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Monitor Photo/Russell SlatonKerens Police Officer Terry Jackson (center) receives the Kerens Area Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year Award from Mayor Jeffrey Saunders (left) and Chamber Vice President Blair Serna during Jan. 30 ceremonies at The Stockton Hall.

GUN BARREL CITY–The East Cedar Creek Fresh Water District (ECCFWSD) Board of Directors voted Jan. 21 to approve transferring $150,000 from the district’s improvement fund to its operating reserve, setting the stage to add an additional building to the current administrative office off Hammer Road,...

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KAUFMAN–The Kaufman County Republican Party proudly hosted its 2nd biennial Lincoln Day Dinner Jan. 17 at the Kaufman Civic Center.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayThe Association of Rural Communities in Texas (ARCIT) held their regional meeting in Mabank Jan. 22 in the Mason Eubank Hall.

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Monitor Photo/Carla GrayThe Monitor’s Director of Sales and Marketing Janice Grubbs Vincik (from left), Henderson County Precinct 2 Commissioner Scott Tuley, Southside Bank Representative Lorri Roots, Southside Bank Vice President and Branch Manager Cheyenne Hall and Lawyers Title Escrow Officer...

SEVEN POINTS‑The City of Seven Points City Council met Jan. 8. The temporary city hall had standing room only as this was the first meeting since the council last met Oct. 6, 2025. At that time, the council was unable to agree on a budget.

Courtesy Photo/Gun Barrel FDGun Barrel City Fire Department’s Rescue 1 boat moves across the cold water of Cedar Creek Lake Jan. 10 in search of two duck hunters whose boat was reported by dispatchers as sinking.