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Tom Duke has announced his candidacy for the Republican Party Chair of Van Zandt County, outlining five Core Commitments that will guide his leadership: strengthen our local Republican Party, equip our local leaders, unite around shared principles, recruit the next generation, and protect the...

Hard Candy Christmas Parade

Canton Main Street Program Manager Preparations are continuing for two major Christmas activities in downtown Canton including the Christmas Sip N’ Dip Thursday, Dec. 11, and The Hard Candy Christmas Parade and Festival on Saturday, Dec. 13.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.