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The Northeast Texas Public Health District reported that there have been 7,195 confirmed or probable cases (cases with a COVID-19 positive antigen test), including 4,274 confirmed cases and 2,921 probable cases as of Monday, Sept. 20, in Van Zandt County.

A slight growth in overall student enrollment at the start of the 2021-22 school year was shared during the Sept. 20 regular monthly meeting of the Van School Board.

Above, Edgewood High School will celebrate Homecoming 2021 on Oct. 1. The Edgewood High School 2021 Homecoming court is freshman beau and duchess, J. Jackman and E. Wilcoxson; sophomores, B. Bannister and A. Nicholson; juniors, H. Wilcoxson and T. Smith and senior king and queen nominees, N. Boone and K. McBride, D. Huett and A. Phillips, C. McKibben and C. Pool and N. Sims and A. Thornton. Below, Van High School celebrated Homecoming 2021 on Oct. 24. Van High School Homecoming nominees are Dilon Peterson, Idalia Pena, Omar Hernandez, Lainey Plunk, Mason Moffatt, Bo Arozamena, Armando Baldelamar, Gracie Rowe, Kedarian Erskine and Payton Devisscher. Courtesy photos

The Canton Texas Chamber of Commerce launched the fourth class of Leadership Van Zandt County (LVZC) last week. Beginning Sept.

New, returning and continuing officers for the Van Zandt County Library Advisory Board for 2021-22 were approved during the regular meeting of the VZC Commissioners Court Sept. 15.

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Offi ce released the following arrest report for Sept. 8-14.

A trial date is set for 78-year-old John Stevens for the 2019 school bus crash that left one child dead and another injured in Athens after a train collided with the bus. The trial will be held Feb.

An 80-year-old Kaufman County woman has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of her daughter earlier yesterday. At approximately 4:40 p.m., the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call regarding a domestic disturbance in the 12000 block of Farmto-Market (FM) 1836.