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Chasing dinosaurs: Kentucky light line specialist finding more giants on Texas waters

Chalk up another IGFA line clss world record alligator gar for light tackle specialist Art Weston. Caught earlier this month at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, the 7.04-footer weighed 188 pounds.

’Cat relay team edged out of state qualification

The Mexia 4x200-meter relay team came within one second and one place of qualifying for the UIL state meet with their performance at the Region III-3A meet at Waco Midway on Saturday,April 20.

Wild hogs roam in Mexia

On the outskirts of the city where the residential area fades to the wooded plain, feral hogs are venturing into neighborhoods to root for food at night.

Bluebonnet on it

Festival-goers enjoy fun time among the flowers

Chamber unveils its new logo

The Mexia Area Chamber of Commerce named April Dossey the winner of its logo contest at the Business After Hours meeting hosted Thursday, April 18, by The Mexia News.

News

Mexia schools take notice of Earth Day

No clean-up events took place celebrating Earth Day 2024 in Mexia, according to the website Earth-Day.org that hosts a national map pinpointing locations.

Police traffic stops plummet in Mexia

The number of traffic stops in Mexia by police dropped by 93 percent between 2019 and 2023, according to information contained in Texas Commission on Law Enforcement racial profiling reports.

Famous songwriter

Mexia’s Cindy Walker made history once again Friday night when she became the first posthumous inductee into the national Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Sports

Jump for joy: Three Coolidge jumpers qualify for state meet

Three Coolidge track athletes qualified for the UIL State Track & Field Championships with their performances at the Region IV-1A meet at Jourdanton on Friday, April 19.

’Cat relay team edged out of state qualification

The Mexia 4x200-meter relay team came within one second and one place of qualifying for the UIL state meet with their performance at the Region III-3A meet at Waco Midway on Saturday,April 20.

Fast track: Blackcat junior high sprinters set school record

While Mexia’s sprint relay teams excelled this season, with the 4x200 quartet barely missing a state qualification, the junior high runners were scampering as fast as they could in an attempt to ke

By Skip Leon

Obituaries

Frances Daniell

Our hearts are heavy that Frances Daniell, our beloved and sweet mother and grandmother, died on April 21, 2024, after a short illness. She was 85 years old.

Judy Lynn Stark

Funeral services for Judy Stark, 53, will be held on Saturday, April 27, at 2 p.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Shane Winters will officiate. Interment will follow at Point Enterprise.

Sandra ‘Sandy’ Kerzee

Funeral services for Sandra “Sandy” Kerzee, 76, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Brother Joe Beil Reid will officiate.