Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton
June 9, Jameson Twyman (right) makes contact in the Mabank High School batting cages as his father, James, catches during practice for the June 21-22 Rec World Series.

Courtesy Photo/Tri-County Library
Tri-County Library starts off the summer reading program with an explosion of fun from Texas A&M University Chemistry Road Show June 5. Demonstrator Jim Pennington starts off the show with chemical wonders that turn ordinary objects and events into exciting learning experiences. 

HENDERSON COUNTY–At the June 10 meeting of the Henderson County Commissioners’ Court, speakers turned out to protest the proposed drilling of 22 groundwater wells in eastern Henderson County between Moore Station and Coffee City by private companies with a Dallas address that plan to extract more than 5 billion gallons of water per year, which the court opposes.