December 2023

Body The Canton Eaglette girls’ varsity basketball team opened district play with two convincing wins against Lindale and Mabank. On Dec.

Body In their final game before their Christmas holiday break, the Van Lady Vandals scored an impressive 68-29 victory over Palestine at home in non-district play. Landry Jones led the Lady Vandals with 18 points, three rebounds, three assists, and four steals.

Body In a battle of Van Zandt County rivals, the Wills Point Tigers upended the Van Vandals, 55-45, Dec. 15 in Wills Point.

Body A plane crash caused major delays in the Forney area on both east and westbound U.S. Highway 80 Dec.

Body If you’ve been reading this column long, you have probably learned that eating fish and game is a very important element of the total outdoor experience for this old outdoor scribe.

Body davidb@vanzandtnews.com In a 4-1 vote, the Van City Council approved the spending of $50,000 in hotel/motel funds to promote a three-day festival in the city in advance of the upcoming partial and total solar eclipse event scheduled for April 2024.

Body davidb@vanzandtnews.com Van Zandt County Judge Andy Reese appeared before the Van City Council meeting during its regular monthly meeting Dec. 14 to present a copy of VZC’s updated Emergency Management Manual to the City of Van.

Body The Edom Volunteer Fire Department is looking for two ‘Good Samaritans’ who heroically recently pulled a victim from a burning car saving the individual’s life, according to Dylan Turner with the Edom VFD.

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Body Van Zandt County Republican Party Chairman Lance Lenz recently released information about a scheduled VZC debate between the two Republican Party candidates that are on the Tuesday, Jan. 30 ballot for the Texas House District 2 special runoff election.