Explosions rocked the southern tip of Grimes County earlier this month and the Grimes County Sheriff’s Department suspects a Waller man is responsible. Department officials say, thankfully no-one was hurt in the incidents. And as a result of the … [Read more...]

It took more than three times the half hour County Commissioners had set aside this week to impose new regulations on Grimes County’s Road and Bridge Department. County Judge Ben Lehman began by restating his concerns from last week, believing the … [Read more...]

Our Boys in Blue look for their FIRST Victory of the season Thursday, as they take on the Bryan Vikings in Bryan. And if you can't make it up for the game, you can hear all the action with Tom Turbiville, beginning with the 6:45pm Pre-Game show prior … [Read more...]

  TxDoT can start acquiring land in Grimes County for the 249 Toll Road. TxDoT’s Bobby Colwell tells Navasota News the results of the just-released environmental review find no significant impact to southern Grimes. District Director of … [Read more...]

The Navasota Independent School District has committed itself to effectively tripling its deficit with the approval of next year’s budget. The District’s Ronnie Gonzalez explains, it started off with a $600,000.00 deficit and had to renegotiate … [Read more...]

Navasota residents should get ready to paying small increases in several different areas next year. City Manager Brad Stafford laid out the basic breakdown of next fiscal year’s budget to City Council this last week, reporting a 1% increase in … [Read more...]

Round up your shotgun, then bring it ‘round to the grimes county sheriff’s gun range this weekend, to help raise money for a memorial park to honor local law enforcement officers who’ve passed on. Grimes County Crime Stoppers’ Dianna Westmoreland … [Read more...]

There could well be new owners for the Gibbons Creek Electric Station, as a deal is currently in the works to sell the Texas Municipal Power Agency’s lone power plant. The TMPS’s Board of Directors met last week, where the plant’s General Manager … [Read more...]

Though Grimes County has had an Ag Extension office for a while, it has been without an agent since early last month. But that all changed last week when a new face walked into the Agency’s Navasota headquarters. Ag-Agent Eric Zimmerman says he … [Read more...]

Kevin Brady wants you to have to pass a drug test to get unemployment assistance. Last week, Grimes County’s Congressman introduced a bill allowing states to test applicants who either lost their job due to drug usage or are looking for work that … [Read more...]

Thanks to the folks at Bryan Broadcasting you can now catch every Navasota Rattler Football Game on our brand new sister station Willy 97.7. And if you are trying to catch the Rattlers by listening online you’ll need to click on our new tab “Listen … [Read more...]

Despite Grimes County’s peaceful appearance, people do live here; so it must contend with increasing crime.  And as the District Attorney explains, mounting caseloads are forcing some victims and accused to have to wait awhile for justice. DA Tuck … [Read more...]

Nearly half of the Navasota Independent School District’s seven schools have been rated as “improvement required,” so the district’s interim superintendent plans on reinforcing the most basic necessity for educational success, reading. Ray Mathews … [Read more...]

A relatively new business model is being courted by the City of Navasota to hopefully fix what’s been called the historic downtown area’s current “food drought.” The City’s Sarah Korpita says it’s opened the doors for food truck vendors to work in … [Read more...]

If you like to show up to Rattler home games early and tailgate, you’ve no doubt noticed, there’s a change this year in the number of times you’ll be able to do it. High School Principal Derek Bowman says the school organizations put a lot of … [Read more...]