News & Politics
June 16, 2022
After 41 Years of Tragedy, Disrepair, and Disease, Juneteenth Is Back at Comanche Crossing
The most dynamic freedom celebration in Texas, begun in the nineteenth century, returns to life.
By
Michael Hall
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Mexia
The Stand Up Desk
October 20, 2021
Roar of the Crowd: November 2021
Reader letters published in our November 2021 issue.
News & Politics
May 24, 2021
The Ghosts of Comanche Crossing
In 1981 three Black teenagers drowned while in law enforcement custody during a Juneteenth gathering at Lake Mexia. Four decades later, Texas’s proudest Emancipation Day celebration still hasn’t recovered.
By
Michael Hall
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Film & TV
June 30, 1993
The Making of a Sex Symbol, 1993
How did Vickie Smith, waitress from Mexia, become Anna Nicole Smith, world-famous face? It’s anyone’s Guess?
