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Nov. 10-13 saw the fourth annual Mill Creek Cup tournament for The American Carp Society being held in Canton, and once again this great city over-delivered with great hospitality, local support and encouragement.

sports@vanzandtnews.com The Wills Point Lady Tigers hit the most important stretch of their season last week, officially opening District 14-4A play with games against the Caddo Mills Lady Foxes and Farmersville Lady Farmers.

The Canton Eaglettes kicked off their district slate this past week with two thrillers, narrowly escaping both to begin the most important part of their schedule 2-0. Canton would open their district slate on Tuesday, Dec.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com Recognitions were at the top of the agenda for the final regular Van Zandt County Commissioners Court meeting of 2022 featuring several retiring VZC elected officials and employees.

news@vanzandtnews.com Dylan Wheeler, an Edgewood native with over 300,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, did his part to spread Christmas cheer recently, as he, with the help of friends, raised over $13,000 for a local toy drive. After weeks of gathering funds, Wheeler and company visited the Canton Walmart this past month, where they bought over 1000 toys, including bicycles, sports equipment, and more, for the Tunes for Tots event.

Amidst flurries of faux snowflakes, Santa Claus makes an appearance during the Edgewood Holiday Parade of Lights on Saturday, Dec. 17.

Plans are being finalized for the swearing- in ceremony for 16 Van Zandt County elected officials to begin the new year of 2023. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at 2 p.m.

Following a dispute between 10 members of the Ben Wheeler Volunteer Fire Department and its Board of Directors, a special meeting was held by the board on Thursday, Dec. 8 of the fire department.