Van Zandt County

Blogs
June 10, 2013
In Report Highlighting Racial Disparities Among Marijuana Arrests, No State Looks Worse than Texas
In one of the largest reports surveying the current state of marijuana enforcement in the nation, the ACLU released a 183-page text on Thursday examining the racial disparities among marijuana-related arrests across America. While the report is a damning look at the failure of the War on Marijuana, ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Camera Holden, Kinte Garner: Dealing the Bright Blue & Pink Meth, Cops Say
Police in northeast Texas have arrested two men and seized three pounds of unusual meth. Last Friday, police in the town of Canton in Van Zandt County noticed 30-year-old Camera Holden driving erratically on Interstate 20. When they tried to pull him over, Holden gunned it and exited on FM 17. Po ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
"Chicken Lips" Makes Texas's Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders List
DPSRonnie "Chicken Lips" House, wanted.It may not enter the pantheon of great criminal nicknames, but Robert "Chicken Lips" House has earned a different singular honor: He's been named to Texas's Top 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list. House, 41, is wanted for failure to register as a sex off ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
Aileen Willis, 90, Bayou Body Count No. 248
Quincy Lee Johnson, Jr.: Strangled his 90-year-old great-grandmother, police sayCapital murder charges have been filed against the great-grandson of a 90-year-old woman found strangled to death on the west side, police say.Quincy Lee Johnson, Jr., 17, has been charged with murdering Aileen Willis ... More >>
News
August 24, 2006
Hog Wild
Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.
Music
November 20, 2003
Dead, Not Buried
Townes Van Zandt left behind great songs for people to fight over