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Canton resident and international gospel artist La La Musiq recently won the 2023 Female Songwriter of the Year at the International Singer Songwriters Association awards show in Atlanta, Georgia Aug. 5.

An update on what has been happening and what is anticipated to occur in the city of Canton was discussed by Canton Mayor Lou Ann Everett during a presentation Aug. 9 as part of the weekly Canton Lions Club Luncheon at the Van Zandt Country Club.

The Van Zandt 4-H Awards Ceremony was held Monday, July 31, at the Van Zandt Farm Bureau Event Center. More than 125 members, families, friends, sponsors and special guests gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the 2022-23 year.

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Forecasters for the National Weather Service are anticipating a more active hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean surface temperatures, the Texas Tribune reported. Hurricane season runs through the end of November.

If there is a ‘down time’ for outdoors people or for me at least, it is during the dead of summer, about right now! Oh, it’s not that I don’t have plenty to do with my writing, radio shows to record and segments of our weekly TV show to work with but I haven’t actually been out on a lake fishing or in the woods hunting hogs in several weeks. I’ve done a little pond fishing for bluegill and bass close to home just to keep my casting arm in practice.

U.S. Dermatology Partners is pleased to announce the opening of its newest office location in Canton.

The East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG) will hold its 104th Semi-Annual Board of Directors Meeting on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at The Texan - A Landmark Venue located in Athens. The meeting will begin at 11:45 a.m. and end at approximately 2:00 p.m.

The Canton Lions Club District 2-2X met Wednesday, August 2, 2023, at the Van Zandt country Club Club with Lion President Jesse Carranza presiding. The July 2023 Service Project was the Canton ISD Backpack Program.

A two-vehicle accident on State Highway 19, four miles south of Canton Aug. 1, resulted in one death and one injury.

The Whitton Community Center, located on FM 1651 near Canton, will host an ice cream social fundraiser beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug.