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The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is accepting applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) in eight additional counties impacted by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that began on April 26.

The University of Texas at Tyler announced the students who were named to the spring 2024 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed 12 or more credit hours of undergraduate college- level credit in the awarding semester with a grade point average of at least 3.75.

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from June 4-June 11. Jacob Alan Bullock, 22, Wills Point, terroristic threats against family/household.

Wallace Methodist Church will be hosting its annual picnic/ fish fry after church Sunday, June 23. The church is located at 151 VZCR 2501 in Canton.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com After visiting Mineola and Athens earlier in the day, Republican United States District 5 Congressman Lance Gooden closed out his Town Hall Meeting tour in his district June 6 with an appearance in Canton.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com For the second time, the State Comptroller’s Office recognized the City of Van with a ‘Transparency Star Award.’ After receiving a ‘Transparency Star’ award from the state in the category of ‘Traditional Finances,’ the City of Van received another ‘Transparency Star’ award, this time in the area of ‘Open Government and Compliance.’ Van is the first city inVan Zandt County to receive ‘Transparency Star’ recognition from the State Comptroller’s Office. “The City of Van has worked tirelessly to be the best we can be,” pointed out Van Mayor Tammy Huff.

Republican United States District 5 Congressman Lance Gooden welcomed those in attendance for a Town Hall Meeting June 6 at the Van Zandt County Farm Bureau Event Center in Canton. Story on 3A.

The SPCA of Texas, through generous funding from an anonymous donor, is offering $5,000 as a reward to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any individual(s) who has perpetrated the animal cruelty crime of abandoning 10 newborn puppies at a car wash in Van.