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Shelby County Tax Office Updating 2023 Tax Year Data

October 2, 2023 - Due to updating of the 2023 tax year data, the Shelby County Tax Office receipts will have to be hand written until the update is completed. Account information can be reviewed and printed. Thank you for your patience during this time.

Tax Office and Vehicle Registration will be closed Friday, October 6 and will resume normal hours on Tuesday, October 10th.

Joaquin VFD Reports Two Calls Last Week of September

October 2, 2023 - Over the week of September 24th through 30th the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department had just 2 calls. Here’s a summary of the week’s events.

DPS Investigates Fatal Auto-pedestrian Crash

September 30, 2023 - Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian crash that occurred on Farm-to-Market Road 2694, near the 760-mile marker, that occurred, September 29, 2023.

The preliminary crash investigation indicates that at approximately 9:10am, a 2011 GMC pickup driven by Samuel Furlow, 64, of Shelbyville was traveling west. It is reported that the pickup was traveling over a hilltop and struck a pedestrian that was walking in the westbound lane.

Furlow was not reported to have been injured.

Shelby County Commissioners Lift Burn Ban

September 29, 2023 - The Shelby County Commissioners have lifted the burn ban during their meeting held September 29, 2023.

Roscoe McSwain, Commissioner Precinct 1, moved to lift the burn ban effective today, September 29, 2023, and Tom Bellmyer, Commissioner Precinct 4, seconded the motion.

Those who burn are encouraged to continue to be extremely careful and be aware they can still be liable for damage to others property should their fire get out of control and cause damage.

Three Individuals Convicted for Laundering Money Stolen from Scam Victims Through Gift Cards

Editor's note: This article doesn't directly relate to Shelby County; however, it does demonstrate the dangers to everyone and that fraudsters can imppact us all no matter where they may be.

A jury in Los Angeles convicted three individuals for their roles in laundering proceeds of large-scale consumer fraud schemes through gift card transactions. Blade Bai, Bowen Hu and Tairan Shi were convicted of conspiracy to launder proceeds of wire fraud. Bai was also convicted of a separate money laundering conspiracy count.

Parking, Street Closures for the East Texas Poultry Festival

September 27, 2023 - The 47th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival is just days away. The actual Festival will be Thursday – Saturday, October 5th, 6th and 7th.

This year, San Augustine Street and Austin Street will be closed to thru traffic starting around 4:00 on Wednesday, October 4th. We will have 3 ticket booths this year – corners of San Augustine Street one at each end (same as last year) and an additional booth at the corner of Austin and Nacogdoches Street.

Below is the set-up schedule for tents, carnival etc.

SH7 at FM 1656 Scene Two-vehicle Crash

September 25, 2023 - State Highway 7 (SH7) East at the intersection of CR 1656 was the scene of a reported major two-vehicle crash Friday, September 22, 2023.

Joaquin VFD Report Includes 6 Calls for Week of Sept. 17-23

September 25, 2023 - Over the week of September 17th through 23rd the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department had 6 calls. Here’s a summary of the week’s events.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Includes Shelby, Nearby Counties

September 25, 2023 - The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southwestern Panola County in northeastern Texas, Southeastern Rusk County in northeastern Texas, Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas, Western Shelby County in eastern Texas, Angelina County in eastern Texas, Northwestern San Augustine County in eastern Texas, Southeastern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas until 12:45am CDT.

Kraft Heinz Issues Recall of Select Kraft Singles American Processed Cheese Slices

September 20, 2023 - Kraft Heinz is announcing a voluntary recall of approximately 83,800 cases of individually-wrapped Kraft Singles American processed cheese slices that were shipped to a limited number of customers.

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