September 18, 2019 - The Daughters of the Republic of Texas will recognzie Texas military heroes on Septermber 18, 2019 with Texas Heroes Day.  This day will honor Texas Military, past and present. The DRT has designated the day to honor and preserve the memory of the volunteer soldiers who died defending the Republic of Texas and her independence. Special emphasis is placed on honoring those of the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the Mier Expedition. 

September 11, 2019 - The Xi Alpha Delta Rho chapter of Beta Sigma Phi was pleased to be able to help the Care Closets that were recently started at CMS and CHS. The group collected toiletry items for both campuses, to provide care to any student in need.

September 6, 2019 - The Shelby County Senior Nutrition Site will be hosting a breakfast fundraiser Saturday, September 7th, 2019. Breakfast will be from 8:00am - 11:00am. This is an all you can eat breakfast; the price of a donation is priceless to those who are helped.

There will be a variety of breakfast items available such as:

Photo by Cecily Gibson and Trinity Moore

September 4, 2019 - The Center High School Culinary Department, Southwest Foods and the local Meals on Wheels program are partnering for the third year to provide weekend meals for senior citizens.

August 21, 2019 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce recently announced the East Texas Poultry Festival will be October 3-5 on the historic downtown square. One of several preliminary festivities is the Queen's Court Scholarship Pageant.

The reigning East Texas Poultry Festival Queen, Abigail Hooper, will crown her successor on Saturday, September 28th on stage at Center High School. The Queen's Court is comprised of young ladies entering their junior year in a Shelby County high school with a grade point average of 85 or above.