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

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

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

Monitor Photo/Mabank senior Luke Carter splits Lindale defenders while driving to the basket in his team’s Jan. 13 game.Monitor Photo/Mabank’s Angel Guerrero shoots a basket off the glass during the ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Vickie McLauchlin Rose, 68, of Dallas passed away Dec. 23, 2025. She was the wife of David Neal Rose. Born Jan. 20, 1957, in Athens, Vickie was a daughter of the late Albert Winston McLauchlin and the ...