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Body An Edgewood ISD school bus on its way to pick up students prior to the start of the school day caught fire Oct. 14.

Body Leon Black, who was a star basketball player at Martins Mill High School, as well as a successful high school and college basketball coach, died Oct. 12 at his home in Austin at the age of 89.

Body Two days of art, food and music attracted a record number of visitors to the Edom Art Festival held Oct. 9-10 in downtown Edom. An art vendor shared her pottery experience with a group of children during the event, teaching the young students the basics of making pottery.

Body The number of newly confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases has stayed below 200 for the second consecutive 7-day reporting period according to the Northeast Texas Public Health District. During the Oct.

Body The number of eligible Van Zandt County residents designated as having at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or fully vaccinated continued to inch higher last week according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Body Virginia Reid-Yost will hold auditions for parts for a Christmas production at the Talent Box, a nonprofit community theatre, 133 N. 4th Street, Wills Point, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 10 and at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 12.

Body “Greater Tuna”, a Texas comedy by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, is scheduled to make multiple stops in and around the Terrell area in the coming weeks. Local performances are set to run Oct.

Body The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society members enjoyed the 40th annual Fall Advanced Genealogy Seminar with speaker Marynell Bryant who covered genealogy topics including War of 1812 records, cousins, DNA and deciphering old handwriting.