April 2025

Eating breakfast each day can help seniors achieve their goal of maintaining a healthy weight. Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is a lifelong processs.

Republican Club of Van Zandt County Vice-President Krista Schild will be our featured guest speaker at the next Republican Club of Van Zandt County meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, at the VZC Farm Bureau Building located at 220 Burnett Trail in Canton.

Nelda Jean McCauley, 87, of Canton passed away peacefully in Arlington on April 18, 2025. She was born on October 5, 1937, in Canton to Homer Dewitt Wages Sr. and Della Mae Crabtree Wages. She was the youngest girl of 11 children.

Van was well represented during the Class 4A Regional Track and Field Meet held April 18, 19 at East Texas A&M University in Commerce. Results of the Vandal and Lady Vandal participants in the Regional Track and Field Meet were as follows: Girls’ 100-Meter Dash McKenzi Crawford, fifth place, 12.37 seconds.

April 24, 1942- April 17, 2025 James McArthur Tyson was born April 24, 1942, in Louisiana. He moved to Texas in 1962 where he met his wife, Betty.

September 23, 1997- April 10, 2025 Noal Algamedi, 27, of Wills Point passed away on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at her home. She was born in Dallas to Mazahaem Mohammed Algamedi and Kimberly JoAnn French.

First Baptist Church of Canton, located at 303 South Athens Street, will be hosting an Open House and Dedication Service for the Grand Opening of their new Student Center facility Wednesday, April 30.

The Grand Saline School Board recently called for a $34.75 million bond election to take place on May 3 to build a new Grand Saline Middle School campus. According to Grand Saline ISD Superintendent Micah Lewis, Early Voting began will conclude on Tuesday, April 29, from 7 a.m.

The 74th Annual National Day of Prayer program is scheduled for Thursday, May 1, in the Van Zandt County District Courtroom located on the third floor of the VZC Courthouse. The program, which is held each year on the first Thursday in May, will run from 12:15-12:45 p.m.

Voters in the City of Van will have the opportunity to vote in a $3.5 million bond election to address drilling, constructing, and improving Water Well #3. The order of election was called in a unanimous vote by the Van City Council during its regular monthly meeting Feb.