February 24, 2022 - Visitation at the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will resume Sunday, February 27.
Sunday visitation hours are from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Tuesday visitations hours are 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
To schedule a visitation for an inmate, you must call the SCSO at 936.598.5601 and schedule a time. Visitation slots are 20 minutes each and only one visitor is allowed per inmate.
February 24, 2022 - The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division initiated an investigation on February 1, 2022 that recently resulted in the recovery of stolen property.
February 24, 2022 – A school zone is being extended in Shelby County after approval by the Texas Transportation Commission in December.
Work will begin to extend a 35 mile per hour school zone speed limit southward on SH 87 in Shelbyville. The speed limit will remain 35 mph for .7 miles then go to 60 mph for .2 miles before returning to 70 mph.
February 24, 2022 - The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the Choice public water system on February 21, 2022, 2100005 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.
February 22, 2022 - Shelbyville ISD Additional School Threat
Unfortunately a new threat has been sent out this morning threatening the school and students and staff. Please be informed and assured that precautionary measures are in place to protect everyone.
February 22, 2022 - Shelby County Sheriff Kevin W. Windham reports that on Monday, February 21, 2022, at approximately 11:30am, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office received reports of a threat against Shelbyville Independent School District stating that the school would be “shot up.” The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division began a thorough investigation into the threat and in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Shelbyville ISD Police Department, Investigators were able to locate the suspect involved by 5:30pm the same day.