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DAVID BARBER davidb@vanzandtnews. com The Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer was the primary topic presented during a special called City of Van Town Hall Meeting June 26 held downtown at The Movie House.

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editor@terrelltribune.com A Kaufman County man accused of capital murder requested his trial be held outside of Kaufman County. Trevor McEuen, 32, is seeking a fair trial for the 2023 murder of his 35-year-old neighbor Aaron Martinez.

editor@terrelltribune.com A truck driver has been charged with five counts of manslaughter after a deadly crash on I-20 that killed six people on Saturday afternoon. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Alexis Gonzalez-Companioni fell asleep at the wheel, causing his semitruck to plow into stopped traffic on the highway, causing a chain reaction.

Photos by David Barber and Tammy Weidman .

The Republican Women of Van Zandt County held their second ‘Pizza and Politics’ event on Friday, June 20, 2025, at the Silver Spur in Canton with approximately 100 people attending the free event.

The Van Zandt County/Sarah Norman Library in Canton recently announced the donation of a table for the children’s area of the library. According to library director Tonja Garten, the table was donated in memory of Kathleen Stanford Barber on what would have been her 100th birthday on July 5, 2025.

Catching fish can be a challenging endeavor especially when conditions change quickly and patterns that have been as constant as the Polar star fail to produce bites. Such was the case with a striper fishing trip at Lake Texoma last week with my friends at Striper Express.