Kamryn Robison of Groesbeck competed in the Texas Junior High Rodeo Association State Finals in Gonzales on May 23-29. Texas has ten regions and the top ten of each region compete at the state finals in their event. The contestants competed in two full rounds and then the top fifteen were brought back to compete in the shortgo round in each event.
Robin York, Historian for American Legion Post 288, presented the American Legion School Award to Shayli Aparicio and Gabriel Mclelland of Groesbeck Middle School at their May 26th year-end assembly. The criteria for this National award is given to the school by the local American Legion Post, and a faculty committee makes the selection of the boy and girl. The awards are based on that criteria, being twenty percent of each of the following qualities:
The following indictments were handed down by the Limestone County Grand Jury on May 19. Those listed are not guilty unless and until a court finds otherwise. An indictment simply means there is enough evidence to warrant a trial.
This June is the 40th anniversary of the drowning deaths of three young Black Mexia men at the 1981 Juneteenth celebration at Comanche Crossing, and a memorial is planned for Saturday, June 19, after the Dunbar-Douglass Parade.
Tickets for this Friday’s Navarro College Foundation’s fundraiser Legacy 2021: A New Voice are sold out, but supporters of Navarro and its students may still support the fundraiser by voting online for their favorite entertainers.