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Van High School Principal Jeff Hutchins has been promoted to the position of Director of Operations for Van ISD fol- Hutchins has spent 28 total years in education with 18 of those being in Van ISD. He has served as VHS Principal for the past 12 years and is a 1989 graduate of VHS.

Early voting opens Monday, April 24, and will continue through Tuesday, May 2, in several city and school A breakdown of the candidates who are scheduled to be on the ballot in the VZC city and school elections as well as Early Voting and Election Day voting dates, times, and locations will be as follows: Edgewood ISD

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The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered mostly positive results to Van Zandt County cities last week, announcing that five out of seven local entities had posted sales tax revenue gains when comparing against collection totals against the same month from the previous year.

After several minutes of discussion, the Van City Council took no action regarding revised Economic Development Corporation (EDC) by-laws during its regular monthly meeting April 13. Van Mayor Pro-Tem Ernie Burns joined the meeting through ZOOM as he was out of town due to a family illness.

DAVID BARBER davidb@vanzandtnews.com At the beginning of the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court’s regular meeting April 12, VZC Judge Andy Reese announced that a National Prayer Day ceremony will be held Thursday, May 4, inside the VZC Courthouse from noon to 12:30 p.m. VZC Pct.

Have you noticed signs or blue pinwheels around the county informing the public about child abuse this month? That is because April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. Van Zandt has a board of members from most towns in the county comprised of different ethnicities, genders, socioeconomic status, and races.

There were 103 exhibitors that qualified to sell their projects at the Junior Livestock Auction on Friday, March 31 during the county fair. The Grand Champion Steer belonging to Bryntlee Wilkerson with Van Zandt 4-H sold for $33,000 to a group of buyers: Wills Point Ford, Wills Point Cheverolet, EPIC, SR Construction, P&W Welding, Hidden Oakes Cattle, Michele Neal Consulting, Sweet Baby Rays Consulting, Firehouse Pools & Outdoors, First State Bank Ben Wheeler, A-1 Consulting, Cajun Marine, Wagonburner, Hawes Cattle Company, Cowboy Headquarters, and SDSDale & Marty Nace.

The Fruitvale FFA will be hosting their annual FFA Banquet and Fundraiser Auction beginning at 6 p.m. May 5 at the Fruitvale cafeteria located at 244 VZC 1910.

While modern libraries are so much more than buildings full of books, one of my favorite things about being a librarian will always be bringing readers and books together. Patrons often ask for suggestions.