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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.

Kaufman County recently announced that it will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccination site each Monday – Saturday from Friday, Sept. 10, through Friday, Oct. 29, at the Shops at Terrell at 301 Tanger Drive, Suite 103 in Terrell (I-20 @ SH 34).

The U.S. Postal Service announced it will not implement a postage increase in January 2022.

At approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, the Canton Police Department along with EMS and the Canton Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle crash at Interstate 20 and Highway 64. Upon arrival they found a Cadillac SUV and a Chevrolet pickup truck both with major front end damage. Reports at the scene indicate that the drivers sustained minor injuries. The driver of the pickup truck had a small puppy who appeared to be in distress and was later taken by a friend to the veterinarian clinic to be examined. Reports on the scene indicated that the driver of the pickup did not see the oncoming vehicle in the problematic intersection. The exact cause of the accident is still under investigation by the Canton Police Department. The accident occurrence at the location (next to Duke’s) marks one of many, and citizens are pushing for TxDOT to make changes to the flow of traffic in the area. Photo by Nick Gibbons

On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, Van Zandt County Sheriff Hendrix and members of his CID Team arrested Brent Lee Smith in Henderson County. Smith was on three recently obtained warrants out of Van Zandt County.