March 23, 2017 - Let the bidding begin - Fun for Funds benefit auction is Tuesday, March 28th from 6pm until 9pm!
The auction will be view-able online via a live webcast at funforfunds.org! Those wanting to bid can log onto www.funforfunds.org to register and participate in the live auction. Early bidding opens Friday, March 24th. The event will also be broadcast live on television via Suddenlink Cable Channel 2.
March 24, 2017 - An incident occurred Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Shelby County Courthouse resulted in one courtroom being locked as a precaution and not the whole courthouse.
March 22, 2017 - The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) has awarded Hiram Harrison the Outstanding Coach Award.
TABC recipients are nominated by Texas high school basketball coaches and voted on by regional coordinators and committees and Harrison was selected for Class 4A Region II.
March 7, 2017 - Due to the growing need for food boxes, Shelby County Outreach Ministries started a new "Food of the Month" drive last month to help replenish supplies in their food pantry. For the month of March, the highlighted food is canned meat!
March 15, 2017 - Boys Scouts Troop 119 traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 4, 2017 for a camp out on the U.S.S. KIDD and a learning experience.
March 7, 2017 - State Troopers responded to a fatal crash on US 84 Tuesday morning. This is the fourth fatal crash in the Joaquin area over the past 11 days for emergency personnel to work.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety, a single vehicle crash occurred Tuesday morning, March 7, 2017. DPS was dispatched to the crash scene at 6:15am on US 84, one tenth of a mile west of CR 3790.
March 7, 2017 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 49 indictments involving 27 individuals on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. The grand jury was impaneled for the January 2017 term of the 273rd Judicial District Court.
March 6, 2017 - According to the Shelby County Jail arrest book, the Sheriff's Department arrested Lisa Renea Cordova, 50 of Joaquin, for the charge of murder. She was booked into the jail at 2:15am, March 6, 2017.