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May 2, 2024 - The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) published on April 30, 2024 a US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement regarding Screening for Breast Cancer.
With moderate certainty, the article’s recommendation is biennial screening mammography for women aged 40 to 74 years. Also, the conclusion was that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening mammography in women 75 years or older.
To read the article on JAMA which includes references, click here.
May 2, 2024 - Shelby County Today has received reports as of 8:50am, May 2, 2024, that North Circle in Center has some standing water due to flooding.
There is also reported water across the roadway at U.S. Highway 59 at the railroad overpass in Tenaha.
9:41am - Constable Roy Cheatwood reports water across U.S. Highway 84 at Joaquin apartments, and also at the Joaquin High school.
10:08am - Water is reported over the roadway on State Highway 87 between Timpson and Center at Penson Creek.
10:08am - A tree is across the roadway on FM 139 just east of State Highway 87 at Lout Town.
Driver's are encouraged to use extreme caution and especially slow down for emergency personnel.
May 2, 2024 - Flood watch remains in effect through this evening for Shelby County and nearby areas.
- What: Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
- Where: Portions of Louisiana, including the following parishes, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Sabine, Union, Webster and Winn and Texas, including the following counties, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby and Smith.
- When: Through this evening.
- Impacts: Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
- Additional Details: Showers and thunderstorms, some of which will contain heavy rainfall, will continue to spread east across East Texas and North Louisiana this morning, before diminishing from west to east later today. Rainfall amounts of one to three inches, with isolated higher amounts, will fall over the Watch area today. Grounds remain saturated in wake of heavy rainfall that fell earlier this week, with this additional rainfall quickly running off and possibly resulting in flash flooding.
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Precautionary/Preparedness Actions: You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
May 2, 2024 - Strong thunderstorms will impact southwestern De Soto parish, southern Panola, southeastern Rusk, eastern Nacogdoches, Shelby, southeastern Angelina, San Augustine and western Sabine counties through 8:45am CDT.
At 7:45am CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles west of Timpson to near Melrose to 10 miles southeast of Huntington. Movement was east at 35 mph.
Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
Source: Radar indicated.
Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
Locations impacted include: Center, Milam, San Augustine, Logansport, Hemphill, Tenaha, Timpson, Garrison, Pineland, Joaquin, Patroon, Martinsville, Bland Lake, Neuville, Rosevine, Macune, Etoile, Shelbyville, Zavalla, and Chireno.
Precautionary/Preparedness Actions: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
If on or near Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
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Cargill Meat Solutions Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
May 1, 2024 - Cargill Meat Solutions, a Hazleton, Pa., establishment, is recalling approximately 16,243 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The raw ground beef items were produced on April 26-27, 2024. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:
- 2.25-lbs. plastic-wrapped trays containing "93% LEAN 7% FAT ALL NATURAL LEAN GROUND BEEF" with lot code 117 and establishment number "EST. 86P" printed on the back of the label.
- 1.33-lbs. plastic-wrapped trays containing four "PRIME RIB BEEF STEAK BURGERS PATTIES" with lot code 118 and establishment number "EST. 86P" printed on the back of the label.
- 2.25-lbs. plastic-wrapped trays containing "85% LEAN 15% FAT ALL NATURAL ANGUS PREMIUM GROUND BEEF" with lot code 117 and establishment number "EST. 86P" printed on the back of the label.
- 2.25-lbs. plastic-wrapped trays containing "80% LEAN 20% FAT ALL NATURAL GROUND BEEF CHUCK" with lot code 118 and establishment number "EST. 86P" printed on the back of the label.
- 1.33-lbs. plastic-wrapped trays containing four "80% LEAN 20% FAT ALL NATURAL GROUND BEEF CHUCK PATTIES" with lot code 118 and establishment number "EST. 86P" printed on the back of the label.
- 1.33-lbs. plastic-wrapped trays containing four "90% LEAN 10% FAT ALL NATURAL GROUND BEEF SIRLOIN PATTIES" with lot code 118 and establishment number "EST. 86P" printed on the back of the label.
The products subject to recall all bear the USDA mark of inspection on the front of the product label, and establishment number "EST. 86P" printed on the back of the product label. These items were shipped to Walmart retail locations nationwide.
The establishment reported the issue to FSIS after they identified that previously segregated product had been inadvertently utilized in the production of ground beef.
There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider.
E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps 2-8 days (3-4 days, on average) after exposure the organism. While most people recover within a week, some develop a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). This condition can occur among persons of any age but is most common in children under 5-years old and older adults. It is marked by easy bruising, pallor, and decreased urine output. Persons who experience these symptoms should seek emergency medical care immediately.
FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers' refrigerators or freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.
FSIS advises all consumers to safely prepare their raw meat products, including fresh and frozen, and only consume ground beef that has been cooked to a temperature of 160 F. The only way to confirm that ground beef is cooked to a temperature high enough to kill harmful bacteria is to use a food thermometer that measures internal temperature, https://www.fsis.usda.gov/safetempchart.
Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Cargill Meat Solutions at 1-844-419-1574. Members of the media with questions about the recall can contact Chuck Miller, Senior Communications Manager, Cargill Meat Solutions at 612-430-2882 or media@cargill.com.
Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.
April 16, 2024 - The owner of this mower is offering $2000 cash, for the return of his property.
It is a Grasshopper 333VG5, 33 HP, 61° cut. serial #7113103.
Your name will remain anonymous contact Inv. Aaron Jones at Shelby County Sheriff's Office
Office 936.598.5601; Cell 936.572.7559; Fax 936.598.7893.
When the Sheriff gets the property, you will get the cash.
Excessive heavy rainfall is back in the forecast beginning tonight and continuing into tomorrow. Accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are expected. A Flood Watch will be in effect from 1 AM through 7 PM tomorrow.
May 1, 2024 - The National Weather Service, Shreveport, Louisiana issued a Flood Watch at 2:22pm, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 and the Flood Watch remains in effect from 1am Thursday through Thursday evening.
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible for portions of Louisiana, including the following parishes, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Sabine, Union, Webster and Winn; and Texas, including the following counties, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby and Smith.
From 1am CDT Thursday through Thursday evening excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
A complex of showers and thunderstorms is expected to develop this evening over Central Texas, and quickly shift east across East Texas late tonight and into North Louisiana by and after daybreak Thursday. Locally heavy rainfall is possible with these storms, with widespread rainfall amounts of one to three inches expected, with isolated higher amounts possible. Grounds remain saturated in wake of heavy rainfall that fell Sunday night and Monday, with this additional rainfall quickly running off and possibly resulting in flash flooding.
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You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
May 1, 2024 - The Shelby County Commissioners took further action Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to move forward with purchase of haul trucks using ARPA funds.
The commissioners then were presented with an update on the bid process for Road and Bridge haul trucks to be purchased with American Rescue Plan Act funds.
Judge Harbison said contact was made with Jessica Johnstone, GrantWorks, and her opinion was the best course of action to be taken is to send out requests for quotes, rather than going through the buy board.
“[Jessica's] working on that now and as soon as she gets it to Ann, she'll publish it and send out the packets to the large truck dealers in the surrounding areas and this process will take four to five weeks,” said Judge Harbison.
Commissioner McSwain moved to go forward with seeking the bids at the recommendation of the grant consultant. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Lout, and it carried.
A quote from Parkway Chevy for the purchase of three vehicles, two Chevrolet Tahoe’s and a pickup truck, for the Shelby County Sheriff Department was considered by the commissioners; however, they were hesitant to move forward without presence from the Sheriff’s Department during the meeting.
“It was requested by the sheriff, and I feel like that he wanted this to come out of the grant money that we received,” said Judge Harbison.
Judge Harbison was speaking about the grant funding the county has received from SB22, and through which the commissioners recently were able to provide additional raises at the Sheriff’s Department.
“It's kind of hard to have a discussion if the requestor is not here to at least present their case,” said Commissioner Bellmyer.
Commissioner Roscoe McSwain was concerned the request was for over $50,000 in value, which would require the county to seek bids to fulfill.
“Even though this has a buy board number, and this is grant money from the state, it doesn’t matter where the money is from. We should bid this out,” said McSwain.
McSwain encouraged anyone to explain to him why, since it was a value over $50,000, bids shouldn’t be requested.
Commissioner Bellmyer reminded the court, that two months previous, the Sheriff’s Department requested three vehicles, and at that the request was for F -150s and with the change in the request, he felt clarification is needed. Judge Harbison agreed clarity is needed before making a decision.
“I want clarification why we're not going out for bids, if their argument is ‘hey, these people have these vehicles in stock,’ that don't give you an out for not going out for bids if we need to go out for bids,” said McSwain.
Taking the future into consideration, Commissioner Bellmyer brought up the Sheriff’s position and the possibility action taken during the current administration would impact the future sheriff-elect, whoever they may be.
“Whoever it is, is going to inherit these vehicles and I think they ought to at least have a little influence on which way it goes too,” said Bellmyer.
Commissioner McSwain moved to table the Sheriff’s Department vehicles; Commissioner Bellmyer seconded the motion and it carried.
The commissioners acknowledged and recorded the completion of a 12-week Enterprise Cyber Security Leadership Master Certificate program by Ann Blackwell, County Treasurer/Cybersecurity Administrator, through the National Association of Counties Professional Development Academy.
“She had numerous activities and actually 200 activities in this leadership class that she had to complete and pass, and she did pass with flying colors,” said Judge Harbison.
Commissioner Stevie Smith moved to record the accomplishment, and it was seconded by Commissioner Bellmyer. The motion carried.
Commissioner Tom Bellmyer referenced bills that were presented during the April 24, 2024 meeting, and he stated he misspoke in reference to signage he was billed for and for which he had not received the signs. Instead, the bill he referenced was for previous signs that have been installed and he was under the impression the bill was for a different order.
Bellmyer wanted to indicate the mistake was his, and not that of the vendor.
When the commissioners voted on this item at the previous meeting, they did vote to pay the current expenses and did not in that motion move to hold the payments of the bill presented.
A motion by Commissioner Stevie Smith was seconded by Commissioner Bellmyer, and it carried.
The meeting adjourned at 9:48am.
Agenda items approved during the meeting include: 1. Pay weekly expenses. 2. Go forward seeking bids at the recommendation of the grant consultant for Road and Bridge haul trucks to be purchased with ARPA funds. 3. Acknowledge and record completion of 12-week Enterprise Cyber Security Leadership Master Certificate program through National Association of Counties Professional Development Academy for Ann Blackwell, County Treasurer/Cybersecurity Administrator. 4. Adjourn 9:48. Agenda items tabled during the meeting include: 1. Discuss and possibly approve the quote from Parkway Chevy for the purchase of 3 vehicles for the Shelby Co. Sheriff Department.
April 29, 2024 - Due to a broken water main the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the CHOICE Water system, ID# 2100005 to notify customers that were without water April 29, 2024 on CR 1049, CR 1057, CR 1030 (anyone without water) to boil their water, prior to consumption (e.g., washlng hands/face, brushlng teeth, drinking, etc). Children, seniors, and persons with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to harmful bacteria, and all customers should follow these directions.
To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and ice making should be boiled and cooled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes. The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes.
In lieu of boiling, individuals may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source for drinking water or human consumption purposes.
When it is no longer necessary to boil the water, the public water system officials will notify customers that the water is safe for drinking water or human consumption purposes.
Once the boil water notice is no longer in effect, the public water system will issue a notice to customers that rescinds the boil water notice in a manner similar to this notice.
Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
If you have questions concerning this matter, you may contact Matt Di Verdi 936-591-4346.
April 29, 2024 - Ballot information for the upcoming May 28th Republican Party Primary Runoff Election is below.
Voters from all precincts in Shelby County will have the same ballot for the Sheriff race. Voters in precincts 3 and 5 will also have the Constable, Pct 3 race on their ballots.
PRECINCTS 1N, 1S, 1SE, 1SW, 1W (Center), 2 (Excelsior), 4 (Huxley), 6 (Dreka), 7 (Shelbyville), 8 (Tenaha), 9N, 9S (Timpson)
| SHERIFF |
| J.R. "Jimmy" Faulkner |
| Gerald Corbell |
PRECINCTS 3 (Sardis), 5 (Joaquin)
| SHERIFF |
| J.R. "Jimmy" Faulkner |
| Gerald Corbell |
| CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3 |
| Roy Cheatwood |
| Scott Burkhalter |
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