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Body Monitor Photo/ Ashlee Sawyer The Malakoff ISD Board of Trustees cheer and applaud after a ribbon cutting signifying the grand opening of the high school during their ceremony held Sept. 3.

Body Monitor Photo/Carla Gray The Sunday before Sept. 11 local first responders proceed through all municipalities around Cedar Creek Lake in honor of all 9/11 first responders.

Body Courtesy Photo/Denise York The Rotary Club of Cedar Creek Lake celebrates the 27th Annual Celebrity Waiter fundraiser with the theme “It’s a Jungle Out There” Aug. 17 at the Athens Country Club.

Body HENDERSON COUNTY–As of the latest report, FEMA has distributed $6.8 million in direct aid to Henderson County residents following the severe storms in May.

Body HENDERSON COUNTY–Henderson County Commissioners’ Court voted Sept. 3 to extend the burn ban for 28 days, to Oct. 1, before the ban issued Aug. 20 expired the day after Labor Day. According to the court’s discussion, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index as of Sept.

Body Monitor Photo/Carla Gray

Body Courtesy Photo Tri-County hosts a successful low cost vaccination and microchip clinic at Mabank Pavilion Aug. 17. 

Body CEDAR CREEK LAKE—Former Payne Springs Police Chief, April Dawn Meadows, 39, of Mabank, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for delivery of a controlled substance with a two-year concurrent sentence for money laundering Aug. 27.

Body Courtesy Photo/PSFR An early morning structure fire in the Cherokee Shores area of Cedar Creek Lake claims one life.