Janaury 14, 2022 - Center Independent School District is going to close school from Monday, January 17, 2022 until Wednesday, January 19, 2022. As with many organizations we have people who have caught COVID, the Flu, Strep and other communicable diseases. At this time, we are having a difficult time covering all of our classes.
January 14, 2022 - Due to the number of active COVID-19 cases affecting our staff and students and in an effort to mitigate the potential for significant spread among our Excelsior Family, we will be closing our campus of Excelsior ISD for the beginning of next week. This closure will provide for the safety of our students and staff; as well as to make certain that we have appropriate staff available for the campus.
January 14, 2022 - Elections are upon us! If you are 65 or older, disabled, and would like to vote a ballot by mail, please contact the County Clerk's Office at 936-598-6361 to request an application. You can check the annual box on the application and you will be sent ballots for every election this year.
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.