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Monitor Photo/Janice Grubb VincikSisters Zoey, Chloe and Sophie Dasalla have fun hunting for eggs together during the April 4 EGGSTRAVAGANZA at Christian Life Center. The annual event included an egg hunt, food, fellowship and lots of giveaways. 

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ATHENS–Just 10 days after being honored along with his peers by Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse’s Life Saving Award, a county jail detention officer was killed in the early morning hours of March 26 in a single-vehicle crash on Farm to Market Road 317 near the Blackjack community.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayCedar Creek Pools holds a free Easter event March 28 at Bigfoots Cedar Creek Retreat. Bigfoots Cedar Creek Retreat Park Manager Matt Fisher (left) and Cedar Creek Pools owner Shannon Wiley give out free Easter baskets.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayGun Barrel City Mayor Brian Crull (background) gives the signal to run for the eggs at the Gun Barrel City Easter egg hunt March 27.

Monitor Photo/Janice Grubbs VincikHenderson County Emergency Service District #2 board members Chet Marder (back row, right), Todd Miller (front row, fourth from right), Jody Vincik and Kim McClaskey show their appreciation to Payne Springs Fire Rescue members and their families with a catered meal...

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayCedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Chair Marty Mullins (left) presents Gun Barrel City Community Engagement Coordinator Brooke Hairl with the Kathy Kendrick Award March 16.

Courtesy Photo/Market Street NestMarket Street Nest Boutique and Gift Shop owner Shannon Anderson (from left) celebrates 10 years in business by hosting a celebration a party March 14. Celebrating with Anderson are staff members Angie Henderson, manager DeeDee Tank and Ryleigh Fox.

ATHENS–The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media release March 15 that it learned of a plan the day before to bring drugs into the Henderson County jail in Athens via an eczema cream tube, leading to the arrest of two Eustace-area women.The sheriff’s office said in the post that...

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