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Sunday, March 26, 2023, will be a very special day at Little Hope Baptist Church, Canton. “The church will be celebrating 130 years of serving our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the local community,” said a church spokesperson.

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ETHAN ADAMS news@vanzandtnews.com The annual Canton Open Rodeo, one of the most anticipated events of the Van Zandt County Fair, is scheduled to take place Thursday, March 30 through Saturday, April 1 at the Zeke Burns Arena on the Canton Fair Grounds.

The Texas State Comptroller’s Office delivered mostly positive results to Van Zandt County cities last week, announcing that five out of seven local entities had posted sales tax revenue gains when comparing against collection totals against the same month from the previous year.

DAVID KAPITAN sports@vanzandtnews.com Wills Point ISD found itself at the center of what has become an alarming trend among East Texas school districts this week, investigating a threat of potential gun violence on one of its campuses after receiving a call at the high school March 13.

Van Zandt County Pct. 1 Commissioner Chad LaPrade recognized two of his employees during the regular meeting of the VZC Commissioners Court March 1 for rendering aid recently to a VZC senior citizen.

Elwood Baptist Church, located at 3713 VZ CR 3504 in Wills Point, will be having their homecoming to mark 125 years since it’s organization in 1898 on April 2. Church officials stated, “We will be having brother Billy Smith to bring the morning message and Ransomed will bring the music.

The second edition of the revamped Van Zandt Co. Bluegrass Festival, presented by KR Promotions, LLC., is slated to kick off Thursday, March 16 at the Canton Civic Center.

The Canton Lions Club District 2-2X met Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the Van Zandt Country Club with Lion President Tanya Watkins presiding. The guest speaker, Tonja Garten, is the Director of the Van Zandt County Sarah Norman Library located in Canton.