One local teacher and another from College Station were recently treated to a behind-the-scenes look at Navasota city government thanks to the Brazos Valley Council of Government’s Externship Program.  City Manager Brad Stafford explained it is an … [Read more...]

If you find yourself in need of a job these days, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice wants you to know that, with a need for Correctional Officers throughout the State of Texas, they are in need of you. TDCJ Recruiter Kelsee Oliphant says … [Read more...]

TxDot has just agreed to all of Grimes County’s recommendations about the 249 extension to Highway 105, near Navasota. County Judge Ben Lehman says he first approached them back in 2014, before he was even sworn into office. Lehman recalls it was … [Read more...]

A group of Navasota civic and business leaders hope they are finally close to birthing a local Workforce Development Program.  One of them, the general manager of a local service company told council last week he’s discovered that there’s roughly 300 … [Read more...]

Luger-luggers Rejoice!  The 8th annual Grimes County Gun Show returns to the Grimes County Expo Center (Fairgrounds) this weekend.  Friends of Grimes Dounty’s Dianna Westmoreland says its one of many events they produce to benefit our local … [Read more...]

And suddenly it’s going to take a little longer for Grimes County’s 6th incorporated city to begin functioning, as the 12th District Court has ruled the Plantersville Election must be postponed from its previously scheduled July 15th date. The … [Read more...]

The excitement is growing in northern Grimes, as the grand opening of the first medical clinic to come to Bedias in anyone’s memory is just weeks away.  it’s the BIS (for Bedias, Iola and Shiro) Community Clinic.  And the driving force behind it says … [Read more...]

Even though the Fourth of July is on a Tuesday this year, the City of Navasota’s annual Independence Day Celebration will go on as in years past. The city’s Casey Ellis says the parade steps-off at 10 at Prosperity Bank, traveling east down … [Read more...]

Grimes County Commissioner Gary Husfeld, who recommended the architect the county just employed to design new county facilities, says Grimes has known this was coming for the last four years. Besides having county employees in several different … [Read more...]

Although Brenham’s recent multi-county Small Business Forum was only the second one involving Grimes County, the director of the Navasota Grimes County Chamber of Commerce seems happy with the turnout. Of the approximately 150 people in … [Read more...]

Thanks to excellent community support, the coordinator of the recent third annual Guns 'N' Hoses Blood Drive says it went well, unless, that is, you happen to be a local firefighter, who were not able to make it a “three-peet.” Event Organizer … [Read more...]

Even if there’s no real emergency right now, Grimes County’s emergency personnel are planning for one.; like the recent exercise at the Tenaska Power Plant. Shiro Volunteer Fire Chief Dan Sharron says they conducted a drill on a car fire adjacent … [Read more...]

You’re not the only one who can save money on outstanding debt by refinancing at a lower rate.  So can the City of Navasota.  That’s what an analyst for U.S. Capital Advisors recently told City Council. Jim Gilley, Jr. reported his company … [Read more...]

There’s still lots of damage here in the County of Grimes from the disasterous flooding of May 2015, and as the county’s emergency management coordinator recently told commissioners, more disaster recovery dollars are possibly available through … [Read more...]

A 27-year-old Navasota man has been sentenced to spend the next four and a half years in prison by a Brazos County Jury. Earlier in the same week, the same jury had determined that Antron Jaquin Harris was guilty of Evading Arrest or Detention … [Read more...]