Sports

Mexia Long Term Care is celebrating one of its long-lived employees – Jackie Smith. She has been the housekeeping manager for 10 years now.

Chris Valdovinos takes over as the Mexia football team’s defensive coordinator this year. And he envisions a slew of swarming Blackcats when the opponent has the ball.

Dedicated Mexia High School male and female athletes began their mission of getting an edge on the competition Monday when they began summer workouts.