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The 2022 Canton Varsity football season tickets are on sale for returning ticket holders now through July 16. Tickets can be purchased from the CISD Event Ticket Link on the homepage of the CISD website.

The City of Canton is hosting the 11 Annual Tailwind Regional Balloon Fest. This event will open to the public on Friday, July 8 at 4 p.m. and Saturday, July 9 at 4 p.m. and it will be held on the west side of the First Monday Trade Days grounds.

Canton celebrated Independence Day on Monday, July 4, by hosting the third annual hot dog, bike decoration and watermelon eating contests while also having a July 4th parade and then topped it all off with a fireworks show.

The 25 th Annual East Texas Baptist Campmeeting Revival is scheduled for July 11-15 at the Canton Civic Center in Canton. With an average nightly attendance of nearly 1,000 people, this Campmeeting Revival is one of the largest annual weeklong religious gatherings in East Texas.

The 2022 Texas hay production outlook appears in doubt due to high fertilizer prices and widespread drought, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

The Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course is held each year during the first week of August and has grown into one of the largest beef cattle educational events in the world.

The largest gathering of 4-H members and supporters in the country spread across the Texas A&M University campus June 6-10. More than 1,400 youth attended the Texas 4-H Roundup event, which is touted as the pinnacle annual event for Texas 4-H.

Drivers traveling for the July Fourth holiday should remember that state law requires them to slow down or move over when tow trucks and other emergency vehicles – police, fire, EMS and highway response trucks – are stopped on the side of the road with their lights activated.

Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 12.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.52/g June 27, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 29.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.73/g higher than a year ago.

Maintenance crews are scheduled to seal coat on FM 1995 east of FM 314 to the Smith County line. They will then move to the IH 20 service road at mile marker 519. Expect lane closures with flaggers controlling traffic.