Seven Points News

Share + Nov 26, 2009 12:17 am US/Central Reporting Jay Gormley SEVEN POINTS On the day before Thanksgiving, the Mendenhalls of Henderson County are one big happy family.

Henderson County Sheriff's Office Drug Investigators working the Seven Points area arrested three individuals Thursday for possession of a large quantity of methamphetamine.

When the FBI and County law enforcement officers arrested the city's municipal judge, Monica Corker Thursday, cell phones around this small town began lighting up.

Alleged corruption within the city officials office brought the FBI back to Seven Points where they made a surprising arrest Thursday morning.

A Saturday night ruckus broke out at a party in the Persimmons Creek area of Quail Run and Jess Hinton late last Saturday and early Sunday morning.

Two Seven Points-area men face first degree felony charges after a drug search by Henderson County Sheriff's Department Deputies Saturday.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed that a skunk involved in an encounter with a Henderson County resident Sunday, was rabid.

A Saturday night ruckus broke out at a party in the Persimmons Creek area of Quail Run and Jess Hinton late last Saturday and early Sunday morning.

Robert Lasiter, a black firefighter for the Seven Points Volunteer Fire Department, said Wednesday he was the victim of racial discrimination after he was placed on temporary inactive leave by the department.

Abby Rike from Mabank finished her appearance on The Biggest Loser. Abby's family had a Biggest Losers TV watching party on Tuesday at Whatz Up Family Fun Park in Seven Points.

Henderson County voters joins the rest of the state, November 3, casting ballots on 11 propositions in the 2009 Constitutional Amendment Election.

Acting police chief Brad McConahay has taken over as the new chief of police in Seven Points.

The Henderson County Sheriff's Office arrested a Kemp woman Wednesday suspected of taking part in several recent burglaries in the west end of the county.

The Henderson County Drug Enforcement Unit maintained its stronghold on area drug abusers when investigators arrested three individuals all in possession of methamphetamine.

The Henderson County Sheriff's Department made two drug related arrests this week in the Cedar Creek Lake area.

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer SEVEN POINTS -- A lack of confidence is the reason being given by the mayor of Seven Points for firing the chief of police.

Seven Points Police Chief Tim Meadows was fired by the mayor on Sept. 1. It came less than a month after Tool Mayor Mike Black's vehicle ran into the Brookshire's gas station and convenience store in Seven Points.

A couple of players at the Can Depot Gameroom on Highway 85 in Seven Points decided to take their drugs along with them.

Several Cedar Creek Lake area law enforcement agencies responded to a weekend brawl near Gun Barrel City after shots were fired.

Tool Mayor Mike Black - who was arrested following a two-vehicle wreck on Hwy. 334 inside the city Monday and was charged with driving while intoxicated - had been rushed to a hospital by EMS earlier that morning.