Grimes County non-profits are being reminded to get their 501-c-3 paperwork together, as applications are being currently accepted for the State Employee Charitable Campaign. Through the SECC program, approved non-profits can see some donations come … [Read more...]

Students from all over Grimes are heading down to the Houston Livestock Show, and as Anderson Shiro FFA’s Stacy Cosby says some of her students have already returned with high honors from San Antonio and others. Cosby tells Navasota News nearly … [Read more...]

Details are slowly being uncovered about a single engine plane that was discovered to have crashed southeast of the Navasota Airport runway Sunday morning February 28th. Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell says it was first spotted shortly before 10 by … [Read more...]

Students in the Navasota Independent School District can get more than just a free morning meal this week as the district joins with others across the country for National Breakfast Week. The District’s Wyvtta Franklin tells Navasota News, all the … [Read more...]

The voters of Grimes County have spoken, and, as Democratic Chair James Harris and Republican Chair Joe Fauth posted outside the County Clerk’s Office in Anderson last Tuesday, March 1st, Sheriff Don Sowell survived his primary challenger, Shawn … [Read more...]

More Navasota High School students are on their way to college. NISD College and Career Readiness Councilor Michelle Vacante reports more than half of this year’s graduating class, have already gotten the thumbs-up from places of higher education in … [Read more...]

Scores of Grimes County residents fighting against Texas Central Partners (T.C.P.) proposed land grab have gained yet another ally, as the Texas A&M University student senate has joined in the battle against this use of imminent domain. Both … [Read more...]

The City of Navasota is now the home of one less Boy Scout troop. The former troop 249 was sponsored by Navasota’s Trinity Lutheran Church for half a decade. But there’s one new Scouting rule that both Scout and Church leaders agree was primarily … [Read more...]

Northern Grimes County residents are one step closer to having a place to buy and sell their own local produce thanks to one Bedias Business owner. Kyle Zulch tells Navasota News he’s spoken with a few local producers and they seem … [Read more...]

Four members of Navasota’s former Boy Scout Troop 249 recently ascended to the scout’s highest rank. And in celebration of their dedication, they were honored with an Eagle Scout ceremony at City Council’s first meeting this month. But to attain … [Read more...]

Despite leading the Navasota Ratters to winning the state championship . . . Twice . . . The NISD School Board decided not to extend Head Coach Lee Fedora’s contract Monday night February 15th. NISD Superintendent Rory Gesh tells Navasota News … [Read more...]

Among other topics, the most recent meeting of the Iola High School Parent Teacher Organization discussed the latest drug trends and their legal implications for our kids. The local Ag Extension’s Bobby Brooks tells Navasota News, today’s students … [Read more...]

While there’s no evidence of the dreaded Zika virus in the County of Grimes to date, the City of Navasota wants to encourage its citizens to protect themselves from whichever of the 85 different kinds of mosquitoes are here by surveying their … [Read more...]

There was much relief felt in City Council Chambers last week at City Manager Brad Stafford’s news that the city’s federal grant applications won’t be in jeopardy any more due to unfinished county paperwork. This was especially welcome news as … [Read more...]

As schools around the state find themselves having to tighten their budgets, educators at both the Bizzell Academy and Navasota High School are giving thanks to the Navasota Education Foundation today for gifting them a total of $12,000 in new … [Read more...]