Canton News

Palestine High School's Class of 1999 will celebrate its 10th Class Reunion on Aug.

The Athens Police Department arrested a man Tuesday who was wanted on a drug charge in Van Zandt County.

The same late spring freeze that nipped the Hill Country peach crop took down some of the earliest East Texas tomato seedlings.

It cut like a razor through the dark, silent after-midnight hour. A long, deep, blood-chilling yowl from Gus the Cat.

Two celebrations in Canton and Ben Wheeler are on the schedule of Fourth of July events in Van Zandt County.

Free State Bluegrass Music Festival: Performers begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Free State Bluegrass Musical Festival inside Canton Civic Center.

A 17-year-old girl was killed in a single-vehicle roll-over Wednesday morning on Farm-to-Market Road 3080 near Mabank.

Ray Price will open the three-day Legends of Western Swing Music Festival Thursday evening.

Farmer J.T. Lemley carries a box of his Canton tomatoes for chef Janice Provost of Parigi.

Jimmy Pickens has no reservations about letting people know he is the one leading the charge for alcohol sales in Van Zandt County Precinct 1. The sign outside his bail bond office and cellular phone store on Highway 80 in Grand Saline makes it clear.

An anonymous tip ended with the arrest of three individuals on drug charges and the recovery of stolen property and narcotics.

By REGIS L. ROBERTS Staff Writer CANTON -- Canton officials hope the proposed construction of a 1,500-acre reservoir will fulfill the city's future water needs.

East Texas residents are encouraged to saddle up and head down to Zeke Burns Arena in Canton, June 11-13 for the 13th annual Canton Stampede PRCA Rodeo, hosted by the Canton Trail Riders.

The petition drive for a local option election in Van Zandt County Precinct 1 is about to begin in earnest.

If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band. Count on a lot of fiddles at the Legends of Western Swing Music Festival, which is returning to Wichita Falls' Multi-Purpose Events Center June 18-20 for the 10th year.

There could be a second local option election for alcohol sales in Van Zandt County before the end of the year.

The Canton Planning & Zoning Commission voted in favor of a specific use permit for a private club in a planned development in the city, during Monday night's meeting.

Canton, Texas is a small town located about 1 hour East of Dallas. This small town however, has something that Dallas doesn't, 'The First Monday Trade Days'. First Monday Trade Days takes place from Thursday through Sunday before Neigborhood: First Monday Park area Canton, TX 75103 United States of America the first Monday of every month and ...

A federal investigation has begun into counterfeit $100 bills recently passed in several areas in East Texas, including businesses in Edgewood and Canton.

Cloud cover and cool breezes kept festival goers in high spirits Saturday for Marshall's annual Stagecoach Days, a celebration of the city's transportation roots.