Edgewood News

Local retail nursery employees don't want to stand in the heat with a water hose any more than you do.

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.

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.

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

Police say it could be the break to solve 40 pharmacy break-ins, including several in East Texas.

The swine flu outbreak raged on across Texas this week, but has not been confirmed anywhere in Van Zandt County as of Thursday.

The East Texas Stampede 4-H Equestrian Team, selected Caitlin Craig and Chelsea Cole as Riders of the Month for March.

As the spring weather settles into the area, the big facelift on Edgewood City Park is almost complete.

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

Several county roads and part of Farm-to-Market Road 859 were flooded Thursday afternoon when a levee broke on a privately owned lake south of Highway 80.

Services for J.D. Ramsey, 96, Edgewood were held at 2 p.m. March 7, at Eubank Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.

Staff, Wire Reports A saturated Tyler will see more rain today. The forecast calls for a 100 percent chance of rain during the day and 70 percent tonight.

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

Wills Point will have a local option election on May 9 for beer and wine retail sales inside the city limits.

'Everybody said, 'If y'all get married, it won't last six weeks,'' said Tony Foster.

Bexar County's 16 school districts could receive $235 million under an economic stimulus plan being considered by the House Appropriations Committee.

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

A large wood-frame house was destroyed by fire about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Van Zandt County Fire Marshall Chuck Allen said the house in the 600 block of South Houston Street in Edgewood was fully engulfed in ...