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Just before 6 p.m. Friday, July 16, the driver of a motorhome pulling a boat down Highway 64 west heading into Canton noticed that the RV was on fire. He immediately pulled the RV to the side of the road and was able to disconnect the boat and get the RV away from it. Canton Fire Department responded to the fire where they found the RV fully engulfed. Fortunately, there were no injuries, but the motorhome was a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Read moreVan Zandt County cities enjoyed another solid month of sales tax revenue gains with the Texas State Comptroller’s Office releasing figures indicating Canton, Edom, Grand Saline and Wills Point had all exceeded sales tax collection totals when comparing against the same calendar month of the previous year.
Read moreThe Canton school board, meeting in call session Thursday night, awarded the contract for general construction of the new air-conditioned and centrally heated high school building to Conway Construction Co. of Tyler.
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Funeral services for Ellis Hayden Clark, III, 15-yearold student at Canton high school, who was killed in an automobile accident South of here on Highway 19, were held at 2 P.M. Wednesday in the Chapel of Hilliard Sons Funeral Home. Interment was in Haven of Memories.
Read moreThe Canton Police Department released the following arrest report for July 12-19.
Read moreTexas Comptroller Glenn Hegar provided an estimate of revenue available for the 87th Legislature, First Called Session, and now projects 2022-‘23 revenue available for general-purpose spending to be $123.02 billion. Hegar projects a 2022-‘23 ending balance in General Revenue-Related (GR-R) funds of $7.85 billion.
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On July12, Rusk County Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez stopped by Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office and presented Sheriff Hendrix with three envelopes containing gift cards for the VZC Sheriff’s Office employees that lost their home to a fire. Sheriff Valdez told Sheriff Hendrix the donations were collected by him and his employees. “I am proud to call him a friend and we appreciate the care and generosity from our law enforcement family of the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office,” stated VZC Sheriff Steve Hendrix.
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