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Grimes County Sheriff’s Office Searching For Escaped Inmate

September 13, 2023 by Kenny Graves

Here is the release from the Grimes County Sheriff's Office: UPDATE -- Inmate possibly left in a gray Honda CRV. Seen near Anderson around 1:40pm Grimes County has an escape of an inmate. Last seen at 1:30pm at the Grimes County Sheriff’s … [Read more...]

Grimes County Road & Bridge Department On Schedule To Complete Projects This Month

September 13, 2023 by Kenny Graves

Grimes County Road & Bridge Engineer Harry Walker may be retiring at the end of the month, but his department has stayed busy with projects around the county. Walker gave an update at last week's Commissioner's Court … [Read more...]

Former Navasota City Manager Introduced In New Role With City Of Bryan

September 13, 2023 by Kenny Graves

At Tuesday night's Bryan city council meeting, City Manager Kean Register introduced former Navasota city manager Brad Stafford as their new parks & recreation facilities director. Stafford responded and got a laugh from those in … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Touts Record Number Of Freshmen

September 12, 2023 by Kenny Graves

A profile of Texas A and M's freshman class, which is a record of nearly 14 thousand students, was promoted during Monday's faculty senate meeting by speaker Tracy Hammond.     Nearly a month into fall classes, Hammond called … [Read more...]

Grimes County Animal Rescue To Hold 2nd Free Adoption Event

September 12, 2023 by Kenny Graves

The Grimes County Animal Shelter will be holding an Adopt-A-Thon on Saturday the 23rd at their facility in Anderson. We spoke with Robin Dobyanski, who says this is a great chance to add a new member to your happy … [Read more...]

The Texas Legislature’s New Formula For Distributing Money To The State’s 50 Community Colleges Has Been Finalized

September 12, 2023 by Kenny Graves

The higher education coordinating board recently approved the rules for administrating House Bill eight. Funding will be based on awarding degrees, certificates, and for what the coordinating board calls "other credentials of … [Read more...]

U.S. Senator Weighs In On Ken Paxton Impeachment Trial

September 12, 2023 by Kenny Graves

Among those following the impeachment trial of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is a former state A-G and now U.S. Senator John Cornyn. He was asked during a visit with Texas reporters last week about seeing a high profile Texas Republican on … [Read more...]

No Local Races, But Important Amendments On The November Ballot

August 28, 2023 by Kenny Graves

With the November elections on the horizon, Grimes County Elections Administrator Rachel Walker says even though there are no local races, the amendments that on the ballot are very important.     Walker gave us the deadlines … [Read more...]

Two Shootings In Plantersville, Including One Fatality Leads To Arrest Of Houston Man

August 28, 2023 by Kenny Graves

According to a press release from the Grimes County Sheriff's Office on August 28, 2023. The Grimes County Sheriff’s Office, Grimes County District Attorney’s Office, and the Texas Rangers are investigating the apparent fatal shooting of a man at … [Read more...]

Former Navasota City Manager Finds New Role In Local Municipality

August 28, 2023 by Kenny Graves

Former Navasota City Manager, Brad Stafford, who was Navasota's longest-serving City Manager of 15 years, before retiring in October of 2021 to work in the private sector, has decided to take on another municipal role. Stafford has over 30 years … [Read more...]

Local Business Owner With Cartel Ties Sentenced To 50 Years In Prison

August 25, 2023 by Kenny Graves

According to a press release from the Grimes County District Attorney's Office, on June 21st of this year Navasota PD located a stolen vehicle at R&R Auto Repair in Navasota. During a search of that business, along with ATF, DPS and a Bryan PD … [Read more...]

DPS Having Issues With License Renewal Applications

August 25, 2023 by Kenny Graves

The Texas Department of Public Safety says license renewal applications can not be processed. A DPS news release says unidentified issues that began on Wednesday apply to both office locations and online. DPS says to check their Facebook page for … [Read more...]

ERCOT Asking Texans To Conserve Energy

August 25, 2023 by Kenny Graves

The operator of most of the Texas power grid is again calling on conserving electricity. Thursday's appeal from ERCOT includes a high potential to enter emergency operations. That is due to less electricity being produced by wind power combined with … [Read more...]

Navasota Asking Residents To Voluntarily Conserve Water

August 23, 2023 by Kenny Graves

The City of Navasota is currently experiencing a high demand on all water systems due to extreme heat conditions and lack of rainfall. Effective Wednesday, August 23, 2023, the City of Navasota is initiating Stage 1, Mild Water Shortage Conditions … [Read more...]

Grimes County Sheriff’s Office To Assist Kinney County, Texas With Deputy Staffing

August 22, 2023 by Kenny Graves

At last Wednesday's meeting of Commissioner's Court, Chief Martha Smith from the Grimes County Sheriff's Office talked about a Memorandum of Understanding between Kinney County Texas Sheriff, Brad Coe, and Grimes County Sheriff, Don Sowell. Chief … [Read more...]

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