June 2, 2021 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 61 indictments including a capital murder case from April 2021 on Thursday, May 27, 2021.

The grand jury was impaneled for the July 2020 term of the 123rd Judicial District Court, and grand jury was held in both the 123rd and 273rd Judicial District courts. Due to COVID-19, there has been a backlog of cases and the grand jury impaneled just before pandemic restrictions were put in place is meeting again to complete their duties.

May 28, 2021 - A gas field location off U.S. Highway 96 North just south of CR 4356 was the scene of an mysterious incident early Friday, May 28, 2021.

May 27, 2021 - Center Fire Department personnel discovered a man who was incapacitated at a Pecan Grove trailer park house fire Saturday, May 22, 2021.

May 26, 2021 - Precinct 1 Commissioner Roscoe McSwain states CR 1006 is once again open to traffic.

May 13, 2021 - Shelby County Precinct 1 Barn, Roscoe McSwain Commissioner, has announced May 13, 2021, County Road 1006 from the railroad tracks to FM 417 will be closed for culvert repairs for a projected week and a half

May 24, 2021 - Shelby County Constable Precinct 3 Roy Cheatwood has reported the discovery, and seizure of, an illegal distillery in the Joaquin area.