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FAR LEFT: Flames shoot 30 feet into the air at the Mexia bonfire Thursday night. The bonfire is a tradition at Mexia that takes place the night before the homecoming football game. LEFT: Some Mexia High School seniors dance as the Mighty Maroon Band plays prior to the lighting of the bonfire Thursday night. The event is held annually the night before the homecoming football game.

AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) discovered Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer breeding facility in Limestone County.

In a volleyball match that had more peaks and valleys than the Swiss countryside, Mexia came out on top with a five-set victory at Teague on Tuesday night.