Jeanette Merritt, 7th District Commander of the American Legion Department of Texas, served in the Army as a medic from 1969 to 1972. Back then, women in the military were told they shouldn’t be there, Merritt said.
The Juneteenth annual event commemorating General Gorder Granger’s arrival in Galveston on June 19, 1865, signaling freedom for Texas’s enslaved people, will be celebrated throughout this weekend in Limestone County.
Shelia Hobbs, president of Epic Women Survival, Inc., started her company during the pandemic to help women get back on their feet after leaving an abusive situation.
Mexia Blackcat basketball player Hunter Fitch stands tall at the free-throw line among youngsters at the Youth Basketball Camp at the Mexia Junior High School gym Tuesday. The 6-foot-6 Fitch, who will be a junior at Mexia High School, was one of the instructors at the camp, which attracted more than 40 boys and girls. See more photos, Page 10.
JOHN 12:25 – If you love your life you will lose it, if you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life.
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