Monitor Photo/Mabank High School senior boys’ basketball player Carter Sims (holding placard, with teammates) is honored ...

Courtesy Photo/UT HealthUT Health Athens welcomed its first baby of the new year when Carmen Isabelle Valenzuela was born to ...

Monitor Photo/The Mabank Education Foundation awards 19 grants, totaling $59,000, to teachers and campuses Jan. 5 during the ...

ATHENS–Henderson County Commissioners’ Court voted unanimously Jan. 6 to decline an offer by the Texas Department of Transportation to sell for nearly $400,000 a bridge over Cedar Creek and a portion ...

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

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 ...

Kerens pitcher Rylee Spivey strikes out 15 Cayuga batters and allows one hit April 11 during her team’s 10-2 District 20-2A win after getting her 800th career strikeout April 4 versus Wortham. Monitor ...

Kendal Woods of Mabank (left, No. 3) taps the volleyball over the net during the Aug. 12 Mabank-Malakoff match. Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton Annel Duran of Malakoff focuses on returning the ball into ...

Kayla Gonzales of Kerens hits a ground ball during the first inning of March 3’s District 20-2A opener for her team against Mildred. Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton Kerens second baseman Blair Blue ...

Jayda Searcy of Mabank, who scored 6 points against Kemp Jan. 11, passes down court. Monitor Photo/Amber Curtis Mabank’s Taylor Granger drives inside against Kemp in Jan. 11 District 15-4A action.

GUN BARREL CITY—Two deceased people were found in the early morning hours of Dec. 15 by the Gun Barrel City Police Department (GBCPD), which was following up… ...