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The second annual Canton Community Health Fair, EXIT Realty Pro and M-Squared Management in Canton, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 8, at Crossroads Canton Church in Canton.
Read moreHope Pregnancy Center will host an in-person fundraising gala on Saturday, Sept. 25, featuring Bro. Joseph Parker from the American Family Association.
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The morning of Sept. 11, the Canton Cross Country Team commemorated Patriot Day, Sept. 11, 2001, before competing in the Henry Lewis Memorial Invitational meet. A ceremony was held honoring those who lost their lives and those who serve. Cross country teams, along with representatives from the VZC Veterans Memorial, Canton Police Department, Canton Fire Department, Boy Scouts, VZC Sheriff Steve Hendrix and members of the VZC Sheriff’s Office, attended the event.
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Northeast Texas Public Health reported that there have been 6,800 confirmed or probable cases (cases with a COVID-19 positive antigen test), including 4,037 confirmed cases and 2,763 probable cases as of Monday, Sept. 13 in Van Zandt County.
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Fire departments were called out to a vehicle fire on Farmto-Market 17, one mile north of Interstate 20 on Tuesday, Sept. 14. According to eyewitness reports, the driver of the vehicle reported smelling smoke and got out of the vehicle before it caught fire. FM 17 was backed up for a brief period. No injuries were reported, and the blaze was extinguished. Photo Courtesy of Nick Gibbons
Read moreThe Canton Police Department released the following arrest report from Sept. 5-13.
Read moreThe Republican Club of Van Zandt County will hold their monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Sept. 27 at the Canton Farm Bureau. The date change was to accommodate as many area school board members as possible since the topic will be the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools.
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“I’ve been in a few hurricanes in my lifetime, but nothing like this,” Canton resident Tammy Bivens Carlos said regarding Hurricane Ida, the second most intense hurricane to strike Louisiana, only behind Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane formed on Aug. 26, 2021, and dissipated Sept. 4, 2021, causing an estimated $50.05 billion in damages.
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