August 2025

The Kaufman tennis team had another great week of tennis. With the start of school, the team scaled back the load on matches. On Wednesday, Aug. 13 Kaufman hosted their rival Wills Point. Going into the match, the Tigers were favored based on preseason predictions.

Chances are very good that if you hunt deer, turkey or wild hogs in Texas you have at least one corn feeder on the property you hunt. You also have some sort of stand or blind that you hunt from.

Whether in sports, business, or education, teamwork is the heartbeat of success. Too often, when we talk about building teams, the focus is on strategies, talent, or performance metrics.

From 2022 to mid-2025, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) received nearly 200 scam reports and over 10,000 business complaints related to online gambling and gaming. Some scam reports involved outright theft, while business complaints showed a pattern of unclear terms and consumer misunderstandings.

news@kaufmanherald.com The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released their accountability ratings for the 2024-25 school year. While a few schools in Kaufman County fared well, a few saw their ratings dip since 2020.

Sept. 4-Oct.

Crandall ISD hosted its second annual Back to School Bash on Saturday, August 2, welcoming hundreds of families for a day of support, excitement, and community spirit. With a vibrant Monopoly-themed event, students and families made their way through a series of stops across the “game board,” collecting stickers to reach the ultimate prize, a free snow cone, courtesy of Vista Church, which handed out more than 600 snow cones throughout the day.

The City of Kaufman hosted their annual Economic Summit at the Kaufman Civic Center on Thursday, Aug. 7.

The Kaufman County Commissioners’ Court approved a direct annual Ad Valorem tax at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 12.