Wills Point News

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

Wills Point, TX - James 'Mike' Patterson, 59, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009.

Ben Mitchell Enterprises Inc. received a faxed copy of its' permit for alcohol sales on June 18, and the first beer sales in Van Zandt County took place the next morning.

Ben Mitchell Enterprises Inc. received a faxed copy of its' permit for alcohol sales on June 18, and the first beer sales in Van Zandt County took place the next morning.

Van Zandt County law enforcement agencies met earlier this week to finalize a safety plan as a biker rally gets under way today .

When A teenage girl's parents banned her from seeing her boyfriend, she asked him to kill her entire family Alex Hannaford Three hearses stand outside the funeral home by White Rose Cemetery on the outskirts of the historic town of Wills Point, Texas.

Wills Point City Manager Jim Stephens celebrated a one-year anniversary with city employees on Monday.

A tobacco sting by the Wills Point Police Department resulted in four citations written at three locations.

Local special events planner and self-proclaimed "King of Armadillo Racing," Sparky Sparks of the Sparks Agency, was recently featured on the Animal Planet's "Most Outrageous Animal Competitions." Sparks, and his wife Mary Ellen, who have lived in Wills Point since the late 80s, have been racing armadillos since 1985.

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.

Production ''The Foreigner,' written by Larry Shue, will conclude the 2008-09 season at the Talent Box Productions.

Arrests of two men by Lamar County Sheriff's deputies could solve 20 to 30 area burglaries and perhaps many more, Sheriff B. J. McCoy said Monday.

The Wills Point Economic Development Corporation voted on Tuesday to write a letter of intent pursuing an agreement with a hotel vendor for the property on East Highway 80.

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

Elvis is indeed alive, and will make an appearance in Wills Point on May 30 at the chamber of commerce building.

For the first time since national prohibition ended in 1933, Van Zandt County has a legally wet town: Wills Point.

In 2005, a local option election petition in Van failed to get past the first gate.

After a week on the run, a Wills Point man was arrested Tuesday and remains in the Van Zandt County Jail under no bond.

The chamber of commerce held its' Quarterly Membership Luncheon on Monday. With more than 75 business owners and citizens in attendance, the chamber presented Robert Johnson, Economic Development Specialist with the Texas Main Street Program as the guest speaker.

The Wills Point School Board recently approved the construction of a new building at the Primary campus to replace four temporary buildings.