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Tammie Cobb (front) and her daughter, Hayle (center), receive Christmas gifts from Payne Springs Police Chief April Meadows (from left), Payne Springs Police Sergeant Rick Harmon, Eustace Mayor Dustin Shelton, Eustace Police Chief Dan Huckabee and Eustace ISD Police Officer Amy Hillhouse-Thomas (not pictured).
CEDAR CREEK LAKE–The Library at Cedar Creek Lake’s annual fundraising event will be held Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Athens Country Club. This year “The Eighty-Eights Show” event will feature popular dueling pianists from Dallas, entertaining you with hundreds of songs from the classics to today’s hits.
Double your fun at this lively evening of dancing, comedy and sing-along. Expect lots of audience participation for this “live jukebox” experience.
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Kerens guard Tiani Hall eyes a layup ahead of the Cayuga defense during both team’s 19-2A opener.
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Kerens guard Blair Blue dishes a pass up court during a Jan. 6 fast break opportunity against Cayuga.
KAUFMAN COUNTY–Kaufman County Commissioners met in a workshop Jan. 9 and discussed courthouse renovations and plans.
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UT Health Athens welcomes the first baby of the new year at 5:56 a.m., Jan. 2. Carslyn Chanea Cumby was born to Raiesha and A.T. Cumby weighing eight pounds, eight ounces and measuring 20 inches long. She joins siblings Chasen 10 and Carleigh who is five. “We couldn’t imagine a better way to start the year off,” Raiesha says. “To have someone new in the house to pour in love and dedication will definitely keep us in a state of gratitude.”
KEMP–The Kemp Yellowjacket band performed well at the Area band competition Jan. 7.
Students competed against the best of the best in all of North Texas’ 3A schools, stretching from Quanah, Wichita Falls, Paris and down through the entire expanded Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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The Kaufman County Justice Center which opened in November 2022 was the result of tremendous growth within the County. Most of the judical offices have moved from the downtown Kaufman Annex and Courthouse building to the new justice center building by the beginning of the new year.
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Charles Ligon (pictured) and other Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club members monitor inclement weather and report to the National Weather Service.
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Charles Wells of the Cedar Creek Amateur Radio Club won the 2022 North Texas Ham of the Year Award from the North Texas Section of the American Radio Relay League.
