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A look back at 2024 accomplishments as well as what is coming up for 2025 were featured Feb. 4 during the Canton Texas Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Luncheon at The Silver Spur Resort.

Callie Harris, a 4-H member from Canton, earned Reserve Champion Senior Heifer Calf with BK Luxury Points 3046L ET in the Hereford heifer division at the 2025 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) on Jan. 25.

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The sign-up period for candidates to file in the mayor’s race, the city council, or the school board election continues through Feb. 14.

I’ve often been asked what I like best, hunting or fishing? I have often pondered that question and have finally come to realize whether I’m engaged in tug-of-war with a big catfish or striper, running a trot line, fishing a creek for spawning white bass or settling my sights on a wild hog with intentions of putting the meat on my smoker, I like most what I’m engaged in at the moment!

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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is planning to conduct the following construction and maintenance work in the district during the week of Feb. 3, 2025.

Texas District 2 State Representative Brent Money recently filed House Bill 2197, which provides equal protection under the law to preborn babies in Texas. Over a dozen House colleagues co-authored the bill within the first hour of filing.

The Republican Women of Van Zandt County is part of the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW). This club provides the avenue for women to influence policy, develop candidates, and elect the leaders of Texas.

REACH Child Placing Agency (REACH) will host their Sixth Annual Casino Night on Friday, March 21 at The Establishment Barn in Terrell. REACH is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that serves and cares for abused and/or neglected children in crisis in Kaufman County.