The head of the Navasota Independent School District is leaving Rattler Nation for Nolan Ryan’s hometown. Superintendent Rory Gesch made that announcement last Thursday after receiving word of the Alvin ISD School Board’s approval of him to be … [Read more...]

Last Thursday was declared summer learning day here in Navasota, but not until Mayor Bert Miller read a proclamation at a special City Council session last Friday, honoring the Navasota Library among others. And it’s still not too late to get some … [Read more...]

Not a single voice opposed making Grimes County into a super Voting Center among a little more than a dozen residents at last week’s public hearing on the matter, at least after Precinct three Commissioner Barbara Walker clarified one important point … [Read more...]

A Grimes County Grand Jury indicted a young Houston man recently for the first degree murder of a Conroe man here in Grimes earlier this year. District Attorney Tuck McLain says 19-year-old Tyrus Jamond Peters is currently residing in the Grimes … [Read more...]

Scores of Grimes residents and families gathered at Navasota Junior High School recently to tell TxDoT what they think of its proposed 249 toll road. Among the plentiful opposition were three generations of one old Grimes family.  And family … [Read more...]

Concerns about Entergy’s proposed Cross-Grimes transmission line recently brought land-owners and others to the Anderson Town Building, to discuss the project with company officials. Entergy’s Ronnie Hale says power lines are like roads in that … [Read more...]

Two things were quite unusual during last week’s regular session of Grimes County Commissioners Court.  First, two citizens voiced support for the same agenda action; and then even more unusual, the court unanimously approved it. Following an … [Read more...]

Independence Day is coming up Monday, and the city of Navasota is busily getting ready for the 240th celebration of our Nation’s birth. The Assistant City Manager Shawn Myatt says the City’s Annual Independence Daze party will start off, or more … [Read more...]

A 44-year-old Navasota resident bonded out of the Grimes County Jail Wednesday June 22nd where she had been residing since her arrest Friday June 17th on an enhanced charge of theft, due to the fact the Christian Community Services Center is a … [Read more...]

Due to concerns about high arsenic levels that came to light at the Pack Unit just outside Navasota, a U.S. District Judge recently ruled that it has to find new sources of water in less than two weeks.  But the Texas Department of Criminal Justice … [Read more...]

If you’d like to give TxDoT your personal thoughts about its proposed 249 toll road, you’ll get your chance to do just that at a public hearing planned for the end of the month at Navasota Junior High. TxDoT’s Bobby Colwell says the construction … [Read more...]

An Assistant Brazos County District Attorney hopes a 26-year-old Navasota man sentenced to four years behind bars Thursday June 9th after pleading guilty to a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, has finally learned his … [Read more...]

Look for some major staffing changes among those who bear the responsible for educating Navasota’s youngsters next year, with announcements from the Navasota Independent School District of new principals at both High Point Elementary and Navasota … [Read more...]

Families and businesses in Grimes and eleven other Texas Counties affected by April’s flooding will get a cut of at least $81 Million in federal relief funds. And the Federal Emergency Management Agency promises as more people qualify, more money … [Read more...]

There’s an army in Navasota this week helping clean up from all the recent disasters; a small army, admittedly, but an army nonetheless; the United Methodist Army. Volunteer Coordinator Randy Wallen tells Navasota News he, and about seventy … [Read more...]