September 1, 2021 - The Shelby County Commissioners were updated during their meeting August 18, 2021, on Shelby County Jail plumbing issues.

Shelby County Judge Allison Harbison explained a plumbing inspection camera had been fed into the jail plumbing system to help determine some issues with the system and Gary Adams with DRG Architects addressed the court.

"We ran a camera down your main drains, we knew we had problems," said Adams. "The camera was showing us some low spots in the line."

August 31, 2021 - An Amber Alert has been issued for Ashlynn Wells, 10, and Desman Wells, 11. They were last seen at the 11200 block of US Hwy 84 West, Rusk, Texas at 1:15pm on Monday, August 30, 2021.

August 31, 2021 - According to the Shelby County Jail log, Rodgers is in custody at the Shelby County Jail, as of August 30, 2021, under a motion for adjudication of guilt, with the original charge being unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

August 30, 2021 - According to the Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard, 6 new cases and 27 recoveries were reported since Saturday, August 28. The recoveries have helped decrease the estimated active cases to under 200.

Covid-19 new cases reported during the month of August is now 325. The number of deaths is 3.

August 30th Numbers: (changes since Aug. 29)
Confirmed Cases - 1,423
Probable Cases - 975
Fatalities - 76
Active Cases (Estimated) - 187
Recovered (Estimated) - 2,134 (9 new)

August 28, 2021 - According to the Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard, 17 new cases and 5 recoveries were reported Friday. The new cases raised the estimated active cases to over 200.

The dashboard did have a disclaimer that 1 of the new confirmed cases was an older case reported by a lab. The number of fatalities did decrease by 1 which can happen when a death is reported to the wrong county. The reason for the decrease is unknown.

Covid-19 new cases for the month of August is now 327.