Van Zandt County News

History came alive Saturday morning in Longview. A group of residents from Wills Point in Van Zandt County came to the Longview Amtrak station to begin their re-enactment of a historic train ride and speech made by President William Howard Taft on Oct.

Voters in Precinct 1 of Van Zandt County have turned down proposals to allow the sale of liquor.

How is this for a bit of Election Day irony? The area of Precinct 1 with the fewest registered voters may be the most impacted if alcohol sales are legalized.

Jay Scott McEvers Carl Ray Davis The suspected driver in the robbery of the Mineola Community Bank in Grand Saline that happened Monday morning has been arrested.

The second annual Quality Counts workshop in Cooke County was held Oct. 24 at the Martin Trubenbach MISD Ag Center under the direction of Phyllis Griffin, county 4-H agent and her committee of volunteers.

Just after 9:30 Saturday morning, a Van man was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Van Zandt County Road 1316 six miles northwest of Van.

The FBI is now helping out in the hunt to find a suspect who robbed a Grand Saline bank at gunpoint.

Forty-eight staff members within the 14 Workforce Solutions East Texas Centers have been notified their last day of work will be Friday, October 30, 2009.

Dallas County Constable Jaime Cortes is challenging the county's legal right to investigate his employment practices.

A Mabank woman has been arrested and charged with a felony count of animal cruelty after 26 dogs and three cats were taken from her home on VZCR 2724 on October, 16.

Van Zandt County sheriff's officials are trying to sort out details surrounding a woman and two married men she was allegedly dating after one of the men was fatally stabbed and the other jailed on murder charges.

Three Van Zandt County residents have been arrested in connection with numerous burglaries across the county, as well as others in Henderson, Hopkins and Kaufman Counties.

On Sunday October 25, 2009 at approximately 12:30 am the Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a Motor Vehicle accident on Van Zandt County Road 4907.

Heavy rains this morning and overnight have closed some East Texas Roads. We will continue to monitor the situation and update our list as more details become available.

Last Updated: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:21:00 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:07:00 Ben Wheeler Named Hog Capital Of Texas Staff Writer Email this Print this BEN WHEELER-Ben Wheeler will be recognized statewide as the "Wild Hog Capital of Texas." The official proclamation will be given by Texas State Representative, Dan Flynn of District 2 on Tuesday, September 29, ...

An attempted traffic stop by a Chandler policeman Sunday afternoon, triggered a 2-county chase Sunday ending with the arrest of a 41-year-old man.

Hughes Springs ISD is letting out classes at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon because of the flooding conditions in the county.

Under the authority of the Van Zandt County Sheriff's Department, the SPCA of Texas seized 26 dogs and three cats that have been neglected by their owner on Friday, October 16, from a property in Van Zandt County.

Under the authority of the Van Zandt County Sheriff's Department, the SPCA of Texas will seize 14 dogs and 3 cats that have been neglected by thier owner this morning from a property in Van Zandt County.

Rain left its mark on East Texas. Tuesday, water flooded low lying areas, and several roads were washed out and blocked off.