August 3, 2022 - Shelby County Sheriff Kevin Windham confirms a Shelbyville man drowned in Toledo Bend Reservoir yesterday, August 2, 2022.
The family of Don Jackson notified the Sheriff's Department around 4:30pm that they were concerned because they had not heard from him since going out on the water to check trot lines near East Hamilton Boat Ramp.
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 29, 2022 - The Shelby County Sheriff's Department has arrested a former substitute teacher for alleged improper relationship between educator and student, 2nd degree felony.
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 26, 2022 - The water on Denning Rural WSC no longer requires boiling.
On July 21, 2022, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the Denning Rural Water Supply, #2030004, to issue a Boil Water Notice to inform customers, individuals or employees that due to conditions which occurred recently in the public water system, the water from this public water system was required to be boiled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes.