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Sherrie and James Luman of Payne Springs show off their 2017 Indian Chief Vintage motorcycle with sidecar during the Dickey’s Car show held in April. 

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Trinidad ISD announces the nominees for Homecoming Court. Listed in no particular order are Queen nominees Haley Logan, Valerie Lewallen, Anneliese Ellison, Jasmine Tealer and Jael Anderson. King nominees are Montez Shofner, Christopher Ayala, Jack Quinn, Kacey Womack and Matthew Kingsley.

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Cross Roads Marching Band placed second in Class 2A with a Division 1 Rating at the Teague Marching Invitational in Teague Saturday, Oct. 1. The bands' drum majors, Donna Stovall and Jeremy Fields, received Best Drum Majors in Class 2A. Cross Roads Marching Band advanced to finals, where they placed seventh out of 10. The band is currently perfecting their production of ‘Dreams of Persia’ for their UIL Marching competition in Mesquite Oct. 19.

AXTELL–The Kerens Bobcats fell to the Axtell Longhorns in their district contest Sept. 30 on the road.
The Bobcats came up a score short as the Longhorns edged them 28-21 Friday night.
The loss drops Kerens to 1-5 overall on the season and 1-1 in district play as the Bobcats currently sit in fourth place in the 2A-1 Region II District 7 standings.
Cayuga (5-1), Italy (3-3) and Axtell (3-2) sit ahead of the Bobcats in the standings with Rio Vista, Itasca and Cross Roads making up the bottom three.

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4-H Students Amelia Abney (from left), Jack Tyler, Bryce Parish and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension of Henderson County Secretary Angela Hemphill spoke to County Commissioners Oct. 4 about the 4-H program.

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Rickey Blaylock, who was crowned Mabank High School homecoming king earlier Sept. 30, joins homecoming queen Camaryn Williams, who was crowned that night at halftime of the Mabank-Quinlan homecoming football game.

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Crystall Medellin is named Kemp's 2022 homecoming queen during halftime of the Kemp and Mexia football game Sept. 30.

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Alex Gonzalez zips toward the end zone on a 13-yard touchdown run just before halftime.