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Monday, Dec. 11 is the deadline for all candidates filing to run for an office in VZC to get on the ballot for the March 5, 2024, Texas Primary Election.

The Canton Eagles’ varsity boys basketball team competed in the Mesquite Tournament Nov. 30, Dec.

Van Zandt County Judge Andy Reese presented an update to the VZC Emergency Management Action Plan manual to the Canton City Council members during their regular monthly meeting Nov. 21.

Christmas activities in Canton will be in full swing during the month of December and information for those events will be as follows: Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony The Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, originally scheduled for Nov. 21, has been postponed until Friday, Dec.

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The Eighth Annual Blue Jackets/Gold Standards Dinner and Auction benefi ting the Canton Future Farmers of America (FFA) will be held Thursday, Nov. 30 in the Canton High School Commons Area.

Radio stations KWJB (95.1 FM and 1510 AM) in Canton and KMOO (99.9 FM) in Mineola are celebrating 60 years of radio and the celebration will continue. November 1, 1963, was the day the radio stations were born.

One man died as a result of an early morning vehicle accident Nov. 25 on State Highway 64, two miles northwest of Myrtle Springs.

During the regular meeting of the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court Nov. 22, VZC Clerk Susan Strickland informed the commissioners’ court that Governor Greg Abbott has set a new runoff election date in the race for the currently vacant Texas House District 2 seat.

In a 3-2 vote, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court nominated three individuals to serve on the Van Zandt County Appraisal District’s Board of Directors for the next two years.