HENDERSON, KAUFMAN and VAN ZANDT COUNTIES—Voters turned out in Tool, Eustace, Mabank, Trinidad and elsewhere around the Cedar Creek Lake area for the Nov. 4 constitutional amendment/joint election to make their choice on state and local propositions, as well as selecting their municipal representatives.
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Justice (from left) the Mabank Police Hound gives candy to Brooklynn Ward and her brother Corey during the trick or treat on Market Street Oct. 31.
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Hunter James (left) and Ryder Castillo are in line at the Gun Barrel City Haunt Fest Oct. 26. The rain postponed the event to the next day but that did not slow trick or treaters down.
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Cedar Creek Plowboys Club in Seven Points illuminates the night sky while the sounds of country music fills the air. The club was highlighted in the Robert Duvall movie “Tender Mercies” released in 1983. Duvall won an Oscar for Best Actor and Horton Foote won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
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Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Business After Hours at The Dock Restaurant & Bar in Caney City Oct. 21. BnR Country owners Bill Grissom and wife Bobbye (from left), The Dock Restaurant and Zen Fin Landing owner Shannon Welch and Dogwood Designs Floral owner Kimberly Bramhall discuss business ventures around the lake area.
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After being sworn in Oct. 20 to fill a vacant seat representing the west side of the city on the Gun Barrel City Council, Brian Henson (fourth from left) joins Council Member Place 5 Robert Edwards (from left), Mayor Brian Crull, Council Member Place 1 April Burns, Council Member Place 3 Jennifer Jacobs and Council Member Place 2 Rita Evans.
KAUFMAN COUNTY–After a four-day trial at the Kaufman County Justice Center, Trevor McEuen was convicted Oct. 23 of capital murder for the killing of his neighbor Aaron Martinez.
McEuen was originally indicted for capital murder following the shooting death of Martinez in Forney back in 2023. In those two years, McEuen was re-arrested multiple times and skipped his initial trial date back in May of this year.
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Malakoff City Administrator Vincent Bailey Jr. (left) introduces Malakoff’s new fire chief, Brian Horton, to the Malakoff City Council at their Oct. 20 meeting. Horton, who was previously the Ferris fire chief and the emergency management coordinator for Ferris and Ellis County Emergency Services District No. 5, also was a firefighter/driver in Athens for 21 years, as well as serving as assistant chief in Canton for 10 years. “I’m glad to be back in East Texas,” Horton told the council.
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Gun Barrel City Toys for Tots is dedicated to serving children around the Cedar Creek Lake Area. Volunteers work tirelessly year around so that children not only have Christmas gifts, but are taken care of during a disaster or for college scholarships. Gun Barrel City Toys for Tots President Geneva Garcia (left), receives a check from the Parrot Head Club President Robert Render, while Henderson County Commissioner Precinct 2 Scott Tuley looks on from the stage Oct. 18.
