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When's the last time you heard a song about Waxahachie? A couple of nights ago I (i.e., Traces of Texas, not POF) posted a song about Mineola and now this! Try not to tap your toes to this great song from Austin's @MonteWarden1. I read one review that said Monte's invented a whole new musical sound and I kind of agree. Comment by K45H, @HeyKA5H. Thanks for sharing! Guaranteed to lift your spirit and make those that love to dance, get up on the floor. Cool country w a jazz big band vibe. Closing my eyes takes me back to...

A North Texas man came forward nine months after he said five volunteer firefighters sexually assaulted him with a sausage in his first interviews Wednesday. Jason Waldeck, 20, revealed his side of what happened Jan. 20 in the headquarters of the Emergency Service District 6 Volunteer Fire Department in Waxahachie on KXAS-TV. The former high school volunteer firefighter is getting back to fulfilling his childhood dream of serving the community, he said. An Ellis County grand jury indicted the five firefighters, one of the men’s girlfriends, and their chief and assistant chief in September in the case. Waldeck showed the...

At least five people were injured, two of them seriously, after a powerful early-morning explosion destroyed a home in Waxahachie, Texas. Police say a home in the 100 block of Arabian Road unexpectedly blew up at around 8am local time and burst into flames, raining debris on neighboring houses in the Saddlebrook Estates section of the city. Two of the victims who had been inside the doomed house were airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Their conditions remain unknown at this time.

RUTBAH, Iraq (Jan. 3, 2008) -- RUTBAH, Iraq – Marines join the Corps for reasons that cross a wide spectrum. Several of the reasons might include intangible beliefs such as honor, courage and commitment the Marine Corps famously advertises. For one Waxahachie, Texas, native, it goes beyond that, to what he calls a deeper calling. Sgt. Daniel Garza originally joined the Marine Corps after graduating Santa Fe High School in 1999. He said it was something he prayed on and felt he needed to do. After serving his four years with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, the infantryman...