Canton News

A couple of years ago, Kman and I were wandering around First Monday Trade Days in Canton, Texas.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer CANTON -- The name is not indicative of attitudes the parishioners of Little Hope Baptist Church have.

A Canton church that's been around for more than a century is destroyed in a New Year's Day fire.

The creation of a human resource director position at the administration office was approved by the Canton ISD Board of Trustees.

A county expenditure that began as a temporary solution to a bad-tasting problem has continued more than a decade later.

His first day on the job, Dino, Canton Police Department's new K-9 officer along with his handler/partner officer Heath Burton, and officer Anthony Cantrelle made a drug bust on Interstate 20 Friday night.

South Van Zandt Volunteer Fire Department will add a fourth station and more territory to its coverage area when the new year begins.

Peggy Holbert, 84, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, in Canton, Texas. Services are pending with Seymour Memorial Funeral Home of Seymour.

Janet Griffin, 63, a semi-retired businesswoman and grandmother of six, always voted Republican, always followed politics from a distance and felt she was informed about candidates and the political process.

It is an anxious holiday season for cities and their retail businesses this year.

One man was arrested Monday night after being discovered to have a small plastic bag containing what is suspected to be methamphetamines.

Time has run out and as of December 31, the Canton Fire Department will no longer provide first responder fire service to the 80 square miles of unincorporated area outside the city limits.

There seemed to be a sigh of relief in the room among city staff and a couple of new business owners looking to build in Canton, as the council voted to lift the impact fee.

It's been swamped and it's been battered. But the city-owned Vineyards Campground & Cabins in Grapevine has emerged triumphant, getting itself named one of only two such RV and campground operations in Texas to receive an "A" rating in a national survey.

By Greg Tepper gtepper@neighborsgo.com Tara Storch is a Coppell resident who looks forward to Black Friday every year for her shopping needs.

On the afternoon of Monday, November 23, deputies were dispatched to Cash Relief Pawn on US Hwy 80 just east of Wills Point due to a stolen vehicle.

Duh Pernuff Bunner Impoblum en oganin buggin. Wait. Swallow and read it without peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.

City council members opted to table action Tuesday on the city of Canton's request for petition support for a new water reservoir.

Van Zandt County plans to approve certificates of obligation to reimburse the county's general fund after the purchase of the former Canton Police Department building last month.

A motorcyclist died late last week as the result of a crash which happened November 4, 1.7 miles southeast of Edom on State Highway 64.