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Monitor Photo/Carla GrayMabank High School’s varsity boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are recognized at Mabank ISD school board meeting Nov. 17, as both teams qualified for Regional competition this past season.

KAUFMAN COUNTY–Kaufman County discovered a security breach Oct. 20 affecting certain county systems, according to a Kaufman County press release. The county determined the breach began Oct. 17.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayThe City of Tool swears in its new mayor and council members during a special meeting Nov. 13.

Courtesy Photo/PSFRDuring the afternoon hours of Nov. 12, the volunteers of Payne Springs Fire Rescue were alerted to a two vehicle Motor Vehicle Crash at the intersection of Double Bridge Road and Palo Pinto Pass in Cherokee Shores. Both drivers were transported by ambulance to the hospital.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayCedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce members Robert Long (from left), with his wife, Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Public Relations Representative Joy Long, The Dock and Zen-Fin Landing owner Shannon Welch, Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce chair Marty...

Courtesy Photo/Henderson County Sheriff’s officeThe Henderson County Sheriff’s Office displays items seized during drug raids with warrants and traffic encounters Nov. 4-5 in Malakoff, Log Cabin and the Eustace area, including guns, drugs, money and paraphernalia.

ATHENS–After nearly four decades of questions surrounding the death of Rickey Herriage, the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office announced Nov. 6 what it calls a major breakthrough in a 1987 murder, which it says brings long-awaited closure to a case that had gone cold for more than 30 years.The...

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Monitor Photo/Carla GraySarah Maples Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) honors veterans Nov. 8 at the Veterans Memorial Park in Mabank.Monitor Photo/Carla GrayDaughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Sarah Maples Chapter member Angela Webb gives the...

Courtesy Photo/Kaufman CountyState Representative and CEO of Intex Electrical Contractors, Inc. Keith Bell (front row), stands with Kaufman County Precinct 1 Commissioner Terry Crow (back row, from left), Precinct 2 Commissioner Skeet Phillips, Kaufman County Judge Jakie Allen, Precinct 3...