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The Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial & Visitors Center in Canton has announced that they will be hosting a VZC Veterans Day program beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov.

For its second production of the 2022-‘23 season, Theatre TJC delves into “Holes,” Louis Sachar’s adaptation of his novel and motion picture of the same name. The production runs 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 9-11, and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, in Jean Browne Theatre on the TJC central campus.

Next week will see the commencement of the fourth annual Mill Creek Cup event, hosted by the American Carp Society, in Canton. Forty specialist carp anglers will be traveling from various states across the country to participate in the event that offers prizes and merchandise to placing teams. The City of Canton has been the gracious host of the event since its inception, as Mill Creek Lake is the home to a number of very special fish that attract anglers from all regions of the country who specialize in the sport.

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from Oct. 16-Nov.

The Texas A&M Forest Service reminds Texans to be careful with activities that may cause a wildfire this hunting season. From 2017 to 2021, Texas A&M Forest Service responded to 3,682 wildfires burning 1.4 million acres.

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The 48th annual Edgewood Halloween Carnival, hosted by Edgewood ISD and the City of Edgewood, was recently held with a good crowd on hand. The theme of the carnival this year was ‘Haunted on the Highway.’ Those attending the carnival ate cotton candy at the sophomore booth, took a hayride sponsored by the freshmen class, smashed a car provided by the GT Challengers, played a couple of rounds of cornhole with the middle school, and bounced in the elementary GT bounce houses.

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A special memorial service has been arranged on Saturday, Nov. 5 to celebrate the life of Wyatt Brey, the Canton ISD student who passed in a tragic accident in late September.

A 17-year old male suspect was arrested and booked into the Van Zandt County Jail on Capital Murder charges following a joint operation that included both the Grand Saline Police Department and United States Marshal Service Oct. 25.