ATHENS–Henderson County Commissioners’ Court voted unanimously Jan. 6 to decline an offer by the Texas Department of Transportation to sell for nearly $400,000 a bridge over Cedar Creek and a portion ...

SEVEN POINTS‑The City of Seven Points City Council met Jan. 8. The temporary city hall had standing room only as this was the first meeting since the council last met Oct. 6, 2025. At that time, the ...

Tara Lynn (Pruett) White, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., passed away Jan. 2, 2026 in Tyler. She was born March 5, 1958 to James A. Pruett and Patricia Joyner Lirette. Tara was a friend to anyone she met, had ...

Monitor Photo/Russell SlatonLuke Carter of the Panthers puts his head down for an inside dribble drive against the Brownsboro Bears Jan. 23 in Mabank.Monitor Photo/Russell SlatonMabank’s Cullen McFaul ...

Monitor Photo/Blaine ClamonKemp's Zaki Brown (No. 3 in white) guards Mabank's Luke Carter (No. 3 in green) during the ...

Monitor Photo/ Mayors from around Cedar Creek Lake meet on a quarterly basis to collaborate, network and discuss issues that ...

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Monitor Photo/Carla GrayThe Association of Rural Communities in Texas (ARCIT) held their regional meeting in Mabank Jan. 22 in the Mason Eubank Hall. ARCIT Board of Directors Executive Director Daniel ...

KAUFMAN–The Kaufman County Republican Party proudly hosted its 2nd biennial Lincoln Day Dinner Jan. 17 at the Kaufman Civic Center. This anticipated event brought together party members, local ...

Gun Barrel City Fire Department’s Rescue 1 boat moves across the cold water of Cedar Creek Lake Jan. 10 in search of two duck hunters whose boat was reported by dispatchers as sinking. After an ...

The 70th annual Mabank Rodeo kicks off June 27 with the carrying of the flags around the Alene & Andrew Gibbs Memorial Arena before the United Professional Rodeo Association’s Rodeo begins. The annual ...

The volunteers of Payne Springs Fire Rescue were alerted to a Motor Vehicle Crash on Meandering Way in Mabank during the afternoon of Aug. 30. Units arrived to find one vehicle that had slid into some ...