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Photographer Faith Caughron has been named the 2020 winner of the EXPLORE magazine photography contest. Faith’s photo, “A Night Headed Home,” beat over 150 entries in the Van Zandt Newspapers photography contest.
Read moreHope Pregnancy Center will host its annual fundraising gala on Saturday, Sept. 26. This year’s event will be virtual and live streamed on the center’s website at www.Hopecanton.com/gala and via Facebook Live.
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Van Zandt County residents received some welcome news over the past week with the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases slowing dramatically over previous reporting periods. From Aug. 25-Aug. 31, Van Zandt County cities combined to see just 21 new cases total, bringing the overall case count to 520 since the pandemic began.
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Around 3:30 p.m., Aug. 26, the Canton Fire Department was dispatched to Canton ISD in regar to a truck being on fire at the Canton bus barn. The cause of the fire was determined to be a line which sprang a leak, got hot and burned from the bottom up. The driver of the truck had parked it 10 minutes earlier. No injuries were reported, but the truck was a total loss.
Read moreThe Canton Police Department released the following activity report for Aug. 23-Sept. 1.
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Canton Mayor Lou Ann Everett presented Canton City Councilwoman Cindy Malouf with the honor of being named Canton’s Citizen of the Year Aug. 18, during the regular council session.
Read moreThe case count continues to climb throughout Van Zandt County with numbers hitting a total of 488 cases as of Monday, Aug. 24.
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Canton Elementary School second grader Abigail and kindergartener Kaitlin pulled some funny faces at the start of the CISD school year on Aug. 20. See more photos on page 10A. Courtesy photo
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