Years of efforts by Navasota City, School and Chamber of Commerce officials to create a local education program for graduates who are not college-bound is finally close to realization. City Manager Brad Stafford told City Council that Blinn College … [Read more...]

Navasota Police Chief Justin Leeth says his office has recently received reports from some local residents who have apparently fallen victim to a telephone scam. He says generally it's the older Hispanic community that has loved ones out of the … [Read more...]

Seven years of hard work by a Northern Grimes County community finally bore fruit recently, with the opening of the first medical clinic in Bedias in nearly a century. As Bedias Mayor Mackie Bobo-White welcomed the throng that had gathered for the … [Read more...]

With his recent swearing in as judge of Grimes County’s first County Court at Law, former DA Tuck McLain began returning to his roots, as he started moving back into his new office on the tiny third floor of the County Courthouse, which he says is … [Read more...]

For the first time in six years, a Navasota High School senior has scored a PSAT high enough to receive a National Merit Scholarship Commendation. Plantersville resident Eli Chilton says he actually took the test last year and confirms his score … [Read more...]

Residents all over the Brazos Valley will soon be able to access high-speed internet for a fraction of what they’re paying now, if the Brazos Valley Council of Governments has its way. Assistant Executive Director Michael Parks told Grimes County … [Read more...]

Get ready for your close-up, Navasota.  At least that’s the goal of a new joint-venture between City Council and the Navasota School Board to promote both the city and school district. Navasota City Manager Brad Stafford is one of a dozen members … [Read more...]

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...]