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An arrest warrant was issued by a Henderson County judge with allegations that a Malakoff man called in a bomb threat to avoid a court hearing June 7.

The office of Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar released its latest monthly sales tax revenue last week, indicating that six out of seven local entities had posted sales tax revenue gains when comparing against the same calendar month from the previous year.

State Highway 198 between Malakoff at its intersection with State Highway 31 and the Henderson-Kaufman county line in Mabank was officially marked in May as a Memorial Highway dedicated to Henderson County Deputy Sheriffs Tony Ogburn and Paul Habelt, who were killed May 17, 2007, in Payne Springs...

The SPCA of Texas and the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office served a search and seizure warrant at a property in Van Zandt County, before removing 14 animals from the property June 10. The animals included five dogs, five koi fish, two cats, one macaw and one deceased cockatoo.

June 18: Wills Point’s annual Juneteenth celebration will begin at 11 a.m. with a parade making its way down from the intersection of O’Neal and S. Fourth St. towards South Park. Once the parade has concluded, a party will be held in the park with free food, games and fellowship for the community.

Van Freedom Boom celebration set for Saturday, June 25 The City of Van recently released plans for their sixth annual Independence Day celebration known as Van Freedom Boom. Activities will take place from 5-10 p.m.

As I was finishing up cataloging a stack of books, I looked at Mr. Rogers and told him that it feels like we have been doing nothing other than this since January. That got me to thinking, so I started doing some number crunching.

Photos by Amandi Goldman.

At the conclusion of the regular monthly meeting of the Van City Council June 9, former Van Mayor Pro Tem Amanda Davis announced her resignation from the city council, effective immediately. “I am moving out of the city limits of Van,” said Davis to those in attendance.

The Grand Saline Salt Festival was held Saturday, June 11, in downtown Grand Saline. The event featured a long parade, games such as horseshoes, corn hole, a car show and more.