How to Find a Specific Story on Terrell Tribune

Use the site's search box to look up a story by keyword, or browse the homepage headlines if you're not sure what to search for. Terrell Tribune is a local news site, so the most reliable way to locate a specific article is to search for a distinctive term from that story — a person's name, an event, or an organization — rather than a general topic.

Searching the Site

The site includes a "Search this site" field, which is the main tool for locating a specific story.

1. Go to the Terrell Tribune homepage.
2. Find the Search this site input.
3. Type a keyword tied to the story you want — for example, a person's name, an event name, or an organization.
4. Submit the search and review the results.

Expected result: a list of matching pages or articles. If the results are too broad, add a second keyword (for example, a name plus a year or a place) to narrow them down.

Choosing Good Keywords

Because this is a community news site, headlines often center on named people, local departments, and specific events. Matching that style of headline is the fastest route to the story:

• People: search the full name as it would appear in a headline.
• Events: search the event name or its common short form.
• Organizations: search the department, school, or group name.

For example, if you're looking for coverage of a local fire department anniversary, searching the department name plus the event is more effective than searching a generic word like "anniversary."

Browsing Instead of Searching

If you don't have a specific keyword in mind, the homepage is the starting point. Recent stories appear as headlines there, so you can scan them directly.

Headlines on the site follow a news style that names the subject up front, such as:

• "Candanoza honored at Star of Texas Awards"
• "Terrell FD honors 25th anniversary of 9/11"
• "Able Springs VFD tackles structure _re"

This pattern is useful when you're trying to recall a story: think about how the headline would name the main subject, then search that name.

Using the User Account Menu

The site has a User account menu. This is where account-related actions live rather than story browsing, so it won't help you search by topic on its own. If you have an account, check this menu for any saved or personalized options; otherwise, rely on the search field and homepage headlines.

Common Snags

• Too few results: your keyword may not match the headline wording. Try a different term — a full name instead of a surname, or the formal event name instead of a nickname.
• Too many results: combine two specific terms rather than one broad one.
• No results at all: the story may be older than what's currently indexed, or it may be phrased very differently than you expect. Try alternate spellings and shorter fragments of the name or event.

Quick Reference

If you already know the headline, searching a few words from it verbatim is usually the quickest way to pull up the article.