Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Kerens’ Abby Combs (center) communicates court movements against Covington Sept. 9.

Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
Kerens’ Lyrik Gunnell (center) and Nevaeh Eastman vie for the volleyball against Covington.

Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton

KEMP–A Kemp ISD teacher was arrested for child grooming Sept. 9 by Kemp ISD Police.
According to a statement from Kemp ISD Superintendent Dr. James Young Sept. 5, KISD Police and Administration were made aware of a concern regarding the actions of a Kemp High School employee. The district and administration immediately began reviewing and investigating an allegation of the employee engaging in inappropriate conduct. 
The employee did not return to any Kemp ISD campus after the initial report was made according to Kemp ISD.

Monitor photo/Carla Gray
American Legion Riders Post 310 in Gun Barrel City gather Sept. 7 gather to celebrate the 103rd birthday of James Kenneth Fling (center). Fling is a World War II U.S. Navy veteran who served in Hawaii just after the attack on Pearl Harbor and now resides at Cedar Creek Lodge in Gun Barrel City.