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Dan Tarno is the husband of Cindy Tarno. He is the pastor of Grace Bible Fellowship Baptist Church in Canton.

Cindy Tarno of Canton shares her cancer story Cindy Tarno has lived in Canton for 40 years and was sent here by God, and her husband, Dan Tarno, was called to pastor a church, Walnut Springs Bible Baptist Church, and is now the pastor of Grace Bible Fellowship Baptist Church. Cindy is an advocate of mammograms but hated to admit that she let life happen and did not have a mammogram in about three years.

Melody Tarno-Thompson, the daughter of Cindy Tarno, was out of town when she received the devastating news that her mom had breast cancer. So far away, Melody shared that she sat on the floor and cried.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com During their regular meeting Sept. 27, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court recognized two Wills Point High School seniors for a recent act of bravery.

‘Support the Pool of Grand Saline’ will hold its annual public meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

A Van Zandt County employee was recognized for 35 years of service to VZC during the Sept. 27 regular meeting of the VZC Commissioners Court.

A Wills Point man has received a sentence in the manslaughter case of his stepdad in 2021. According to the KLTV (Channel 7) website in Tyler, Braxten Robert Henderson, 22, was arrested on July 28, 2021, for running over his stepfather, Bradley Dickson, 40, of Forney, resulting in Dickson’s death.

One person was killed in a two-vehicle accident Sept. 23 on FM 279, three miles west of Edom, according to Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Sgt.

According to Van Zandt County Judge Andy Reese and VZC Fire Marshal Sean Davis, the burn ban in VZC has been lifted, as of Sept. 26. “The data from KBDI (Keetch-Byram Drought Index) as of today (Sept.

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