September 2022

Van Zandt County Sheriff Joe Carter recently released information involving a murder/suicide that occurred Labor Day (Sept. 5) in the Whitton Community.

An e-mail in response to a complaint concerning the Grand Saline public safety director filed by a member of the Grand Saline city council was recently sent by Van Zandt County Criminal District Attorney Tonda Curry.

A number of City of Van, Van Zandt County, and other officials were on hand Sept. 8 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Victron/Gateway Travel Center located on the southeast corner of Interstate 20 and FM 314 in Van.

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from Sep. 6-Sep.

Area fire departments had their hands full throughout much of the summer, logging hundreds of miles to cover their own service areas and provide mutual aid to neighboring departments during one of the most active fire seasons in recent memory.

Dear Editor: First, let me say, I love where I live. I moved in here from Mesquite in 1996 with great reservation but soon learned to love this area.

A funeral service was held for Roger Dale Bateman, Sr., 73, of Canton, on Monday, September 12, 2022, at Eubank Funeral Home, with Max Callahan officiating. Roger passed away peacefully surrounded by family, after battling cancer for two years, September 5, 2022.

Sally Nan Brooks Smith of Canton passed away unexpectedly at her home on September 4, 2022. Sally, known to those closest to her as Sally Nan, was born on January 29, 1956, to John Earl Brooks and Sallie Dwade Cabaniss Brooks in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Services for Debbie Warner Carnes “Noni”, 70, of Grand Saline, were held on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Bro. Cody Mize officiating.