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Van Zandt County rancher Brian Cummins was recognized by the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) as the TFB District 5 Pioneer Award winner at the organization’s 90th Annual Meeting Dec. 2, 2023, in Frisco.

The Early Voting period for the upcoming March 5, 2024, Primary Election in Van Zandt County has been announced by the VZC Clerk’s office. All Early Voting will take place at the VZC/Sarah Norman Library in Canton beginning Feb.

A Notice of Order of Election for the January 30, 2024, special runoff election for the Texas House District 2 state representative seat was approved by the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court during its regular meeting Dec. 20, their final regular meeting scheduled for 2023.

When I was in my early 30s, a had a good friend that was a devout muzzleloader hunter. Once he allowed me to use one of his 50-caliber Hawken rifles on a doe hunt, I was hooked.

terest, the city was able to cancel their election and was scheduled to hold a swearing-in ceremony for Mayor Lou Ann Everett and council members Randon Sumner and Cassidy Henderson.

The Edom Volunteer Fire Department is looking for two ‘Good Samaritans’ who heroically recently pulled a victim from a burning car saving the individual’s life, according to Dylan Turner with the Edom VFD.

A report of vandalism at Cherry Creek Park in Canton is still under investigation, according to Canton Police Department Detective Jerod Forrest. Forrest said that the vandalism was done sometime during the overnight hours Dec.

Van Zandt County Republican Party Chairman Lance Lenz recently released information about a scheduled VZC debate between the two Republican Party candidates that are on the Tuesday, Jan. 30 ballot for the Texas House District 2 special runoff election.

Howard Bell of Canton and his family have been doing Christmas lights for years and the holiday displays just keep on growing.

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