To the registered voters of the County of Shelby, Texas:

March 1, 2022 (English/Spanish) - Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7am to 7pm, March 1, 2022, for voting in the general primary election for the Republican Party to nominate Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, and state, district, county, and precinct officers.

Locations of polling places

February 28, 2022 - The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved a base rate increase for Southwestern Electric Power Co., a unit of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP).

The PUCT approved the increase in base rates to recover SWEPCO’s investments in generation, transmission and distribution facilities since 2016, plus increased operations and maintenance costs to provide reliable and safe service to Texas customers. The Commission also approved cost recovery for the Dolet Hills Power Plant, which was retired Dec. 31, 2021.

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 - 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.