Courtesy PhotoKayla Gonzales is the Kerens Area Chamber of Commerce’s female Student of the Year, with the presentation set ...

The Monitor/Second grade teacher Lisa Cupples (right) leads the grade level with the theme “I want a hippopotamus for ...

The Monitor/Mabank Independent School District hosts its annual Christmas Tea for faculty and staff Dec. 17, 2025.

SEVEN POINTS–A landmark of Texas honky-tonk culture is preparing for a second act. The Cedar Creek Plowboys Club, once famous for its live music, dance floor and a starring role in the Academy ...

Home Instead Caregiver Kim Seay and Mabank’s Senior Center at the Ballpark Director Gail Sturdevant bring in donated gifts ...

Monitor Photo/Malakoff guard Dailynn Jackson (right) goes up against a Grand Saline defender during her team’s Dec. 19 ...

The Monitor/Carla GrayDoug Compton plays “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes before volunteers lay wreaths on graves during the Wreaths Across America event Dec. 13. The seven wreaths behind Compton ...

Monitor Photo/Eustace junior Madyson Borden (center) blocks out both Winona players flanking her in the lane while playing at home Dec. 16.Monitor Photo/Eustace freshman Addisen Rummel glides toward ...

Payne Springs Fire Rescue (PSFR) were alerted for a structure fire with possible entrapment in the Golden Oaks subdivision. PSFR Chief 1 arrived to find a singlewide mobile home with heavy fire ...

The Monitor/The Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce gathers at the newly constructed Gun Barrel City Community Center for a ribbon cutting Dec. 6. Holding the ceremonial scissors is Gun Barrel ...