Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Kathy and Terry McCarroll of LaRue’s 1957 Chevrolet wins the Best in Show Award at the May 4 Cedar Creek Lake Car Show, sponsored by the Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.
Monitor Photo/Ashlee Sawyer
Musician Darren Rozell engages with his smallest audience member while performing at the Cedar Creek Lake Festival May 4.
Monitor Photo/ Ashlee Sawyer
Members of the Cedar Creek Lake Parrot Head Club and Cedar Creek Brewery display items up for raffle during the Cedar Creek Lake Festival.
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After a 14-0 District 20-2A title, the Kerens Bobcats baseball team wins the Bi-District championship in a sweep, shutting out Price Carlisle May 2-3 by respective scores of 5-0 and 3-0 at Bullard’s Brook Hill School. Kerens is scheduled to face Linden-Kildare in the Area round of the playoffs in a best-of-three series May 9-10 at Grand Saline.
CEDAR CREEK LAKE—The Mabank ISD Bond was approved by voters during the May 4 election with 826 votes for the bond from Henderson County and 566 votes from Kaufman County. “It’s a great day in the land of the Panther! The Board of Trustees and I thank the voters for supporting the bond proposal. It is a great step forward for both the students and the entire Mabank ISD community. You have my commitment and the commitment of the Board of Trustees to continue being good stewards of your money as we move forward with construction.
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Henderson County District Attorney Jenny Palmer (right) congratulates Eustace Intermediate fourth-grader Harley Beal (center holding certificate) as the 2025 Go Blue shirt design winner during the Henderson County First Responder’s Rodeo April 26. Pictured with Beal are family members.
Courtesy Photo/Kenny Penland
Kemp’s Ethan Vincent (center), who went 3-for-4 on Senior Night April 30, takes a lead off second base.
Courtesy Photo/Kenny Penland
Kemp baseball players honored during April 30’s Senior Night include Jason Greenlee (from left), Daylon McIntosh, Ethan Vincent, Braylen Gibson, Ethan Crawford and Zach Dunn.
Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Kerens’ Ella Engel gets the sign before stepping back into the batter’s box versus Hawkins.
Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Jaidin Rickard of Kerens scurries toward first base after making contact against Hawkins.
KAUFMAN COUNTY—During the regular Kaufman County Commissioners Court meeting held April 30, the county approved the purchase of mitigation credits. An environmental study conducted for the State Highway (SH) 34 and US Highway (US HWY) 175 connector road determined that a negative impact to the wetlands was discovered. Because of the negative impact to the wetlands, the US Corps of Engineers requires a mitigation purchase from a mitigation bank to decrease negative impact to the wetlands.
