June 2025

January 31,1945 – May 26,2025 Funeral services for Alice Sparks, 80, of Royse City were held Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Visitation was held Friday, June 6, 2025, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home.

The Wills Point Police Department Annual Back the Blue event is scheduled for Saturday, June 14. The annual community event will feature a BBQ cook-off, a car show, a kids zone, local vendors, a silent auction, and a K-9 demonstration.

Texas Star Quilters Guild Various members of the community have been donating fabric to the Texas Star Quilters Guild, and we wish to express our appreciation to them. Their generosity is giving the Guild members the opportunity to make more items to give to our charity endeavors.

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 12219 will co-sponsor with the Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial the Army’s 250th Anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated at Memorial Plaza at the VZC Veterans Memorial on Saturday evening, June 14, at 1830 hours (6:30 p.m.).

Rains County Justice of the Peace Robert Jenkins Franklin was arrested May 28 on two counts of official oppression and two counts of tampering with a witness. “He was booked into our jail on another county’s charges, two counts of Official Oppression and two counts of tampering with a witness,” pointed out Van Zandt County Sheriff Kevin Bridger, who confirmed the arrest and booking into the VZC Jail to Van Zandt Newspapers May 29.