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Wills Point Lady Tigers drop season finale

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The Wills Point Lady Tigers reached the finish line of their 2023 season last week, traveling to Quinlan to take on the District 14-4A game of each team’s respective season. Wills Point and Ford had met once before with the Lady Panthers capturing an 8-1 win over the Lady Tigers back on March 31.

Combined no-hitter carries Grand Saline to win

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The Grand Saline Indians kept their foot firmly pressed on the accelerator with the start of this year’s playoffs looming just over the horizon, opening up their final district series of the year with a dom-

Cates, Hale finish third at State

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sports@vanzandtnews.com Van Zandt County was well represented at the UIL State Tennis Tournament April 25- 26 with three different doubles teams, including two from Edgewood and one from Wills Point, among the competitors.
The Edgewood tennis program would cap its 2023 spring season with two teams, Gracie Cates and Trinity Hale and Brooklyn McPherson and Ella Tyner, competing at the Class 3A State Toruanment April 25. Courtesy photo

Vandals down Bears, fall to Eagles

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sports@vanzandtnews.com The Van Vandals hit the field twice over the past week, taking on longtime foes Brownsboro April 21 before crossing paths with another rival, Lindale, April 24. Van would go on to earn a split in the two slugfest.
The Van Vandals will look to close out the regular season with a flourish when they travel to Lindale to take on the Eagles April 28. Photo by Liz Hinch

Early voting begins Monday for city, school elections

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Early voting opens Monday, April 24, and will continue through Tuesday, May 2, in several city and school A breakdown of the candidates who are scheduled to be on the ballot in the VZC city and school elections as well as Early Voting and Election Day voting dates, times, and locations will be as follows: Edgewood ISD

County sees 12.42 percent increase in sales tax revenues

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The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered mostly positive results to Van Zandt County cities last week, announcing that five out of seven local entities had posted sales tax revenue gains when comparing against collection totals against the same month from the previous year.

Van council tables action on revised EDC by-laws

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After several minutes of discussion, the Van City Council took no action regarding revised Economic Development Corporation (EDC) by-laws during its regular monthly meeting April 13. Van Mayor Pro-Tem Ernie Burns joined the meeting through ZOOM as he was out of town due to a family illness.
Van City Council member Charles Ryan voiced his support for proposed changes in the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) by-laws during the council’s regular monthly meeting April 13. No action was taken by the council as they will wait to hear back from the EDC board before voting on the changes at their May council meeting. Photo by David Barber