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Body The East Mountain Bluegrass Group will be performing at the New Horizons Assembly of God on Sunday, June 25, at 10:30 a.m. New Horizons Assembly of God is located at 200 North Houston Street (State Highway 80) in Grand Saline.

Body The University of Texas at Tyler offers free dementia and other brain-related screenings to the East Texas community through the UT Tyler Memory Assessment and Research Center.

Body The Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office released the following arrest report from June 13-June 21. Michael Glenn Baker, 51, Mabank, violating a bond/protective order.

Body Event preparations for the annual July 4 celebration in downtown Canton are continuing as more information about the activities was recently released. The activities downtown, sponsored by the Canton Texas Chamber of Commerce, will begin at 5 p.m.

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Body DAVID BARBER davidb@vanzandtnews.com Activities around Van Zandt County to celebrate the Fourth of July will begin Saturday, June 24, in Van and continue Tuesday, July 4, in Canton.

Body DAVID BARBER davidb@vanzandtnews.com Following a closed executive session at the conclusion of their regular monthly meeting June 8, the Van City Council announced the appointment of a new council member.

Body A group of Van High School journalism students recently returned from a five-day trip to New York City that began on May 30.

Body The Van Zandt County Sheriff ’s Department is mourning the loss of a deputy who was killed in a two-vehicle accident June 11 on State Highway 198 near the Phalba Community in VZC.