September 17, 2024 - Emergency personnel were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash Tuesday, September 3, 2024, on U.S. Highway 84 west of Joaquin near CR 3801.
September 17, 2024 - Luciana Barr, Shelby County Emergency Management Coordinator, states FEMA representatives will be working the Shelby County area this week and possibly next week.
September 6, 2024 - The Shelby County Commissioners discussed the renovation of the second floor community room into a Commissioners' Courtroom and expenses that have far exceeded the original bid on the project during their meeting held Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
September 4, 2024 - The Shelby County Commissioners discussed the proposed budget for the county during their August 21, 2024, meeting in what developed into somewhat contentious debate. Discussion continued over issues with the jail and Delbert Jackson addressed the commissioners about his desire for a historical marker on the historic courthouse grounds.
September 1, 2024 - James Alan Burke, Jr. was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment August 29, 2024, in the 273rd Judicial District Court with Judge James A. Payne, Jr presiding.
August 29, 2024 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 26 indictments on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. The grand jury was impaneled for the July 2024 term of the 123rd/273rd Judicial District Courts.
August 27, 2024 - The Shelby County Commissioners were updated Judge Allison Harbison on the non-compliance designation of the Shelby County Jail applied by the Texas Commission of Jail Standards during the Commissioners' Court Reports portion of their meeting August 14, 2024.