Last night's Navasota City Council Meeting began with a presentation to former Councilmember Pattie Pederson for her 4 years of service on council. Pederson had this to say about her time on council.     Municipal Judge Pat … [Read more...]

The primary runoff elections took place yesterday, and Grimes County results are in. In the race for State Representative, District 12, Trey Wharton won with 67.50% of the vote over Ben Bius. Grimes County Constable Precinct 3 race saw Gary … [Read more...]

According to a press release from the City of Navasota which reads, "On May 28th at approximately 1:15 a.m., Navasota Police Officers responded to an apartment complex located at 700 Doris Street for a report of a physical altercation in progress. … [Read more...]

Two weeks ago, the postmaster general announced pausing changes at mail processing charges. That followed delayed and missing mail around the country, including mail between Bryan/College Station and a processing center in the Houston … [Read more...]

The Navasota-Grimes County Chamber of Commerce has a big lunch and learn coming up. We spoke with Executive Director of the Chamber, Lucy Ybarra, about Bees and Backyard Chickens.     For more information about this or any … [Read more...]

The Grimes County VFW Post 4006 in Navasota will welcome in their newly-elected Commander in June. We spoke with Commander Jim DeGeorge about his vision for the post going forward.     For more information, call the VFW at … [Read more...]

The City of Navasota has conducted their first community survey utilizing Flash Vote, where citizens can sign up to take part in monthly one-minute surveys to help the City make informed decisions. One question asked what citizens considered to be … [Read more...]

The Navasota City Pool is gearing up for a great Summer. We spoke with Parks & Recreation Manager, Anna Romero, about their days and hours of operation.     Romero says they have lifeguards on staff, but are always looking … [Read more...]

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating an incident on Highway 6 in Grimes County that injured a bicyclist on Thursday morning. Around 8:25am, troopers say a man on a bicycle was in the right-hand shoulder of the highway northbound … [Read more...]

At last Wednesday's meeting of Commissioner's Court, Emergency Management Services Coordinator, David Lilly, talked about extending the Declaration of Local Disaster due to the recent flooding event.     The court voted … [Read more...]

During last Wednesday's meeting of Commissioner's Court, Judge Joe Fauth III made an announcement concerning a recent inspection at the Grimes County Jail.     For more information about Jail Standards in Texas, go to … [Read more...]

One of the agenda items at last Wednesday's meeting of Commissioner's Court was establishing a rental rate for local non-profits at the Grimes County Expo Center. Facilities Manager, Rodney Floyd, gave the court a spreadsheet with his recommended … [Read more...]

Willy 98.7 recently spoke with Kayla Hardy, the Marketing Director for the Non-Profit TMR Rescue in Plantersville. She explains when their non-profit was formed.     Hardy says they need to find good homes to adopt some of … [Read more...]

It is election time once again in Grimes County for some local runoff races. Early voting continues this week at the Historic Courthouse in Anderson and at the Navasota Center. We spoke with Elections Administrator, Rachel Walker, about Election Day … [Read more...]

While the City of Navasota has a full Summer of concerts and the Freedom Festival, another family event has made it onto the calendar. Navasota's Marketing & Communications Manager, Taylor Hughes, tells us more.   Hughes says that … [Read more...]