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The office of Texas State Comptroller Glen Hegar released their final sales tax revenue collections report of the year last week, bringing with it mixed results for local cities.
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Read moreVan Zandt County 4-H is searching for youth ages 9-18 to be a part of making history in 2021 as we kick off the new year with a newly formed 4-H Dog Project group.
Read moreThe Texas Education Agency announced Dec. 10 that A-F ratings would be paused for 2020-’21 school year due to the ongoing disruptions associated with COVID-19. The STAAR test will proceed for the 2020- ’21 school year in order to provide critically important information about individual student learning that teachers and parents can use to help students grow. For those schools that incorporate STAAR results into teacher evaluations, TEA is providing flexibility to allow them to remove that component this school year.
Read moreVolunteers supporting Wreaths Across America at Holly Springs Cemetery have been working hard to ensure that the 233 service members buried there will indeed be honored again this year with the placement of live, balsam veterans’ wreaths as part of National Wreaths Across America Day 2020.
Read moreThe Brookshire’s Spirit of Christmas food drive provides Brookshire’s customers the opportunity to donate a $5 bag of food items to the local community for those in need of food for the holidays.
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The first time the Martins Mills high school team headed to Dallas to compete at the BEST of Texas Robotics Championship, the teens were nervous. One of their mentors, Marvin Shaw, a volunteer from Holly Springs UMC in Canton, drove the team – and at the time, they all fit in a Chevy Suburban. “They were extremely intimidated,” he recalled. “But they went from feeling intimidated to sticking out their chests and saying, ‘We’ve got this.’”
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The Grand Saline Christmas Parade was held last week and featured floats from area businesses and organizations. Employees and family from Land’s Feed Warehouse participated in the parade in downtown Grand Saline. The city ushered in the Christmas season along with the City of Canton, which held its parade Saturday, Dec. 12. Courtesy photo
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