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HCPAC auditions for ‘The Last Dance’
HCPAC press release The Henderson County Performing Arts Center is holding open auditions Monday and Tuesday, May 2 and 3, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for the upcoming comedy, “The Last Dance.” The play will...
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King selected to lead TVCC while Forgey suspended
Dr. Jerry King was named President Pro Tem (temporary president) of Trinity Valley Community College Monday night, according to a college press release. Dr. King is a long time employee and Vice...
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FutureMatrix to expand and create 100 new jobs in Athens
By Michael V. Hannigan/HCN One of Athens’ largest employers is looking to add jobs. The Athens Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) board last week approved an incentive package for FutureMatrix...
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Ready to celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Dancers from Athens High School and South Athens Elementary will perform Thursday during a Cinco de Mayo luncheon at First Christian Church in Athens (900 Robbins Road, across from the school). The...
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CASA awarded Texas Bar Foundation Grant to foster volunteerism
CASA press release The Texas Bar Foundation has awarded a $2,850 grant to CASA of Trinity Valley to foster volunteer recruitment in its three-county service area. Court Appointed Special Advocates...
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Central Athens Elementary School students learn about the chicken and the egg
Students in the gifted and talented program at Athens ISD get a chance to see chicken eggs hatch out each year, thanks to a grant awarded in 2011 by the Athens Public Education Foundation to GT...
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Malakoff Education Foundation receives donation from TVEC
Pictured are, back row from left, Mike Burns, Randy Perry, MEF Board President Dave Bullock; front row from left, Julie Armstrong, Krista Stutts, TVEC employee Kari Wilmeth, Sybil Norris. (Courtesy...
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AHS band awarded 10th Sweepstakes
Athens ISD press release The Athens High School “Pride of the Hornets” Band recently competed in the UIL concert and sight-reading event in Troup, earning the coveted Sweepstakes Award for a...
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Crime Stoppers seeks help on residential burglaries
Henderson County Crime Stoppers press release Henderson County Crime Stoppers can use your help in solving two residential burglaries. Two residential burglaries have occurred in the Flag lake area in...
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Rudy Pittman has winning bid for Ed McCain original
Rudy Pittman of Bacon Auto Ranch had the winning bid of $725 for this Ed McCain original painting. McCain donated the painting to be auctioned off through Henderson County Now to benefit the county’s...
View ArticleWork to begin Monday on FM 317 bridge
TxDOT press release Repair work gets under way Monday, May 9, on FM 317 at the Athens Fish and Game Lake Dam in Athens, weather permitting. The contractor is Fritcher Construction of Tyler. FM 317 was...
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Traffic stop leads to drug arrest
Henderson County Sheriff’s Office press release On Monday, May 9, at approximately 3:47 a.m., Henderson County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Sergeant M. Jistel performed a traffic stop on a vehicle on Martin...
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Local rancher donates first cow to CASA
CASA of Trinity Valley press release A generous local rancher has made the first donation of the year to CASA of Trinity Valley’s Cattle for CASA program. The 1,270-pound cow sold at an Athens...
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PWC makes donation to Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake
The Pinnacle Women’s Club recently made a donation to the Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake. Pictured are the Humane Society’s Lanette Ainsworth, left, receiving the donation from Jean Alexander,...
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Grand Jury Report
Henderson County District Attorney R. Scott McKee reported the January Term, 2016, Grand Jury returned the following True Bills for the April 27, 2016 meeting. In addition, 18 cases are indicted under...
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Kiana Reed signs to play at Temple College
Malakoff High School senior Kiana Reed signed a Letter of Intent Tuesday to play basketball at Temple College in Temple, Texas. Pictured are Kiana, her mother Roshawn Weathersby, Coach Meghan Hyde,...
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Trinidad police still searching for robbery suspects
Trinidad Police Department press release On Friday, May 6, at 4:30 p.m. the D&M Tire Shop on State Highway 31 was robbed at gunpoint by three black males. During the robbery, one of the victims...
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Woman arrested on drug charge
Sheriff’s Office press release On Monday, May 10, Henderson County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Investigator Brad Beddingfield, conducted a traffic stop on County Road 4311 for a traffic violation. The...
View ArticleTractor ride begins in New York, Texas
Press release The Lone Star Antique Tractor Club at of Whitehouse, Texas is having it’s spring tractor ride in Henderson County from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, beginning at the New York...
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Phase III of US 175 project begins
TxDOT press release The third construction project to expand US 175 from two lanes to four lanes from Baxter to Frankston through Henderson and Anderson counties is now under way. The contractor is...
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