January 21, 2015 - A Shelbyville man perished in an automotive, pedestrian crash Wednesday morning, January 21, 2015 in Jasper County.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety, the fatal crash occurred at 6:50am two miles south of Jasper. A 2013 truck tractor owned by Red Watson Logging Inc. towing a pole trailer was traveling southbound on US 96 in the inside lane. For an unknown reason, a pedestrian ran out in front of the 18-wheeler and was struck and killed. The driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured, but visibly shaken after the crash.
January 16, 2015 - A three vehicle crash occurred on Tenaha Street near the intersection of Malone Street at 3:40pm on Thursday afternoon causing northbound traffic to have to detour onto Childs Street and behind the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.
January 15, 2015 - According to an article in the Jasper Newsboy, Jasper County, the annual Martin Luther King Day Rally March and Rally will be held on Monday, January 19th and Ms Lenola Wyatt-Tutt of Shelbyville, Texas will be the guest speaker at the rally in the Jasper High School auditorium fo
January 12, 2015 - After much discussion Commissioners' Court approved a motion to move Indigent Health Care back to the County Judge's office which unfortunately eliminates one county employee's position.
January 5, 2015 - The Timpson Area Chamber of Commerce, community members, family and friends attended a ribbon cutting for the new Our Town Times, formerly known as Timpson & Tenaha News, with owner Chad Pate on Monday, January 5, 2015.
January 3, 2015 - Firemen responded to a house fire during Saturday morning's thunderstorm at 1629 CR 4084 in Timpson, Texas.
The Timpson Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) was dispatched to the residential fire at 3:06am on January 3, 2015. Upon arrival on scene, the home, a single wide trailer belonging to John Mahan, had flames and smoke coming out of the windows. After locating the owner safely outside along with his family, the meter was pulled and Timpson firemen attacked the fire using two lines off of tanker trucks to get it under control.
December 22, 2014 - During Commissioners' Court Monday morning, a long discussion time was held before Commissioners approved a request from ACE EMS for a $15,000 monthly temporary subsidy on December 22, 2014.
December 19, 2014 - Nacogdoches Medical Center (NMC) announced the doors to the Center Emergency Department will be open to the public starting at 8am, Monday, December 22, 2014 which is 528 days since the closure of Shelby Regional Medical Center (SRMC).
January 8, 2014 - As of yesterday, January 7, analog radio across Shelby County is silent. Due to issues with the new digital setup, the analog equipment was shutdown by D.F.W. Communications at the request of Sheriff Willis Blackwell. With the shutdown of the analog equipment, the area volunteer fire departments are without their once trusted paging system.