A 55-year-old Navasota man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison, after pleading guilty to fleeing the scene of a 2014 traffic crash in Bryan he caused while he was intoxicated. According to the victim, Assistant Brazos County District Attorney … [Read more...]

For the second time in three months, a 46-year-old Bedias man has been arrested and charged with misusing a firearm. Brandt Lee Jamail’s most recent visit to the Grimes County Jail, according to Sheriff's Investigator Kindale Pittman, was after … [Read more...]

Grimes County’s total taxable value has grown to nearly two and a half billion dollars, but the county’s chief appraiser told county commissioners, next year’s effective tax rate is still going up. Overall, Mark Boehnke reported to the court that … [Read more...]

Around two dozen local residents were concerned enough about the shortage of volunteers for the many Grimes County kids currently in foster care to come Coffee with CASA recently. Voices for Children’s Executive Director Anjuli Reynold says about … [Read more...]

A 27-year-old Shiro Man has confessed to killing a 26-year-old Navasota man in Shiro August 6th. Grimes County Sheriff’s Investigator Kindale Pittman says a call came in around 6:30 Sunday evening that someone had just been shot and was laying in … [Read more...]

The excitement continues to build in Northern Grimes as the first medical clinic there in anyone’s memory is just weeks away from opening. And although the doors of the BIS Community Clinic are set to open around Labor Day, Family Nurse … [Read more...]

Not only will the City of Navasota continue its support of the Grimes Health Resource Center next year, following a presentation for city council, Navasota’s support for the GHRC, just like the services it provides the city’s residents, is on the … [Read more...]

It's just a matter of days now til all Grimes County kids grudgingly head back to school for the fall semester. And no matter how good their teachers are, none of them will be able to do their best unless they have all the supplies they need.  That’s … [Read more...]

Before too long there’ll be a new way to listen to Navasota News in Navasota. Though there is more paperwork to deal with, in addition to 1550 AM and navasotanews.com, you’ll soon have an FM option as well. Bryan Broadcasting General Manager Ben … [Read more...]

A young Navasota Woman is in the Grimes County Jail on a $200,000 bond, charged in the death of her 63-year-old uncle. Navasota Police Chief Justin Leeth says the initial call came shortly after seven on Monday morning, July 31st, from Pankie … [Read more...]

City officials and staff, NISD officials and staff and concerned residents met at the Navasota Center for nearly two hours recently to discuss how best to handle issues of mutual interest.  And City Manager Brad Stafford says there’s a ton of … [Read more...]

The Public Utility Commission has just given Entergy Texas approval to construct a new power plant southeast of Grimes County.  And Entergy’s senior communications specialist says it’s about time. Since they have not built a new generating station … [Read more...]

The growing availability of cheap energy is about to cost around 70 Grimes County workers their jobs as the 30-year-old, coal-fired Gibbons Creek Power Plant reduces its operation to summer-only. Plant Manager Gary Miller says the same cost … [Read more...]

What the chamber of commerce director says is the best push for a local workforce development program Grimes County has had in a decade began earlier this month with an informational luncheon at the Navasota Center. Johnny McNally reports a total … [Read more...]

More responsibilities just landed in the lap of the Grimes County Commissioners, as its human resource manager reported the Texas Association of Counties will no longer check new county hires whose job entails them driving county vehicles. Lucy … [Read more...]