August 2, 2022 - The Jury summoned for Monday, August 8, 2022, for the 123rd Judicial District Court, the Honorable Leann K. Rafferty presiding, has been cancelled.

Anyone receiving a summons for that day is released from jury service until they receive a future summons.

August 1, 2022 - The final week of July closed with three calls for the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department (JVFD). Here’s a brief rundown of all that occurred. 
 
Starting late in the week with Thursday, July 28th, the JVFD was dispatched to County Road 3267 where a power pole had fallen on a car causing the car catch fire. The incident was discovered to be in the jurisdiction of a neighboring fire department, and therefore the JVFD were called off.
 

July 27, 2022 - The Tenaha City Council met Monday, June 25, 2022, in a regular meeting as they continued to discuss several items previously considered.

The meeting is viewable on Shelby County Today via this article, and just previous to the start of the first video of three the council approved the minutes of the May meeting with all members in favor. 

The meeting minutes from June 2022 were also approved; however, with three council members in favor of the approval and two against.

July 27, 2022 - FM 1645 in the Huber community was the location of a single-vehicle crash involving a truck-tractor hauling a load of logs on Monday, July 25, 2022, at around 8:30am.

July 25, 2022 - The week of July 18 through July 24 yielded one call for the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department (JVFD). That’s quite the opposite from last weeks high call volume. 

Wednesday, July 20 at 9:07pm the Joaquin VFD was dispatched to a medical emergency on Cummings Street. Members of the EMR (Emergency Medical Response) team arrived to find a male patient that was disoriented and having trouble walking. The EMRs checked the patient's vitals while waiting on Allegiance EMS to arrive to transport the patient.