Cedar Creek Lake

CEDAR CREEK LAKE–The replacement of the State Highway 198 (SH 198) single-span 1960s-era Clear Creek bridge over Cedar Creek Lake – which started spring 2021 – is inching closer to completion, according to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
TxDOT told The Monitor March 22 that the agency had plans to switch SH 198 traffic over the new bridge as early as the following week, depending on weather conditions. That hadn’t happened as of March 28.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE–The body of an unidentified individual was reported to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Nov. 25. Individuals reported to dispatch that there was a body floating face down in the water.  
Passersby indicate they saw a body recovered from the water located between Lou’s Lou’s and Vernon’s Lakeside on State Highway 334 with HCSO, Texas DPS, ambulances and Texas Game Wardens on scene. 

Monitor Photo/Ashlee Sawyer

Gun Barrel City Fire Chief Joseph Lindaman (from left) Mayor David Skains, Mayor Pro-Tem Gary Lerew, Council Member Richard Yaws, City Manager Jeff Arnswald and Gun Barrel City Police Department Captain Keith Stephens stand proudly beside the city’s new rescue boat.