SEVEN POINTS–The city council of Seven Points met for a special meeting called June 26. Tempers flared due to an executive session agenda item. The stated item was a personnel matter concerning police chief Raymond Wennerstrom.
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Eustace High School head baseball coach Ethan Nors shows July 1 camp attendees how to properly field the ball while overseeing the two-day camp.
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Cameron Jungman grabs the ball in his glove during July 1 drills at the Eustace High School baseball field, the opening session of the summer camp.
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The 70th annual Mabank Rodeo kicks off June 27 with the carrying of the flags around the Alene & Andrew Gibbs Memorial Arena before the United Professional Rodeo Association’s Rodeo begins. The annual rodeo is traditionally held the last week of June that includes a week full of events, hometown spirit and rodeo entertainment.
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The parking lot between Mabank Junior High and Panther Stadium as of June 24 has been striped and dotted to allow the Panther Band to practice.
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A new throwing circle for track and field’s shot put competition nears completion June 24, just west of Panther Stadium.
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Annalise Kinney (left) helps Science Heroes’ Brandon Enriquez cause a ping pong ball to float at the Tri-County Library Summer Reading Program series June 19.
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Tristan West comes to all the performances sponsored by Tri-County Library. West is so excited to see the science process from Science Heroes June 19.
CEDAR CREEK LAKE-A 43-year-old man drowned while swimming in rough waters with his family June 22.
Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said the incident took place around 5:45 p.m. near the Mantle Manors subdivision of Gun Barrel City.
The man was swimming with his family when he went after a float but went under in rough water and drowned.
Hillhouse stated that game wardens cleared the scene before the drownings of two girls later the same day.
Authorities have not released the man’s name.
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Mabank Mayor Randy Teague (left) congratulates Kynleigh Smith as the 2025 Rodeo Queen during the annual Queen’s Dinner held at Mabank Eubank Hall June 24. Smith will serve as the official ambassador for the 70th Annual Mabank Rodeo which will be held at the Alene and Andrew Gibbs Memorial Arena. The Queen’s Dinner kicks off Rodeo Week which is traditionally held the last week in June and brings a week full of events, hometown spirit and rodeo entertainment.
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Cedar Creek Country Club Business Developer Hunter Young (from left), visits with Owners of Home Instead Kim and Eric Gassman during the Business After Hours event hosted by BnR Country June 17.
