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Canton ISD released a letter from Canton ISD Superintendent Brian Nichols that was sent to parents following a March 5 accident involving a school district bus. “We want to inform you of an incident involving one of our school buses that occurred earlier today (March 5) on Highway 64,” said Nichols in the letter.

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On Jan. 9, the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Team was conducting enforcement activities in the Rolling Oaks area of Wills Point in VZC.

Students in the graduating classes of 2026 and 2027 can sign up to participate in this year’s Engage program offered through Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Student Success Series. The program helps students develop leadership skills, explore potential career opportunities, network with their peers in the area and meet Farm Bureau staff and members.

Thursday, March 13 is the next meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 12219 at the Canton Senior Citizens Building. The regular business meeting begins at approximately 7 p.m.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said March 3 that state sales tax revenue totaled $3.8 billion in February, 4.3 percent more than in February 2024. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February.

The Van Zandt County/Sarah Norman Library, located at 317 First Monday Lane (FM 859) in Canton, has released its Spring Break schedule for the time period of March 11-21 for all Van Zandt County school district schedules and it will be as follows: Tuesday, March 11, and Tuesday, March 18: Garden Day, noon to 5 p.m. Making Recycled Bottle Planters and Seed Bombs. Walk in anytime between noon and 4:30 p.m. All ages are welcome.

The Grand Saline School Board recently called for a $34.75 million bond election to take place on May 3 to build a new Grand Saline Middle School campus. According to Grand Saline ISD Superintendent Micah Lewis, Early Voting is scheduled to begin April 22 and conclude on April 29.

A traffic stop in Van Zandt County led to multiple charges for a Canton woman, according to information released by Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department Captain Pete O’Reilly. During the evening of Feb.

An arson investigation in the Rolling Oaks community has led to the arrest of a woman, according to Van Zandt County Fire Marshal Kevin Palmer. Palmer said that a firefighter was dispatched to the Rolling Oaks area for a structure fire on Feb.