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Vaccinated rate continues to increase

2 years ago By David Kapitan

The number of eligible Van Zandt County residents designated as having at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or fully vaccinated continued to inch higher last week according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

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Auditions open at Talent Box

2 years ago By News Staff

Virginia Reid-Yost will hold auditions for parts for a Christmas production at the Talent Box, a nonprofit community theatre, 133 N. 4th Street, Wills Point, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10 and at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 12.

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‘Greater Tuna’ coming to Terrell, WP

2 years ago By News Staff

“Greater Tuna”, a Texas comedy by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, is scheduled to make multiple stops in and around the Terrell area in the coming weeks. Local performances are set to run Oct.

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Bryan speaks on records, DNA

2 years ago By News Staff

The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society members enjoyed the 40th annual Fall Advanced Genealogy Seminar with speaker Marynell Bryant who covered genealogy topics including War of 1812 records, cousins, DNA and deciphering old handwriting.

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Fighting cancer one day at a time

2 years ago By Britne Hammons

Courtney Spencer is a seventh-grade teacher at Mabank ISD. She teachers reading and writing and is also a wife to her husband, Scott, and a mother of three children. Beloved by her family, community and coworkers she is often the person willing to go above and beyond to help someone. Courtney was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast on June 9, 2020, and has fought an entire year against breast cancer.

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Suspect arrested on drug charges

2 years ago By From Staff Reports

A traffic stop by Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office deputies patrolling in the southeastern portion of the county resulted in the arrest of a suspect on multiple drug related charges last week. The VZCSO posted about the arrest on their Facebook page stating, “On Saturday Oct.

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Canton ISD bus involved in crash

2 years ago By News Staff

At approximately 7:20 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 6, on Highway 64 near Myers Auto Salvage in Canton, a crash involving a Canton ISD school bus occurred.

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Subdivisions sprouting in county

2 years ago By Britne Hammons

Van Zandt County is growing, evident by the number of subdivision plat approvals during the Sept. 29 Van Zandt County Commissioners Court meeting.

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Texas Farm Bureau hosts annual YF&R Spring Conference

May 17, 2024 - 06:01

A statewide Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) Conference provided networking and educational opportunities for farmers, ranchers, agricultural professionals and college students was hosted by the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) April 5-7 in Waco.

VZ County Genealogical Society meeting set for May 18

May 17, 2024 - 06:01

Van Zandt County Genealogical Society Publicity Chairperson The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society was scheduled to meet Saturday, May 18, 2024, at 2 p.m., at the VZC/Sarah Norman Library, located at 317 First Monday Lane, Canton.

Districts to celebrate commencement

May 17, 2024 - 06:01

Edgewood ISD will hold commencement ceremonies at 7 p.m., May 24, in the Edgewood High School gymnasium located at 804 E. Pine St., Edgewood.

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