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Final results from the Saturday, May 4 city and school elections in Van Zandt County have been released. City elections were held May 4 in Grand Saline, Van, and Wills Point, while school elections took place in Edgewood, Fruitvale, and Van.

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Early Voting for the two Van Zandt County Commissioners Court elections will begin Monday, May 20 and continue through Friday, May 24. Election Day is Tuesday, May 28.

The ETX Senior Expo and Resource Fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 16 at the First Methodist Church of Athens located at 225 Lovers Lane. The event is sponsored by Alinea Family Hospice Care ofAthens.

City of Van Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Executive Director Tammy Weidman was among 155 in attendance at the Texas Women in EDC Conference hosted by the Texas Economic Development Council (TEDC).

Ron and Becky Barber with The Barber Group/exp Realty in Van Zandt County have earned the nationally recognized Seniors Real Estate Specialist designation from the SRES Council of the National Association of REALTORS

The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from Apr. 23-Apr.

Locust Grove Baptist Church in the Hiram Community will be holding its annual Memorial Service Sunday, May 5. The program will begin at 11 a.m.

On Sunday, May 19, the Myrtle Springs Cemetery will be holding its annual cemetery meeting. The meeting will be held at the cemetery at 2 p.m.

Finding connections, finding answers: Patti Huff Williams took her audience on a fascinating family research journey, with the GEDMatch DNA program as the roadmap during the April 27 Spring Genealogy Workshop of the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society. Williams, a genealogist and sought-after genealogy speaker, focused on DNAresearch.