Grand Saline News

Funeral services for Donald 'Don' Long, age 65, of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Main Street Baptist Church in Grand Saline under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home with Bro.

Two celebrations in Canton and Ben Wheeler are on the schedule of Fourth of July events in Van Zandt County.

Van Community Library's Summer Reading Program children were enthralled Thursday, June 18 by the menagerie of animals brought to the Library.

Storms through Van Zandt County Wednesday night and Thursday morning created a partial power outage in Grand Saline.

Wills Point senior Nathan White finished his high school career with a fourth place finish at the state track meet in Austin on Friday, June 5. White, a track signee to Texas A&M at Commerce, ran the 3200-Meters in a time of 9:42.35. Stephen Curry of Argyle was first followed by Abrahm Leija of La Vernia and Marcos Vallejo of Llano .

By MATTWILLIAMS Outdoors Writer Lendell Martin, Jr. will never forget that sultry June night spent in the boat with Joe T. Rogers.

GRAND SALINE, TX, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Carolynn Flagler, Project Manager and Proposal Consultant, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of management.

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.

If you were hoping to pass through Grand Saline on Highways 80 or 110 Friday evening, you most likely would have been held up either by local police or a man in a "Redneck Dad" T-shirt and a Ford F-250. The roads were blocked off as the 48th annual Grand Saline UPRA Rodeo Parade marched south down Main Street through downtown just after 5 p.m. Most ...

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer GRAND SALINE - A gas station owner and two others have been arrested for allegedly dumping hazardous material into a creek.

An intoxicated driver was booked in on multiple charges after he was pulled over late last week for driving on the wrong side of the road, and almost hitting a patrol car head-on. Grand Saline Police Officer Ron Duke stopped a white GMC pickup truck at approximately 11:20 p.m. on May 24, as it drove westbound down US Highway 80 in the eastbound ...

An independent consultant has confirmed that Grand Saline Elementary School's current campus is no longer suitable for classroom instruction.

Grand Saline will celebrate the 35th annual Salt Festival Wednesday through Saturday with a rodeo, street dances and special events.

From Staff Reports Summer days are here again, and along with them, a slower lifestyle for kids and adults.

The Edgewood Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Indians of Grand Saline met in the Region II Softball Quarterfinals in Canton on Tuesday, with Edgewood prevailing, 5-1. Edgewood senior Cassidi Henderson got the win, giving up three hits and striking out 11.

Four days and nights of food, fun and live entertainment will fill the streets of downtown Grand Saline as the 35th edition of the Salt Festival begins June 3. Headlining the musical acts this year is country star David Ball, who will perform at the June 6 street dance to close the festival.

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

Bessie Marie Smith, 84, died Saturday, May 16, 2009, in Wichita Falls. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Carter Lake Road Church of Christ with Bros.

A break-in at the Grand Saline Brookshire's location Saturday morning could be tied to a suspected pharmacy burglary ring that has struck several small pharmacies throughout East Texas.

By COSHANDRA DILLARD Staff Writer GRAND SALINE - Grand Saline Police are investigating the burglary of a Brookshire's Grocery Store pharmacy in the 200 block of W. Frank Street in Grand Saline that occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday.