Monitor Photo/Janice Grubbs Vincik
Flowers and crosses lie along the roadside of State Highway 198 north of Mabank in memory of Kemp High School student Maddison Dyer who passed away in a vehicle accident March 5.
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Mabank Lady Panther senior soccer players Jasmine Campa (from left), Danielle Torres, Ana Gallegos and Rylee Lopez join Mabank Head Girls’ Soccer Coach Dalton Orr at the March 5 match versus Caddo Mills, along with other seniors Rylee Lopez, Kat McNair, Addison Stephens, Bella Chrouk and Abigaile Jones, as the Class of 2026 players compete for the final time at Panther Stadium.
Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Officer Melissa Lino (from left) is one of Gun Barrel City Police Department's newest recruits joining Captain Connie Katsoulas and Detective Auzshia Martinez. Martinez is training Lino, which includes four phases totaling 16 weeks.
ATHENS–Mark Smith will be the Republican Party nominee as Henderson County Judge in November (with no Democrat running), meaning the Eustace native is the next leader of the fast-growing county following the retirement of another Eustace native, Wade McKinney, who has been in charge since 2019.
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Kemp’s Jayda Oster (in white) dribbles the ball during the District 12-4A match between Kemp and Mabank, held at Panther Stadium Feb. 28. The Lady Jackets of Kemp complete their regular season by hosting Quinlan Ford March 4 then traveling to Community High School March 7.
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Congratulations to the Kerens Bobcats boys' basketball team, which won a UIL Bi-District championship Feb. 24 by beating Marlin, 54-44, at Navarro College in Corsicana. Next up, Kerens faces rival Cayuga in the Area round Friday, Feb. 27 in Cross Roads. And after beating Athens and seizing a spot in the UIL playoffs, the Mabank Panthers boys' hoops team fought hard but fell 58-50 in their first-round Bi-District playoff game Feb. 24 versus Longview Pine Tree at the University of Texas at Tyler.
Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
The American Revolution Experience traveling exhibit lands in Mabank at the Mason-Eubank Community Hall Feb. 19-24. The free exhibit hosted by the Sarah Maples Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and made possible in partnership with the City of Mabank showed the themes surrounding the American Revolution and what it was like to be alive during that time. Docents for the American Revolution Experience are Sarah Jungman (from left), Geraldine Carson, Carole Chew Ruska, Bill Sekel, Suzanne Fife and Susan Martz-Cothran.
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