The third year of Texas Central’s push for a high-speed rail has not been kind to it according to the Grimes County Judge, neither legislatively nor in the courts. Both bills just passed about it in Austin, Ben Lehman recently told County … [Read more...]

One Navasota realtor is warning property owners about letters they may receive offering to purchase their land. Navasota Realty’s Nancy Perry says she and several others she knows received the same letter, basically offering on a quick sale to … [Read more...]

For the 12th year in a row, a bunch of big-hearted local bikers descended upon Yankee Tavern in Carlos recently to start Making A Christmas Happen for some underprivileged youth here in the County of Grimes.  Tammy Pulkenin has been there since the … [Read more...]

Although all the slots at next week’s Bob Whitten Memorial Golf Tourney are already sewn up, the chamber’s executive director says there are still several ways for you to take part in the tourney’s second-ever day and nighttime event. And Johnny … [Read more...]

It’s not only a new month, it’s also a new fiscal year for the County of Grimes.  And due to a recent ruling by the state attorney general that all bills must be approved before checks are cut, the court will now be meeting every week on Wednesdays.  … [Read more...]

Four are dead and a Navasota man is charged with Intoxicated Manslaughter, after a pair of Sunday morning, multi-vehicle accidents in the County of Grimes. DPS Trooper Jimmy Morgan says the first happened shortly before 4am, September 17th, south … [Read more...]

Three of Navasota’s public servants will be remembered forever with trees that were just dedicated in their honor around Navasota City Hall. The first, library and Christian Community Center board member Joann Holt, a lector and eucharistic … [Read more...]

The upcoming November 7th Election will be of great interest to the 300 or so folks within the borders of Grimes County’s newest incorporated city, as Plantersville voters elect their first slate of public officials. And County Election … [Read more...]

The price of installing private culverts in the County of Grimes just decreased, as County Commissioners OK’d the use of high density polyethylene instead of traditional metal or concrete. Prior to the vote, County Road and Bridge Engineer Harry … [Read more...]

The Shiro fire chief is urging Grimes County Commissioners both to impose a lower speed limit and institute a no passing zone in front of the Shiro Fire Station. During public comments at a recent session of Commissioners Court, Chief Dan Sharron … [Read more...]

There are many residents of the County of Grimes who’ll be dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey for some time, but overall, the county’s emergency management coordinator says, we’ve seen worse. David Lilly says the initial estimate of … [Read more...]

Reconstruction of a portion of State Highway 105 west of Navasota to Washington-on-the-Brazos that began about two years ago and was supposed to have been completed this year, has run into some unforseen problems over the Brazos River that look like … [Read more...]