Fruitvale News

Setting a school district's budget each year can be a tough puzzle. It may be even more of a challenge for administrators this year.

By JOYCE TURNER Community Editor Perhaps the best way to tell James Golden's story about his book, "Traveling the Golden Road," is to start at the end, instead of the beginning.

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.

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

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

A set of budget amendments approved Monday could solve several ongoing problems on the Fruitvale ISD campus.

The Wills Point School Board heard a request to start a twirling program at the regular meeting held on Monday night.

Van Zandt County school district superintendents know their districts are to receive money from the federal economic stimulus package, signed on Feb.

The Canton Economic Development Corporation took no action on a transportation project during their regular meeting last week.

Fire departments all across Van Zandt County stayed busy this past Sunday responding to multiple grass fire calls.

By COSHANDRA DILLARD Staff Writer CANTON -- About 150 local and state officials, military elite and county residents gathered Saturday at the future site of the Van Zandt County Veteran's Memorial Plaza for the ...

Children dressed in their pajamas jumped up and down as they heard the train whistle blow and saw the smoke from the steam engine as the Texas State Railroad pulled in to the station Friday evening to take them ...