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Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Car Show and Crawfish Boil  

Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Car Show and Crawfish Boil

1 year ago By News Staff

Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Member Judy Ligon (right) of LakeRidge RV Park and Gun Barrel Computers presents the Best Club Participation Award to the North Texas Vintage Thunderbird Club.

Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce President Jo Ann Hanstrom (left) gives the President’s Choice Award for a 1956 Packard.

Mabank Athletic Booster Club Members Stacy Shelton (from left), Nicci Romero and Windy Preston sell crawfish meals May 7 to benefit the club.

Mayor’s race determined by runoff election

1 year ago By News Staff

CEDAR CREEK LAKE–The next elected mayor for Gun Barrel City will be determined by a runoff race between incumbent Mayor David Skains and Linda Rankin in six to eight weeks. Voters cast 169 votes for Skains, 197 votes for Rankin and 149 votes for Zachary Kennedy. Gun Barrel City Councilwoman Rita Evans will maintain her position and Council Place 4 will be filled by unopposed candidate Cindy Key. 
In the City of Seven Points, incumbent Mayor Skippy Waters was reelected with a total of 37 votes to challenger, Wanda Nichols 18 votes. 

Henderson County proclaims May 15-21 as EMS Week

2 years ago By News Staff

HENDERSON COUNTY–Commissioners’ Court of Henderson County voted May 3 to proclaim May 15-21 as Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week within the county, lining up with the national celebration during the same time frame.
National EMS Week was first authorized by President Gerald Ford in 1974. The county proclamation calls EMS “a crucial public service.”

Kerens ISD approves solar project payments

2 years ago By News Staff

KERENS–Kerens ISD trustees voted April 25 to make payments to a financial advisor and law firm for their services to help navigate a tax value limitation agreement pertaining to the Goodalta Solar Project, which is planned to be built in the district.
Sara Leon & Associates (a law firm now known as Leon Alcala) received $37,500, as did Jigsaw School Finance Solutions. The $75,000 total of the two payments had been reconciled with a budget amendment approved earlier in the meeting.

Zoning change advances plans for Pier 334 Development

2 years ago By News Staff

GUN BARREL CITY–At the April 26 meeting, residents of Gale Drive and Jeffery Circle came to speak during the public hearing to rezone lots 28 and 29 in the Lambs Retreat subdivision physically located at 102 Jeffery Circle. This rezone would change the two lots from Single Family Detached Residential District (R-4) to General Business District (B-2). Ten residents spoke against the action as well as the developer for the Pier 334 Development Steven Haynes of YNS Services. 

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