August 30, 2025 - The 45th Annual Garrett Family Reunion is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, August 30-31, 2025 in Center, Texas at the Burning Bush Venue located at 1229 Southview Circle.
August 18, 2025 - Center Cross Country team finish strong in their season opener Cross Country Meet in New Summerfield on August 16. The meet had 21 teams registered to attend.
The Varsity Girls won 1st place, Varsity Boys won 2nd place, and the Junior Varsity Boys won 1st place.
Center is in Conference 4A District 17 along with Bullard, Hudson, Madisonville, Palestine, and Rusk. Rusk and Center were the only schools in the District to compete at the New Summerfield meet.
Update: As of 1:28pm, the email issue has been resolved.
July 24, 2025 - Shelby County Today has been unable to access its email account - sctoday@att.net except for a short time this morning. When trying to access the email a message is displayed: "We are experiencing some technical difficulties." A statement from Yahoo Mail server advises they are currently working to resolve the issue.
July 3, 2025 - The Shelby County Sheriff advises of several scams trending which threaten the issuance of an arrest warrant if you don’t pay and are claiming to be a representative of the Sheriff's Department.
July 3, 2025 - What better way to celebrate 4th of July than to present veterans with quilts! The Scrap Happy Quilters group visited Pine Grove Nursing Center in Center and presented Quilts of Valor to resident veterans. The patriotic quilts were given to Clyde Smith, David Boyd, Darry Rushing, David Satterwhite, and Aubrey Wilson.
Pine Grove expresses their appreciation to the group of quilters for their gifts which brought excitement and joy to the veterans. Happy 4th of July from the Scrap Happy Quilters and Pine Grove Nursing Center!