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Memorial Day
Editor’s note: A Mexia News reader, Delorres Warren, brought in this poem, which she said her brother, Jesse Pullin, wrote and which ran in The Mexia News in 1961.
Jacked Up: Tropical fruit proves too much trouble
I recently had the misfortune of an encounter with Mr. Jack Fruit. It was not pretty.
Special session coming this fall
Texas lawmakers will adjourn the regular session on Monday — Memorial Day — but Gov. Greg Abbott has already indicated he will call a special session in the fall to grapple with redistricting after detailed census results are finally released.
Riding around town
Jazzlyn Gipson flashes a smile as she rides her horse east on Palestine near Railroad Street in Mexia Thursday afternoon. “I just rode in from the country,” she said. “Just riding around town.” Photo by Roxanne Thompson/The Mexia News