The Wills Point Ladies Club held its second ever Burgers ‘n’ Games fundraising event at the Deen Building March 17, filling the building with more than 100 people that helped to raise... + continue reading
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Wills Point High School National Honor Society (NHS) inducted new members for the 2017-‘18 school year during a special ceremony March 22. NHS is one of the longest standing organizations within Wills Point ISD. The first chapter of National Honor Society was... + continue reading
The Wills Point Municipal Court released its most recent warrant list April 25, continuing its long running effort to reduce and clear the number of outstanding warrants and monies owed off its books. Names and dollar totals owed include: Paul Nicholas Morehead... + continue reading
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A group of kids designs and paints rocks at the Wills Point TX. Rocks both set up on the historic brick streets. + continue reading
The city of Wills Point, represented by Mayor Mark Turner and City Administrator Pam Pearson, accepted a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the Sabine River Authority of Texas Feb. 21. The grant funds will be be used to repair or reconstruct the main water transmission line from the city’s Lake Tawakoni pump station and install a variable frequency drive on the pump to reduce the force on the line and fittings on startup.
The Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA) was pleased to award the city of Wills Point a Community Assistance Program Grant on Feb. 21 as part of SRA’s Fiscal Year 2018 Economic Development Initiative. The $10,000 check will be used to repair or reconstruct the main water transmission line from the city’s Lake Tawakoni pump station and... + continue reading
The Wills Point High School Spanish Club went to the Mesquite Arts Center to watch two dance programs performed by the Hispanic Flamenco Ballet Feb. 20. The ballet travels all over the country to bring educational performances to schools. WPHS students were joined by a number of other area school districts. Overall the programs had an... + continue reading
Wills Point water customers were put into a frustrating position for the second time in as many weeks Feb. 23 with issues caused by a catastrophic failure at the city's Lake Tawakoni Pump Station causing low or no water pressure for local users and a boil water notice to be put in effect. The issues caused Wills Point ISD to dismiss... + continue reading
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Precinct 3 Commissioner Keith Pearson hosted a ‘State of the Precinct’ meeting at the Wills Point Community Center Feb. 22, speaking with area residents about work completed locally in 2017, and goals for 2018.
Van Zandt County Precinct 3 Commissioner Keith Pearson welcomed area residents to the Wills Point Community Center Feb. 22, hosting an informal “State of the Precinct” meeting to provide updates on past and current projects while also taking questions from attendees on a number of topics. Not surprisingly, the condition of the... + continue reading
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Shelbi Walser moved one step closer to qualifying for her fourth consecutive State Track and Field Meet appearance last week, placing first overall in both the 100 meter wheelchair race and the seated shot put at the Area Meet April 19.
Canton, Van and Wills Point track and field athletes found themselves in a familiar place last week, returning to Rains High School April 19 for the Area Track Meet just a week after visiting... + continue reading
Noah Metcalf was one of two Tiger seniors recognized prior to play against the Rains Wildcats.
The Wills Point Tigers found themselves in a holding pattern following the conclusion of district play April 24, tied with two other teams for the final two playoffs spots to come... + continue reading
Maddie Booth, Claire Hiler, Hope Turner, Jack Johns, Chase Daniell and Kash Adams will represent the Tiger tennis program at this year's 4A State Tennis Tournament.
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J.T. Wiggs, instructor in vocational agriculture in the Wills Point School termed the 22nd Annual Student’s Project Show on Saturday as one of the most successful on record. There... + continue reading
Ole! Ole! Fiesta time is drawing near. May 3 is the date and Wills Point the place for having fun at the Spring Fiesta. The Chamber of Commerce has announced that they have secured the services... + continue reading
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The Wills Point Lady Club hosted its second annual Burgers ‘n’ Games fundraising event at the Deen Building March 17, raising more than $9000 for scholarships.
The Wills Point Ladies Club held its second ever Burgers ‘n’ Games fundraising event at the Deen Building March 17, filling the building with more than 100 people that helped to raise... + continue reading
Sandy Hill was sworn in March 21 as the fulltime VZC auditor by VZC District Judge Teresa Drum, far right. Also shown are left to right, Hill’s parents Janey and Carrol Waddill and Hill’s son,... + continue reading
