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Poll: Texans remain concerned about pandemic, but returning to normal

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

Texas voters are feeling safer about being out in public, and better about getting COVID-19 vaccines, but a majority of the state’s voters still consider the coronavirus a “significant crisis,” according to a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

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Coolidge Elementary announces perfect attendance, honor rolls

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

Pre-Kindergarten

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Sandbagging saves a solider’s life in the desert

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

TSgt. Larry Ryan, a USAF security policeman stationed with us at Gila Bend AFAF, Arizona 30 years ago from 1989 to 1992 and his wife visited us this past week from Min-nesota.

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Mexia police arrest man for beating date

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

A Mexia father stepped up to help his stepdaughter last weekend when she returned from a date and told him her boyfriend had assaulted her.

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Retaining aboard the USS Essex

Sat, 05/01/2021 - 12:00am

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jacob Brock, from Wortham, makes a retainer aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex on April 22. Essex is under way as part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine training off the coast of southern California.