After more than a decade of dedicated service to children and families, Lone Star CASA is celebrating the retirement of longtime Volunteer Advocate Sharon Chapman, who has spent the past 12 years making sure children involved in the child welfare system have a voice.

A Terrell man was killed in the early morning hours of Friday, Aug. 28 after losing control of his vehicle.

You don’t need an old outdoor writer (me) to remind you of the current heat wave we are all enduring. But cooler weather is just around the corner and falling leaves and frosty mornings will once again arrive. Some folks say September is just as hot as August but very often we have disturbances out in the Gulf that herald in rains and by mid-September it’s not uncommon to have a strong norther up in Canada push a little cooler weather our way.

Mayor Carmona joined State Representative Keith Bell and other elected officials, representatives from partner agencies and community members for a ribbon cutting for Terrell Center for the Youth on Thursday, Aug. 20 on the grounds of Terrell State Hospital. After a brief program, facility staff took attendees on a tour of the 30-bed facility, operated by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The center, which will officially open on Sept. 1, will provide intensive behavioral healthcare and clinical treatment for kids between 13 and 17 who are under DFPS conservatorship.