Update: The Courthouse will be closed Friday, January 14, for Covid-19 cleaning.
All county offices will be closed Friday. The offices are closed Monday for MLK Day. All offices will be back open on Tuesday, January 18th.
Update: According to County Tax Assessor Collector Debora Riley, the Property Tax office and Vehicle Registration office is closed as well until Tuesday, January 18, 2022.
January 13, 2022 - According to the Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard, the surge in Covid-19 cases has surpassed the four hundred mark with 438 estimated active cases. Today's numbers continue setting a new record high in number of active cases and brings the record setting to a full week.
There were 57 new cases reported and 13 new recoveries.
January 13, 2022 - Due to the increasing spread of COVID, ALL visitation at the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is suspended immediately until further notice.
January 13, 2022 - Officials with the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, Sabine National Forest, have advised a prescribe burn, location in the Goober Hill Area, north of Forest Service
Road 125, and Forest Service Road 126.
January 12, 2022 - The Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to an RV on fire at the intersection of FM 139 and County Road 3385 at 12:18am on Wednesday, January 12, 2021.
January 9, 2022 - The Center Fire Department responded to a house fire Friday, January 7, 2022, at 9am following reports of smoke emanating from a residence on Matlock Street in Center.