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Body On Thanksgiving Day, as families across the area gathered to celebrate, the Whitton Volunteer Fire Department and other fire departments were called into action to combat a fire that ultimately consumed over 100 acres.

Body During an emergency meeting Dec. 5, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to have holiday lights and decorations installed around the courthouse in time for the Saturday, Dec. 13 Canton Main Street Christmas Parade and Festival downtown.

Body Texas District 2 State Representative Brent Money will be the guest speaker at the next Van Zandt County Republicans meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 at Christ is King Reformed Baptist Church located at 30487 State Highway 64 in Wills Point.

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Body According to a Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department Facebook post, at approximately 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5, the VZC Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an armed robbery in progress at the First State Bank of Ben Wheeler in Edom.

Body J. Brett Harrison of Files, Harrison, and Millslagle P. C. of Tyler, the law firm representing Van Zandt County Pct. 1 Commissioner Mitch Curtis, commented recently on the indictment and arrest of his client.

Body Love them or hate them, cormorants have flocked to lakes and private waters in Texas to spend the winter months roosting on standing timber on our lakes and devouring both baitfish and gamefish as though there is no tomorrow.

Body The deadline for filing to run in a Van Zandt County or state office in the March 3, 2026, Primary Election was Monday, Dec. 8, according to VZC Republican Party Chairman Lance Lenz.

Body Members of the Canton Elementary School Student Council for the month of December are front row, left to right, Mila Navarro, Addison Glover, Lawsyn Liptak, and Adelaide West; and back row, Bo Tabraham, Danny Damron, Cade Peace, Weston Priest, and Kai Fox.

Body Hunting seasons are well under way and chances are good many of you already have a freezer well stocked with everything from venison steaks and ground meat to dove breasts. Let’s not let all this tasty meat get freezer burned.