Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Mabank Running Club hosts its annual Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning Nov. 28. Twenty-seven racers lined up at the Mabank Pavilion for the event. The next run will be for Mabank Education Foundation at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at the high school. 

GUN BARREL CITY—After the Gun Barrel City Police Department received multiple calls about a white male wearing a hoodie with an emblem on the back breaking into vehicles and taking property in the Arbalado, Willow Wood and Mantle Manors neighborhoods the department announced on social media he has been apprehended. 
Officers announced that, “after reviewing video footage, officers recognized the individual and set out to locate him.” According to the report, Investigator Ruiz made contact with the suspect Nov. 25, and he fled on foot. 

Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Malakoff head football coach Jamie Driskell hoists the UIL Football Regional Semifinal trophy after the Tigers defeat Jefferson 31-21 in Tyler Nov. 29 to advance to the Class 3A Division I State Quarterfinals (the Region II Final), which also will be played in Tyler Dec. 6 against the Liberty-Eylau Leopards. 

Courtesy Photo/Kerens ISD
The Kerens Bobcats football team enters the field at Corsicana High School for their Nov. 14 Bi-District game against Dawson, which Kerens won to advance to the Area round of the playoffs versus Tioga, played in Royce City Nov. 22.