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One of my favorite ways to spend an early spring morning is tossing small Roadrunners or Beetle Spins into the slow-moving current of a stream feeding a lake with a healthy population of white bass. When conditions are just right, catching can be nonstop.

Two inmates were charged with murder in the fentanyl overdoses at the Kaufman County Jail that occurred Feb. 16.

How many times after elections do we hear if only more Christians would have voted, the outcome would have been better. Our keynote speaker for the March 25 meeting of our Van Zandt County Republican Club will be Bunni Pounds with Christian Engaged.

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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar recently said that state sales tax revenue totaled $3.69 billion in February, .05 percent more than in February 2023. The majority of February sales tax revenue is based on sales made in January and remitted to the agency in February.

Artists who paint with acrylic, watercolors, or oils are able to take a thought, a memory or an inspiration and place it on a canvas seamlessly, but what about the artist who creates the picture with words, the author? The one who can take words, put them on a blank canvas, paper, and create a picture that is so real that the audience can smell, hear, and feel what the characters are experiencing.

davidb@vanzandtnews.com Citing speed limit concerns, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court unanimously approved the signing of a letter to be sent to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) regarding two intersections on State Highway 64.

Canton Maintenance will have one crew repairing base and performing overlay on FM 3227. Expect lane closures with flaggers controlling traffic. Also, crews will be performing bridge maintenance on FM 16, I-20, and other locations throughout the county. Another crew will be sweeping curb and gutter and bridges throughout the county. Another crew will perform herbicide operations. Van Zandt County construction projects updates: FM 859 Safety Structures Widening