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Quinlan Independent School District is proud to name Kim Grugel as the next principal of D.C. Cannon Elementary School. Mrs. Grugel began serving the children of Quinlan ISD in 1999 as a first-grade teacher. She has taught third grade at A.E. Butler and served as a reading interventionist. In 2011, she became the Thompson Middle School academic coordinator and, ultimately, assistant principal. This coming year she begins her twenty-second year in education while her career comes full circle, she returns to the place where she started her teaching career. “I love this district! I have spent all of my years in education with QISD. There is no place I would rather be as I truly love the kids, the parents, and this community. I am very excited about seeing all of our students grow and achieve success!”
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The strangest school year in recent memory officially drew to a close June 6 with the Wills Point High School Class of 2020 participating in commencement exercises at the newly refinished Ken Autry Davis Field.
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Voices calling for an end to police brutality and racism echoed through the streets of Wills Point last weekend as an estimated group of more than 150 people participated in a Black Lives Matter protest June 6.
Read moreThe number of positive coronavirus cases in Van Zandt County took another jump last week with six new cases reported as of June 8. There have now been 40 confirmed positive tests throughout the county since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Read moreThe Wills Point ISD Board of Trustees entered summer mode June 8, pushing up its meeting schedule by a full two hours due to the earlier availability of administrators with school not in session.
Read moreResidents living within the city limits of Wills Point will soon be able to jumpstart their respective summer cleanup projects as the office of Commissioner Keith Pearson and the city of Wills Point recently announced that their co-hosted cleanup event will take place June 26-27.
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The Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial installed a new remote operating, automatic handicap access door to their recently purchased building.
Read moreAs Tropical Storm Cristobal moved north in the Gulf of Mexico from the Yucatan Peninsula toward Louisiana, the weather system’s potential impact on East Texas grew and Gov. Greg Abbott on June 5 addressed the situation in a news conference.
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