Shovel-ready job: City breaks ground on splash pad
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 12:00am
More than a dozen attended the groundbreaking for Mexia’s new splash pad Friday evening at Hughes City Park.
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Deadly conduct
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 12:00am
Guns at the scene of a conflict last week brought a deadly conduct charge for a Mexia man.
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 12:00am
A banner reminding people of the Comanche 3 – the three young men who drowned at Comanche Crossing while in police custody 40 years ago, Carl Baker, Steve Booker and Anthony Freeman – leads the Dunbar-Douglass parade on Saturday, June 19, in downtown Mexia. Read stories and more photos on the Juneteenth and Comanche 3 events on Page 5. Photo by Roxanne Thompson/The Mexia News
GENERAL ORDERS, NUMBER 3
Sat, 06/19/2021 - 12:00am
At one time, if you were not from Texas or Louisiana, the mention of “Nineteenth of June” or “Juneteenth” would mean nothing to you. History reminds us that for the Negro in America, the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, did NOT mean freedom. Indeed, for Negroes in Texas, even Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation of Proclamation on January 1, 1863, did not signify freedom. For those of you who do not know the story:
Update: non life-threatening injuries in Hwy. 14 wreck
Sat, 06/19/2021 - 12:00am
Three air ambulances were called to the scene of a serious wreck late Thursday afternoon, June 10, on Highway 14 about two miles north of Groesbeck near the entrance to the Ridgewood Park subdivision.
