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Texas quail research leads to FDA approval of medicated feed for stamping out parasites

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 12:00am

It’s been a while since quail managers across Texas have had much to chatter about, but hopes are high good things may be ahead for the iconic game birds well known for their signature trills.

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Fitch earns Co-MVP in FCA Victory Bowl basketball game

Fitch earns Co-MVP in FCA Victory Bowl basketball game

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 12:00am

Mexia’s Hunter Fitch earned Co-MVP honors after the blue team came out on top of the red team 8179 in the Super CenTex Fellowship of Christian Athletes Victory Bowl All-Star basketball game on Wednesday evening, May 29, at the Johnson Activity Center in Fairfield.

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Getting all wet: Of floods displaced wildlife and spring stock

Wed, 05/22/2024 - 12:00am

I don’t know how much rain has fallen in your neck of the woods, but things are waterlogged at 1070 CR 719 in Nacogdoches County. Just when things begin to dry up a little around here, it seems like another weather system passes through and drops another load on ground that is already so saturated with moisture that it can’t hold any more.

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Junior high soccer program shows improvements

Wed, 05/08/2024 - 12:00am

The Mexia junior high soccer program recently completed its inaugural season and the teams made great strides during the six-week campaign, according to Mexia soccer coach T.J. Sadler.