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Mabank High School’s Panther Edition entertain Rotarians at the last meeting of the year Dec. 15 at the Tri-County Library in Mabank. Panter Edition is an elite group of Mabank High School’s Choir program directed by Catherine Lindsley. The group performed Christmas songs with choreography, some of them written exclusively for the group by Lindsley’s husband, Kelly.
HENDERSON COUNTY–The Henderson County Fire Marshal’s Office has received a complaint about illegal dumping on the property of Trinity River Water Authority. Reportedly, this dumping was carried out by County Commissioner Precinct 1 work crews.
Henderson County takes these allegations seriously. A joint investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has been launched.
GUN BARREL CITY–The Gun Barrel City Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the early morning hours Dec. 15 in the 400 block of Pleasureland Road.
According to reports on the department’s social media, the house was fully engulfed with three residents trapped inside when firefighters arrived. Fire suppression was immediately begun, assisted by Mabank, Tool and Seven Points Fire Departments along with Payne Springs Fire Rescue.
Monitor Photo/Denise York
The Pineywoods Leadership, Experience, Opportunity (LEO) Club based in Crockett brought 20 members and others to help lay wreaths. LEO Club Advisor Ellen Brooks said the club is sponsored by the Lions Club and is a community service organization for students ages 12 to 18 years of age. The Club marked the graves of veterans in Oaklawn Cemetery days prior to volunteering to place wreaths Dec. 16.
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Malakoff Fire Department rolls along during the Dec. 9 Malakoff Christmas Parade, with Malakoff High School cheerleaders and the Tiger mascot riding atop.
HENDERSON COUNTY–After a public hearing, Henderson County Commissioners’ Court voted Dec. 12 to approve applications for the designation of two planned battery storage facilities in the county as Tax Reinvestment Zones. The court learned the facilities are designed to alleviate strain on the state’s power grid.
County Judge Wade McKinney said the Tanzanite Storage site is 12 acres in size while the BT McGee Solar site encompasses 20 acres. The next step in two weeks is the finalization of the agreements, the county judge said.
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Mabank Mayor Randy Teague opens the Ole Fashion Christmas on Market Street with the lighting of the city Christmas tree Dec. 8.
HENDERSON/KAUFMAN COUNTY–Henderson County’s official Facebook page announced Dec. 1 that Henderson and Kaufman counties have reached an agreement in the dispute over where the boundary between those counties lies, specifically in an area between Kemp and Seven Points in a section known as “The Notch,” ending a squabble that Henderson County says goes back to the 1800s.
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Cedar Creek Garden Club presents the Third Annual Cedars and Cinnamon Home Tour Dec. 2. The tour begins at Miss. Frans Garden located at Tool Elementary School in Tool. Students made the decorations that hang from trees and the hot house has imitation baked goods with more student created decorations.
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John Stevens appears with his defense team before Judge Scott McKee in the 392nd District Court Nov. 21 to hear the case against him in the 2019 bus/train accident has been dismissed.
