The stage is set for the 2025 Miss Firecracker Pageant, a festive highlight of Groesbeck’s Independence Day celebrations. Presented by the Groesbeck Chamber of Commerce, the pageant will take place June 30 and July 1 at the Groesbeck Convention Center, welcoming contestants from ages 0 to 18 to showcase their spirit, style, and confidence.
Limestone County Commissioners made decisions about county health insurance, an election grant, and needed improvements to a bridge on LCR 800 at their meeting on Tuesday, June 24. The court also heard from Mexia City Manager Joshua Barron regarding the dire need for a new ambulance.
Just eight miles south of Groesbeck, a small but mighty repair shop is making big waves in the local powersports community. Southbound Powersports, owned and operated by husband- and-wife team Shelley and Eric Smith, officially opened its doors in January 2024, and they’ve been turning wrenches and turning heads ever since.
A Conroe man was killed early Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash west of Groesbeck, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
The students listed on the President’s Honor Roll at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours.