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The Wills Point City Council met Sept. 14 at the City Hall offices, tackling an agenda that included multiple bookkeeping items related to its annual budget.
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The Wills Point Education Foundation stopped by the Wills Point ISD Board of Trustees meeting Sept. 13, delivering a check in the amount of $30,000 that will go towards the distribution of Innovative Teaching Grants throughout the district. The WPISDEF has been an active contributor to the educational efforts for local teachers and students since its inception, distributing more than $100,000 in recent years. Courtesy photo
Read moreThe number of eligible Van Zandt County residents designated as having at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or fully vaccinated continued to increase last week according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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The number of newly confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases in Van Zandt County grew sharply last week with the Northeast Texas Public Health District announcing 472 new and probable cases locally during the Sept. 9-16 reporting period.
Read moreA two-vehicle accident along FM 751 resulted in the death of an individual after his vehicle came to rest submerged in a portion of Lake Tawakoni shortly before 10 a.m. Sept. 21.
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The Terrell Volunteer Fire Department and Terrell Fire Department were kept busy Sept. 19, responding to multiple accident scenes along Highway 80.
Read moreAt approximately 3:25 a.m., Monday, Sept. 20, a pursuit initiated by the Grand Prairie Police Department and later by Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office entered into Van Zandt County where Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Canton Police Department and Edgewood Police Department units responded.
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Due to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s efforts to continue surveillance of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which was recently detected along the Hunt/Kaufman County line, a North Texas CWD Zone was created.
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