May 11, 2021 - In March of this year, the company which hosted the photos for Shelby County Today experienced castastophic damage due to a fire. With much sadness, Shelby County Today's photos which went back to 2005 were lost.
May 11, 2021 (Photo Album) - The 42nd Annual Take a Kid Fishing Tournament was held May 8, 2021 at Huxley Bay Marina. According to Lori Alvis, this years tournament had the largest turnout of registered participants attending.
May 4, 2021 - Last night, Constable Precinct 4 Taylor Fanguy and Constable Precinct 5 Josh Tipton recovered a stolen ATV in the northern part of Shelby County.
May 3, 2021 - City of Joaquin held an election on May 1, 2021 for the position of Mayor. Frank Cooper won with 54 votes against Krystal Raybon who had 36 votes.
Two unopposed Council Member positions were also listed on the ballot, Cathy Atkinson and Mike Cummings, Jr..
May 3, 2021 - Tenaha ISD held their school board election on May 1, 2021 for 3 positions. Winning were Robert Barton, Cody Price, and Cicily Cross-Blair.
A total of 122 voters cast a ballot.
The overall election results were:
Robert Barton - 119
Cody Price - 116
Kaprice Hill - 74
Cicily Cross-Blair - 114
Dewayne Reese - 75
April 30, 2021 - According to the Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard, 1 new death, 74 new cases, and 138 recoveries were reported in the month of April.
The active cases went from 85 down to 20.
April 30th (2:50pm) Numbers: (changes since April 1st)
Total Confirmed Cases - 932 (30 new)
Total Probable Cases - 742 (44 new)
Total Fatalities - 67 (1 new)
Active Cases - 20
Total Estimated Recovered - 1,587 (138 new)