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DAVID KAPITAN sports@vanzandtnews.com A school bus carrying Alba-Golden ISD students headed to Canton ISD to compete in a UIL Academic Meet was struck by a vehicle at approximately 7:30 a.m. Feb.

Four City of Van Police Department officers received certificates and recognition Feb. 9 during the regular monthly meeting of the Van City Council.

DAVID BARBER davidb@vanzandtnews.com During the regular meeting of the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court Feb. 15, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service District Administrator Dr.

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Van Zandt Newspapers is putting out the call to all local photographers for the annual 2023 EXPLORE Magazine Photography Contest. Winning entries will be featured in Van Zandt Newspapers’ annual EXPLORE Magazine with name credit.

Writer and journalist P.A. Geddie’s new book Upper East Side of Texas: Small Towns & Cultural Districts was released this week through Speckled Crow Media. Filled with 300 photographs of sites, scenes, and local artwork of the region, she writes about the beauty and simplicity that makes the area meaningful for residents and visitors alike.

Members of the Captain James Burleson Chapter Texas Society US Daughters of 1812 and the James Pinckney Henderson Chapter Daughters of the Republic of Texas met in the Buchanan Room of the Public Library in Canton Jan. 28.

The Van Zandt Extension Livestock and Forage committee and the Van Zandt County Farm Bureau are sponsoring a soil test campaign that kicks off Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Event Center. This is for any forage producer or home gardener.

The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered welcome news to cities aroundVan Zandt County Feb. 8, indicating that six out of seven local entities had posted sales tax revenue gains when comparing against collection totals against the same month from the previous year.