🌱 Texas wanted-list roundup includes fugitive with Mexia ties

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• Texas wanted-list roundup includes fugitive with Mexia ties

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• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 52 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 77, low: 48.
• Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Who is on Texas' 10 Most Wanted Fugitive List? (texomashomepage.com) — A fugitive with ties to Mexia is among those featured in a roundup of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted. Carson is wanted for aggravated robbery and parole violations, according to Texas DPS. Authorities accuse him of robbing and assaulting a homebuilder’s representative in Kyle in 2013, and list Austin as his last known location.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Veterans Day Program
  Mildred ISD Angus, TX 75109
  9:00 am

Thursday November 12

• JH Girls Basketball @ Frost
  Hubbard ISD Frost, TX 76641, USA
  5:30 pm
• JH Girls Basketball vs. Cross Roads
  Dawson ISD Dawson
  5:30 pm
• HS Boys Basketball Scrimmage vs. Valor Prep
  Hubbard High School, 1803 NW 4th St, Hubbard
  5:30 pm
• PLAYOFF GAME: Jaguar Football vs. Goldthwaite
  Crusader Stadium, 905 University Dr, Belton
  7:30 pm

Friday November 13

• UIL Regional Congressional Debate - China Spring
  Mildred ISD Angus, TX 75109
• HS Girls Basketball V Only @ Whitney
  Whitney HS
  4:30 pm
• GHS JV/V Girls Basketball vs Giddings
  Groesbeck ISD, 1202 N Ellis St, Groesbeck
  5:00 pm
• Girls BB vs Cayuga
  Mildred ISD Angus, TX 75109
  5:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• OAP Fall Show
  Mildred ISD Angus, TX 75109

Monday November 16

• JH Girls BB @ Palmer
  Mildred ISD Angus, TX 75109
  5:00 pm
• JH Boys BB vs Palmer
  Lane Gym
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The next Brazos River Authority bimonthly Board of Directors meeting is today, November 9, 2026, at 9 a.
  m. at the BRA’s Lt. Gen. Phillip J. Ford Central Office, 4600 Cobbs Drive in Waco. You can access a livestream of today’s meeting and learn more… (Nextdoor )
• Got a new car, so I’m ready to part with my old one.
  It could be just what someone’s been looking for! (Nextdoor Mexia)

• Whataburger posted a job opening for Restaurant Shift Leader - Unit 401 in Mexia. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Pizza Hut Assistant Manager in Groesbeck. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mexia here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Corsicana

• Barbara Streckfus: Sept. 20, 1935-Nov. 6, 2026 – The Kerr County Lead (kerrcountylead.com)
• Vitalik Buterin Says AI Compute Slowdown Is ‘Net Good' (coinmarketcap.com)
• Texas Republican voters reckon with a blue Texas (texastribune.org)

Bellmead

• La Vega enters playoffs with No. 1 ranking and strong Bellmead community behind them (kxxv.com)

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