September 9, 2022 - Watson & Sons Funeral Home is offering a book of condolence for the public to sign in memory of Queen Elizabeth II.
The book will be available to sign during business hours at the funeral home. Following the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II, the book will be sent to the embassy.
Watson & Sons Funeral Home is located at 1554 Texas 7, Center, Texas 75935.
September 7, 2022 - Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers arrested the driver of a truck involved in a single-vehicle crash on Friday, September 2, 2022.
September 6, 2022 - State Loop 500 and State Highway 7 East was once again the scene of a major crash which occurred on Saturday, September 3, 2022, involving two pickup trucks.
September 1, 2022 - Tenaha Street in Center was the scene of a two-vehicle collision September 1, 2022, at the intersection with Old Airport Road around 11:15am.
August 30, 2022 - Shelbyville ISD hosted a meeting of its Safety and Security Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, in the Shelbyville ISD school board meeting room.
The meeting began at 12-noon with a review of previous meeting minutes as recited by Catherine Duvon.
August 31, 2022 - VFW Post 8904 honored Iraq War veterans, including Larry E. Polley Jr., during a ceremony held August 31, 2022, at the Shelby County Veterans Memorial on the Center square.
August 24, 2022 - The Shelby County Commissioners lifted the burn ban during their August 24, 2022, meeting.
Upon considering the order and declaration prohibiting outdoor burning, Judge Allison Harbison remarked she has had many phone calls on the issue. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index still lists Shelby County on the 600-700 range, as of August 23, 2022, with 800 being the worst.
The current order is set to run out next Monday and the commissioners would then have to take action to put a new one in place.