Courtesy Photo/Gun Barrel FDGun Barrel City Fire Department’s Rescue 1 boat moves across the cold water of Cedar Creek Lake ...

Monitor Photo/Blaine ClamonMabank senior Luke Carter splits Lindale defenders while driving to the basket in his team’s Jan.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayThe Monitor’s Director of Sales and Marketing Janice Grubbs Vincik (from left), Henderson County ...

Monitor Photo/Blaine ClamonMabank High School senior boys’ basketball player Carter Sims (holding placard, with teammates) is ...

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayThe Mabank Education Foundation awards 19 grants, totaling $59,000, to teachers and campuses Jan. 5 ...

Courtesy Photo/UT HealthUT Health Athens welcomed its first baby of the new year when Carmen Isabelle Valenzuela was born to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Monitor’s Director of Sales and Marketing Janice Grubbs Vincik (from left), Henderson County Precinct 2 Commissioner Scott Tuley, Southside Bank Representative Lorri Roots, Southside Bank Vice ...

Kemp’s Allie Pringle (right) drives around a Brownsboro Bearette in the teams’ Jan. 28 contest. Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton Emma Bailey, Kemp’s leading scorer against Brownsboro Jan. 28, maneuvers ...

Kayla Gonzales is the Kerens Area Chamber of Commerce’s female Student of the Year, with the presentation set Jan. 30. Isaiah Carter is the Kerens Area Chamber of Commerce’s male Student of the Year, ...

Mabank Independent School District hosts its annual Christmas Tea for faculty and staff Dec. 17, 2025. Superintendent Dr. Russell Marshall (right) shows his holiday spirit with kindness to the Grinch.