It was the 56th year for the Navasota Kiwanis Auction recently, and the second year that they chose Facebook to have it on.  Kiwanian (and Mayor) Bert Miller says that’s because they are pleased with their new venue. Miller says it was a way last … [Read more...]

By council’s commitment to a $44,000 investment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Navasota has taken the first step toward a solution, or at least understanding, of the historic flooding problems of both Cedar and Sandy Creek. The … [Read more...]

A Bedias woman was seriously injured and two of the three children riding with her were killed in an accident on Highway 90, south of Bedias, early wednesday morning, May 16th. DPS Trooper Jimmy Morgan reports a 2007 Mazda passenger car with three … [Read more...]

Grimes County’s GOP Party Chair had reason to smile the day after the May 22nd Special Election to fill the House District 13 seat through the end of the year, as she announced the winner as former Grimes County Judge Ben Leman to the Commissioners … [Read more...]

Grimes County Rescue Network activists brought KBTX to the Commissioners Court recently to witness their stories of horse abuse in Iola. Holding pictures aloft for the camera to see, neighbor Kay Pack shook her finger at Sheriff Don Sowell as if … [Read more...]

Grimes County Commissioners spend nearly a half hour recently revising its 381 Guidelines, specifying qualifications for a potential two-year property tax abatement, or grant, or, as County Attorney Jon C. Fultz called it, a giveaway. Fultz … [Read more...]

A Grimes County Sheriff’s Jailer has been terminated, after she and a former jailer were arrested and charged with misusing official information. Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell says 24-year-old Navasota resident Kaylee Elizabeth Dover had little … [Read more...]

Navasota has a new chief of police today who’s actually an old chief of police.  Shawn Myatt recalls the events in City Manager Brad Stafford’s office on the 10th that brought it all about. He says Chief Justin Leeth came in to visit with the two … [Read more...]

It took two hours for Grimes County Commissioners to review three architectural proposals for the new county facilities, and the county judge says the only affordable one would only solve our current needs. so it’s back to the drawing board. Joe … [Read more...]

For the tenth year, the County of Grimes just had its annual checkup by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, whose rankings take a yearly snapshot at the health of every county in the country. And, although Grimes is ranked in the lower half of … [Read more...]

Voters are apparently pleased with both the Navasota City Council and School Board, as both remain unchanged as a result of May 5th balloting. By a margin of 57 to 43 percent, City Councilman Bernie Gessner defeated challenger Wilbert Sargent for … [Read more...]

Navasota High School’s all-time top scoring girls basketball player will be attending Blinn College on a basketball scholarship after graduation next month. Ke’aundra Eddings will be the 5th Girl in Blue to take this path, and Blinn’s head women’s … [Read more...]

Navasota’s Kick Start Kids hosted this year’s state championship at Bryan High School last month, and out of the more than 600 who traveled across the state to compete, Master Ben Mendez says more than one in three of our local kids there came home … [Read more...]

Following overwhelming community support at a recent Rattle Session, the Navasota School Board formerly approved allowing concealed carry weapons on campus. Superintendent Dr. Stu Musick reports that with approval of the so-called "Guardian Plan," … [Read more...]

Nearly a third of those in a Navasota ISD convoy traveling to Houston on April 18th were injured in a multi-vehicle accident, but the district’s superintendent says none required hospitalization. Dr. Stu Musick says 94 5th grade students and staff … [Read more...]