Body Found on County Road 2132 in Van Zandt County
A man in his mid thirties with a gunshot wound to the chest was found beside County Road 2132 in Van Zandt County on Monday at 6 19 am. Gene Allan Clanton, 46, of Dallas, was pronounced dead at the scene and identified by authorities. The case remains under investigation. Additional notes list multiple arrests in the past week across several cities, including drivers license and weapon charges, drunken driving, theft, and public intoxication. Offenses investigated by See Page 14.
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van Zandt County
Gene Allan Clanton
Dallas
van Zandt County Sheriff's Deputies
Lindale
van Zandt County Sheriff's Office
Interstate 20
George Flowers
Flowers
Johnnie D. Davidson
Van
Juan Jose Antolin
Athens
Howard Burley
Garland
Ricardo Cano, Jr
Mahank
Billie Castle
Canton
Shadonna Zachary Clark
Leslie Kevin Cooksy
Quinlan
Cody Charles Cope
Neal Troy Dotson
Grand Saline
Melvin Tyrone Douglas
Edgewood
Vickie Charleen Dunlap
Donna Elaine Jones
Dan Lee Mohr
Randy Glenn Posey
Ben Wheeler
Mark Samuel Rice
Jeremy Michael Roberts
Caddo Mills
Welton Eugene Rodgers
Neil Kennedy Roundtree
Darrell A. Rutherford
Hawkins
Jacob Scott Schilling
Mesquite
Michael Ellis Spruiell
Austin
John Fletcher Tucker
Richard Neal Tucker
Juan Vargas, Jr
Terrell
Jacob Lee Willingham
Anna
Ray Moore Opens Frank Street Barber Studio Library
Ray Moore, born in Grand Saline and former Nashville musician, runs Mister Ray's Barber Shop on Frank Street near city hall. His unique studio library and mini museum features music and barber services from 9 to 6 Tuesday through Saturday, with Saturday hours 8 to 3. Appointments may be made at 962-6525.
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Ray Moore
Mister Ray
Grand Saline
United States Air Force
Nashville
Tennessee
Ray
Music Row
Frank Street
City Hall
Council Workshop Set for November 29 in Grand Saline
The Grand Saline City Council will hold a 7 p.m. workshop on Thursday November 29 in the city council chamber at city hall on Frank Street. Discussion topics include racial profiling policy donated park funds water conservation emergency demand management plan engineer estimates for water system improvements use of chambers and the employee Christmas party. The open workshop invites Grand Saline residents to attend.
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Grand Saline
City Council
City Hall
Frank Street
Grand Saline fire hero Roy Adams recalls lifelong service
Roy Adams of Grand Saline recalls 1966 as the start of a firefighting career marked by humor and camaraderie at Richardson and Bald Springs fire departments. He describes perilous calls, the loss of a friend to an electrical line accident, and a 1991 on duty injury ending active firefighting life. He later assists in training at the Grand Saline Volunteer Fire Department.
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Roy Adams
Grand Saline
Richardson Fire Department
Adams
Bald Springs
Colonel
Tyler
Grand Saline ISD Board revises high school plan details
The Grand Saline ISD Board of Trustees met November 19 and voted to exclude a weight room from the new high school design, reducing complexity. The facility will include a multi court gym, more classrooms, tall ceilings, and wider hallways to add locker space, with construction cost estimated at 86.39 dollars per square foot. Location remains undecided. TEA ratings praised the district with exemplary status for Grand Saline High, Middle, and Elementary, and recognized status for the Intermediate School. Superintendent Gerald Gilbert thanked principals, noting future challenges in grades six through twelve. Next meeting set for November 30.
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Grand Saline Isd Board of Trustees
Rabe
Gerald Gilbert
Gilbert
Grand Saline
Gsisd Board of Trustees
Early voting to open at JP offices in Van Zandt County
Van Zandt County Commissioner's Court approved opening early voting boxes in Precincts 1 3 and 4 during business hours for two weeks of the March 2002 primary. Precinct 2 at the courthouse will operate first week during business hours and 7 am to 7 pm the second week. Agenda items included minutes approval county bills monthly department reports quitclaim deed for Myrtle Springs property grant program resolution trustee appointments designation agreement resignations and an exempt license plate affidavit.
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van Zandt
Elizabeth Everitt
Justice of the Peace
Myrtle Springs
Raymond Scott
Beth Hilliard
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Ees
Clause Roy
Dale Rabe
Texas Education Agency
Grand Saline Intermediate
Andrews Center Board of Trustees
Kendall Martin
Rosie Carpenter
Luann Starek
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