Sheriff Announces Staff Reshuffle In Van Zandt County
Van Zandt County Sheriff Truman Price outlined changes this week including former Lt Scott Johnson leaving for Wills Point Police Department as a patrol officer. The CID Captain role held by Rock Ellis was eliminated, and Deputy Doug Pool was removed in the reorganization aimed at putting more officers on the street.
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van Zandt
Truman Price
Scott Johnson
Sheriff's Office
Wills Point
Price
Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Rock Ellis
Ellis
Doug Pool
Pool
Saline Scene Elementary Registration Friday Draws Parents
Saline Scene Elementary registers kindergartners Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 10 p.m. Grand Saline School officials urge parents to register their children. For more information call 962 7526.
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Grand Saline Elementary School
Grand Saline ISD taps Machel as new high school principal
John Machel, 34, was chosen by unanimous vote of the Grand Saline ISD School Board to lead the high school. He comes from Mexia High School as assistant principal. He left for a family trip after the meeting and was unavailable for comment. Superintendent Gilbert called it a difficult but solid choice.
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John Machel
Grand Saline
Grand Saline Athletes Earn All-State and All-East Teams
Texas Sportswriters Association place Joni Joslin on the All-State second team and Meghan Koonce on the third team for softball. The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph lists Grand Saline's Justin Horvath and John Hope on the All-East Texas baseball first team. Coach Tracy Wood is named Co-Coach of the Year with Gilmer's Steve Marrs.
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Texas Sportswriters Association
Grand Saline
Joni Joslin
Meghan Koonce
Tyler Courier-Times- Telegraph
Texas
Justin Horvath
John Hope
Tracy Wood
Gilmer
Steve Marrs
July Fourth closures affect Grand Saline offices
The Fourth of July holiday prompts closures in Grand Saline with City Hall closed Monday and Tuesday and the Sun newspaper also shut on Tuesday. Water emergencies may be reported by calling two listed numbers. library hours shift as the Public Library also observes the holiday. News items and ads must be in by Friday 5 p.m. for the Sun.
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Grand Saline
Sun
Roads dominate Van Zandt County court meeting agenda
Commissioner Cary Hilliard outlined a plan to repair a half mile Shady Acres road in Precinct 2 with an estimated $3000 in materials. Residents will be polled within 10 days to decide if they will pay about $100 per lot for the work. A resident supported moving ahead with the project. The court also considered Jessie Smith’s request to rename two roads.
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Jan Adamson
van Zandt County Commissioners Court
Shady Acres
Precinct 2
Cary Hilliard
Hilliard
Jessie Smith
TJC hosts Q and A with district taxpayers
Tyler Junior College President Bill Crowe and ten staff met district taxpayers at Grand Saline High School last week. Only six people attended including Superintendent Gerald Gilbert. Attendance from Grand Saline residents was underwhelming and no other participants joined the session.
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Grand Saline
Tyler Junior College
Bill Crowe
Grand Saline High School
Chamber of Commerce
Gerald Gilbert
Crowe
TJC
Texas Community College System
Bruce Cheatham
Gilbert
Cheatham
Two Die In Private Plane Crash Southeast Of Ben Wheeler
A Cessna 152 rented in Tyler crashed around 9 40 am southeast of Ben Wheeler off CR 4614. Pilot Jochen P Gessner 25 of Tyler and passenger David L Luetke 51 of Wisconsin died at the scene. Sgt. Jay Hudnall said the plane appeared to fly low circling before the crash and that FAA will investigate.
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Ben Wheeler
Jochen P. Gessner
Tyler
David L. Luetke
Wisconsin
Jay Hudnall
van Zandt County
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
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Junior Denton
Timothy
Rooster" Thompson
Mexia
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