The United States Coast Guard has announced it has suspended the search for Deangelo Phillip Jackson, 19, of Navasota. He was last seen in the water swimming on Friday evening near Surfside Beach in Brazoria county. Coast Guard crews searched … [Read more...]

28 year old Logan Davis is charged with threatening another driver with a short barrel rifle that is considered to be a prohibited weapon. Arrest reports from the Brazos County sheriff's office show this happened on Wellborn Road just past Fitch … [Read more...]

In recent years, the Grimes County jail has had agreements with other counties and cities to house their inmates when needed for a flat fee of $50 per day per inmate. At Wednesday's Commissioner's Court meeting, Chief Martha Smith from the Sheriff's … [Read more...]

KidFish 2023, hosted by the City of Navasota, is coming up on Saturday, May 13th. The city's marketing and communications director, Bobbie Lehrmann, stopped by to talk about it     All fishing materials will be provided. … [Read more...]

At Wednesday's Meeting of Commissioner's Court, a request was made by both the Shiro VFD and Todd Mission VFD to get an advance payment from their 4th quarter stipens     The court voted to approve the payments to both the … [Read more...]

Five finalists to be Texas A&M's next provost, which is the university's chief academic officer, have completed meeting with faculty members and holding virtual gatherings. the search was limited to candidates who currently work at an A&M … [Read more...]

Entering the final month of the regular session of the Texas Legislature, among the observations from representative Kyle Kacal of College Station, is that the governor, lieutenant governor, and house speaker are not getting together at least once a … [Read more...]

Grimes County's bridge replacement projects are finally completed. Road & Bridge Engineer Harry Walker gave an update at this week's Commissioner's Court meeting     Walker said that TxDOT is still working on bridge … [Read more...]

Monday, May 1st, after a unanimous vote by the NISD Board of Trustees, it was announced that a wage increase will allow first-year teachers to earn a salary of 50 thousand dollars. Teachers that have been working for the district for over 25 years … [Read more...]

19 year old Amarion Cooper of Lexington and the Brazos County district attorney's office reached a plea agreement where Cooper will serve 45 years for the death of 23 year old Cameron Gray. The shooting took place in the parking lot of the College … [Read more...]

Navasota's Police Department has named John Shoemaker as the city's new Assistant Police Chief. Shoemaker, most recently serving as Investigator with the Navasota Police Department, will be sworn in on Monday May 8, 2023, at 3pm in the City Hall … [Read more...]

While Madison and Grimes County law enforcement is investigating burglaries and criminal trespassing, BTU has announced a suspect vehicle with a BTU logo is not a BTU vehicle. BTU's social media states that they are working to determine how someone … [Read more...]

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has ordered employees to dress "in a manner consistent with their biological gender"...which is part of a dress code that has drawn opposition from the ACLU. People who violate the dress code will be asked … [Read more...]

With all the recent growth at the Pecan Lakes Subdivision, increased traffic on Highway 105 has become a cause for concern with local residents. At Monday's City Council Meeting, Navasota City Manager Jason Weeks talked about an upcoming TxDOT … [Read more...]

The Navasota Public Library will be hosting a Read Across Texas Event on May 8th, Library Director Tiffany Byers says they were selected for a special grant this year.   Byers also said the Library will have a special book signing … [Read more...]