Big Hats, Bigger Hearts
Monitor Photo/Janice Grubbs Vincik
Greg Figueroa
Bennett elected Tool mayor, Eustace ISD tax nixed
HENDERSON, KAUFMAN and VAN ZANDT COUNTIES—Voters turned out in Tool, Eustace, Mabank, Trinidad and elsewhere around the Cedar Creek Lake area for the Nov. 4 constitutional amendment/joint election to make their choice on state and local propositions, as well as selecting their municipal...
Cedar Creek Plowboys Club holds Grand Opening
Monitor Photo/Carla GrayCedar Creek Plowboys Club in Seven Points illuminates the night sky while the sounds of country music fills the air. The club was highlighted in the Robert Duvall movie “Tender Mercies” released in 1983.
Tool hosts an evening with the candidates
Monitor Photo/Carla GrayThe City of Tool hosts a meet the candidate night Oct. 9. Citizens sent in questions that they wanted the candidates to answer.
Two Stepping in the Wild West
Monitor Photo/Jody Vincik
The return of Cedar Creek Plowboys
SEVEN POINTS–A landmark of Texas honky-tonk culture is preparing for a second act.
Happy Anniversary Fig’s Steakhouse
Monitor photo/Carla GrayFig’s Steakhouse owner Greg Figueroa (from left), wife Caroline, Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce President Robin Sykora, husband Jim and Gun Barrel City Mayor Brian Crull celebrate the one-year anniversary of Fig’s Steakhouse in Tool Aug. 14.
Bon Appétit at Fig's Steakhouse
Monitor Photo/ Ashlee Sawyer
