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Mabank Lady Panther Brooklyn Roberts shoots over an Athens Lady Hornets defender Dec. 13 at home. 

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Brock Eagles Reid Watkins breaks through for a nine-yard touchdown in the second quarter as Brock defeats the Malakoff Tigers 21-10 in the State semifinals Dec. 8 at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco.

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Malakoff Middle School Student Council awaits the start of the parade.

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Hilltop Worship Center enters a float in the Dec. 10 Malakoff Christmas Parade. 

KERENS–Kerens ISD trustees voted Nov. 28 to approve a tax agreement under the Texas Economic Development Act for Elm Flats Solar, a proposed solar facility that is planned within the district near Powell.
Kenny Berry voted no on the agreement while Matt Lynch abstained. The state law allowing such agreements, also known as Chapter 313, limits the appraised property value for school district maintenance and operations (M&O) taxes.

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The Cross Roads Bobcats varsity boys’ basketball team takes home second place from the Fruitvale varsity tournament Dec. 8-10.

MABANK–The National non-profit, Wreaths Across America (WAA) has joined with Sarah Maples Chapter, National Society Daughters of the Americal Revolution (NSDAR) to support the mission of WAA, Saturday, Dec. 17.  The mission is to remember the nation’s fallen, honor military service and teach others of their sacrifices for us to live freely, today. WAA started this simple gesture of thanks and it has grown to a national movement of dedicated volunteers and communities.

HENDERSON COUNTY–Henderson County Commissioners’ Court voted Dec. 13 to enter into a tax abatement agreement with a company that plans to construct a solar electric facility between Athens and Eustace.
The agreement only affects county-related taxes, said County Judge Wade McKinney. The agreement between the county and Forest Grove Solar, LLC, deals with the solar facility that lies within the 7,200-acre Forest Grove Reinvestment Zone, which the court voted to create in August.

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Santa Claus hitches a ride on a fire truck with some help from the Seven Points Fire Department Dec. 10 to the Library at Cedar Creek Lake in Seven Points.