Art Show and Silent Auction on Thursday, June 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Jaid Lehew is the 2021 Valedictorian at Poetry Community Christian School with a GPA of 4.297. She has attended PCCS for 10 years.

On Saturday June 19 at 5:30 p.m., the first annual William Madison McDonald Vision Award will take place at the Rusted Rail Event Center in Crandall. The guest speaker for the evening will be Alan West, a retired lieutenant colonel and chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.

A parade of automobiles carrying Terrell High School’s soon-to-be graduates made its way through the streets of Terrell last week during the Senior Processional. Congratulations and best of luck to all the graduates from the Class of 2021. TISD SOCIAL MEDIA