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The 13th annual Summer Reading Activities Fair will kick off at 5 p.m., June 8 at the Hulsey Public Library with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Terrell Chamber of Commerce. The fair, featuring more than 30 vendors – the most in the fair’s history - also will include a bounce house for children.

As most businesses drop mask requirements across Kaufman County, COVID-19 infections locally continue to decline.

The Humane Society of North Texas (HSNT) appears to be the lone contender for a contract to operate Kaufman County’s Pet Adoption Center, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Through the years, I have often prepared a Dutch kettle quail recipe that I learned from my friend, the late outdoors writer Bob Hood. This recipe is simple and we often prepared it for lunch after morning quail hunts.

GOP-backed legislation that would have banned taxpayer-funded lobbying in Texas failed to make it out of the state House this week, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is asking Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special legislative session in June to take up the bill and several others deemed as priorities.

The Texas Legislature this week passed a bill that would outlaw abortions in the state if the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationally.

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents between May 19 and May 25: Arrests: Caitlyn Ashley Sewell, 25, Wills Point, class B theft. Darquawn Dremond Varner, 27, Fort Worth, assault by contact/family violence.