Wills Point News

The city of Wills Point received the designation of a Texas Main Street City Friday afternoon, according to city Mayor Scott McGriff.

On Nov. 11, the country will celebrate Veterans Day, and many will celebrate veterans' service and call us heroes.

Months of planning will come to fruition on Saturday morning when an Amtrak passenger train stops in Wills Point for the first time in 40 years.

Early voting for the Nov. 3 Election Day issues in Van Zandt County ends Friday at 5 p.m. Van Zandt County Clerk Charlotte Bledsoe said 389 voters had been counted through the end of the day Monday.

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.

At two hearings this week, Van Zandt County, Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Ronnie L. Daniell awarded custody of 25 dogs, three cats, one horse and one mule to the SPCA of Texas.

One man suffered minor injuries after crashing his pickup truck into an office building just before 1 a.m. last Saturday.

Almost like clockwork, Edgewood seems to be involved in a local option election every 10 years.

In a tale that read like a Shakespearean Western, the Wills Point Historical Society heard a presentation from county historian Elvis Allen about the shooting death of the only fallen peace officer in Wills Point.

Doyle Milliorn says he sometimes feels he is being cast in a bad light. Milliorn, one of two Van Zandt County Emergency Services District No.

Tickets are still available for the Wills Point Historic Stroll on the Brick Streets, but there are not many, chamber president Karen Samples said.

The city of Wills Point and the Chamber of Commerce have a busy October planned for residents and visitors.

It was a chance in a lifetime for many who rode aboard the private railroad car owned by Houston business man Patrick Henry.

The Van Zandt County Investigators recently found the van of Paul Edward Marshall, 72, Wills Point.

LONGVIEW \ - Longview Mall, North Loop 281, is now home to the Longview Bluegrass Music Association's 1st Saturday Bluegrass Music Night, a free monthly bluegrass event featuring local and surrounding area musicians.

Amtrak officials met with organizers for the October 31 event, "1909 Taft Campaign Trail," at the Wills Point Depot on Friday, September 18, to work out some of the details involved with stopping a train in Wills Point.

A Canton man was arrested Monday after he fatally struck another vehicle on U.S. Highway 80 Sunday night and fled the scene.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Michael Maurice Dupree or a van bearing Texas registration X02-NVF VIN #2D6WB11Y13K528500 should contact Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office Investigator Patrick Reedy at 903-567-4133 or Texas Ranger Brent Davis at 903-939-6001. Dupree is wanted in connection with the homicide of a Wills Point resident ...

A meeting with Amtrak officials is planned for Friday, to continue working out the details of the October 31 event "1909 Taft Campaign Trail." Amtrak has agreed to stop a train at the Wills Point Depot to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of President William Howard Taft's stop in 1909.

Zanata Restaurant in Rockwall may be best known for dishes from the wood-fired oven.