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SEVEN POINTS–The city council of Seven Points met for a special meeting called June 26. Tempers flared due to an executive session agenda item. The stated item was a personnel matter concerning police chief Raymond Wennerstrom. 

Monitor Photo/Russell SlatonThe 70th annual Mabank Rodeo kicks off June 27 with the carrying of the flags around the Alene & Andrew Gibbs Memorial Arena before the United Professional Rodeo Association’s Rodeo begins.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayAnnalise Kinney (left) helps Science Heroes’ Brandon Enriquez cause a ping pong ball to float at the Tri-County Library Summer Reading Program series June 19.Monitor Photo/Carla GrayTristan West comes to all the performances sponsored by Tri-County Library.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE-A 43-year-old man drowned while swimming in rough waters with his family June 22.Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said the incident took place around 5:45 p.m. near the Mantle Manors subdivision of Gun Barrel City.

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayMabank Mayor Randy Teague (left) congratulates Kynleigh Smith as the 2025 Rodeo Queen during the annual Queen’s Dinner held at Mabank Eubank Hall June 24.

Monitor Photo/Ashlee SawyerCedar Creek Country Club Business Developer Hunter Young (from left), visits with Owners of Home Instead Kim and Eric Gassman during the Business After Hours event hosted by BnR Country June 17. 

HENDERSON COUNTY—Henderson County Judge Wade McKinney has chosen not to seek re-election. In a letter dated June 20, McKinney states that, “When I started with the county in 1994 I was a road hand filling potholes in Precinct 2. I never set out to hold office.

Courtesy Photo/Lana AhrensKyra Mason (from left), La’Darrius Mason, Cailee Mason, Douglas Omari and Imani Allen attend Malakoff’s Community Juneteenth Celebration June 21 and show off their bracelets made during the event.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE—A boat carrying 10 adults and two children capsized in the Heatherwoods subdivision of Cedar Creek Lake around 10 p.m. June 22.

Courtesy Photo/Tri-County LibraryTri-County Library starts off the summer reading program with an explosion of fun from Texas A&M University Chemistry Road Show June 5.