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 ...

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 ...

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

James Michael Brantley went to meet the Lord Dec. 28, 2025, following a heart attack and stroke. In his passing, James gave the gift of life through organ donation, helping others in need. As of today ...

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.

Malakoff guard Dailynn Jackson (right) goes up against a Grand Saline defender during her team’s Dec. 19 District 15-3A game. Monitor Photo/Russell Slaton Aniyah Bivins of Malakoff goes in for a steal ...

Home Instead Service Coordinator Kayla Gonzales (from left), Home Instead Caregiver Kim Seay and Mabank’s Senior Center at the Ballpark Director Gail Sturdevant bring in donated gifts for senior ...

Doug 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 represent the six branches ...