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Dust off your walking shoes and grab your family and friends and participate in the Bob Moore Memorial Walk Across Texas event that will kick off at 9 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, on the Van Zandt County Courthouse westside lawn.

Since 1987, October has been recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Funeral services for Dorothy Louise Cunigan, Wills Point, were held Oct. 14, 2021, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home Chapel.

Ben Wheeler will be the place to be as the Hog Festival arrives Oct. 22-23 in Van Zandt County.

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

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.

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. Photo by Britne Hammons

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.