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Ladyjackets unbeaten in district, eye postseason run

Briana Johnson is in her fourth year as the Coolidge girls basketball coach and she has four players whose high school playing careers coincided with Johnson taking the helm of the team.

Stevenson nets 50 points as Trinidad swamps Coolidge

Coolidge scored the first five points of the game against Trinidad on Friday night, but that was the high point for the Yellowjackets.

Transit van crashes near Parkview Hospital

The driver of a Rural Public Transit van lost control of a van and crashed Monday afternoon, Jan. 24, on Bonham Street near Parkview Regional Hospital.

Mexia sees jump in fuel prices

Rising fuel prices are frustrating people of all walks of life – even gas station employees.

Mexia seeing baby formula shortage

The baby formula shortage, which is sweeping the nation, apparently has hit Mexia’s two largest grocery stores. Empty shelves, where containers of Similac, Enphamil and other brands are stored, prevail at the local H-E-B and Walmart.

Mart pulls away from Wortham in district opener

When a couple of Wortham freshmen teamed up for a basket to start the second half, the Bulldogs were within five points of Mart, 32-27.

News

Texas may get a coastal storm barrier, but will it be too late?

Through hurricanes and flooding, Jerry Mohn has waited a long time for the federal government to build the kind of protective barrier that could shield Galveston’s coastline from devastating storm

By Bethany Irvine Texastribune.org

Texas eviction filings among nation’s highest as millions of rent relief dollars go unspent

Eviction filings in several Texas cities are among the highest in the nation — even as millions of federal dollars aimed at helping struggling renters have sat unspent so long in some counties that

By Joshua Fechter Texastribune.org

Court fight brews over constitutionality of Texas governor’s border arrests

After months of preliminary courtroom skirmishes, the lines are being drawn for a full-blown legal battle to determine if hundreds of migrants have been illegally arrested under Texas Gov.

By Jolie Mccullough Texastribune.org

Sports

Dawson holds off Wortham

The Wortham girls basketball team fell behind in the first quarter and couldn’t catch back up in a 50-38 loss to Dawson in a District 18-2A game at Wortham on Friday.

By Mexia News Staff Report Sports@themexianews.com

Stevenson nets 50 points as Trinidad swamps Coolidge

Coolidge scored the first five points of the game against Trinidad on Friday night, but that was the high point for the Yellowjackets.

By Skip Leon Sports@themexianews.com

Ladyjackets unbeaten in district, eye postseason run

Briana Johnson is in her fourth year as the Coolidge girls basketball coach and she has four players whose high school playing careers coincided with Johnson taking the helm of the team.

By Skip Leon Sports@themexianews.com

Obituaries

LOUISE CURRY

A private funeral service for Louise Curry, 92, was held Friday, Jan. 21, Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Brother Scott Matthews officiated.

CHARLES ‘CHARLIE’ JOHNSON

Charles “Charlie” Johnson, 77, of Mexia passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at Providence Hospital in Waco.

JAMES FORGE JR.

James Forge Jr., affectionately known as “Pete Forge,” “Mr. Pete” and “Daddy Pete,” was born April 17, 1936, to James “Buck” Forge and Pearlie Mae Palmer Forge in Limestone County.

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Mexia has new mayor

Mexia Mayor pro tem Geary Smith, who was the District 3 Council member, was sworn into office as Mayor by City Secretary Christi Shivers after he was appointed to the office by the rest of the Coun

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Texas may get a coastal storm barrier, but will it be too late?

Texas eviction filings among nation’s highest as millions of rent relief dollars go unspent

Court fight brews over constitutionality of Texas governor’s border arrests

Sports

Dawson holds off Wortham

Stevenson nets 50 points as Trinidad swamps Coolidge

Ladyjackets unbeaten in district, eye postseason run

Obituaries

LOUISE CURRY

CHARLES ‘CHARLIE’ JOHNSON

JAMES FORGE JR.

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