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Body The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its 31st annual national food drive on Saturday, May 13. Letter Carriers will join forces with community leaders and others to help fight hunger in Dallas and throughout the country.

Body The annual memorial service for the Starr Cemetery Association will be held May 20 at the Grand Saline Old School Museum located at 700 North Main Street in Grand Saline. The business meeting will begin at 11 a.m. with gospel singing and a spiritual message to follow.

Body The Canton Lions Club District 2-2X met Wednesday, April 26, at the Van Zandt Country Club with Lion President Tanya Watkins presiding. The guest speakers were Dr. Brian Nichols, Canton ISD Superintendent and Dr. Angela Barton, Canton ISD Director of Curriculum and Assessment.

Body Van Zandt County District Attorney Tonda Curry served as the special guest speaker at the April 27 meeting of the Canton Rotary Club, speaking on various matters relating to local law. .

Body ETHAN ADAMS news@vanzandtnews.com The 2023 local election cycle would come to an end this past weekend, as Saturday, May 6 represented the final day for interested voters to cast their ballots.

Body Anumber of speakers prayed for various individuals and organizations during the National Day of Prayer program presented May 4 at the Van Zandt County Court at Law Courtroom inside the VZC Courthouse in Canton.

Body According to the Van Zandt County Clerk’s office, the proposition on the ballot in a special called election May 6 for Van Zandt County Emergency Services District (ESD) #3 was defeated in a 147-122 vote.

Body Prior to a vote by the Texas House of Representatives regarding possible expulsion May 9, Republican District 2 State Representative Bryan Slaton of Royse City resigned from office May 8 after the House General Investigating Committee, in a report released two days earlier, found...

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Body St. Justin’s Episcopal Church, located at 977 West Highway 243 in Canton, recently welcomed their new Priest, Rev.