March 11, 2021 - The Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard updated Thursday, March 11th reporting 8 new cases and 9 new recoveries over the past two days. The new estimated active case count is 87.
Of the new active cases, 1 was a new confirmed case and 7 were new probable cases.
March 11th (3:15pm) Numbers: (changes since March 9th)
Total Confirmed Cases - 881 (1 new case)
Total Probable Cases - 671 (7 new cases)
Total Fatalities - 59
Total Estimated Active Cases - 87
Total Estimated Recovered - 1,406 (9 new)
March 8, 2021 - The Shelby County Commissioners' Court voted to move funds from the Pretrial Intervention Program and Drug Court Program accounts for the District Attorney's office to make needed technological upgrades.
March 9, 2021 - The Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard updated Tuesday with 2 new cases, 1 new recovery, and a new estimated active case count of 88 on March 9, 2021. Of the new active cases, 1 was a new confirmed case and 1 was a new probable case.
March 9th (12:25pm) Numbers: (changes since March 8th)
Total Confirmed Cases - 880 (1 new case)
Total Probable Cases - 664 (1 new case)
Total Fatalities - 59
Total Estimated Active Cases - 88
Total Estimated Recovered - 1,397 (1 new)
March 9, 2021 - Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to Intercontinental Gas Exchange, a natural gas exchange that saw massive price increases during the February winter storm that swept through Texas.
March 9, 2021 - Officials with the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, Sabine National Forest, have advised a prescribed burn, location in the East Hamilton Area north of Highway FM 2261, 1,648 acres (Block A).
Winds are predicted from the South 6 mph, Gusting to 16 mph.
Also, be advised a long range drift may affect some of the areas.
March 8, 2021 - The Texas DSHS Covid-19 Dashboard updated Monday with 3 new probable cases, 1 new recovery, and a new estimated active case count of 87 on March 8, 2021.
March 8th (2:25pm) Numbers: (changes since March 6th)
Total Confirmed Cases - 879
Total Probable Cases - 663 (3 new cases)
Total Fatalities - 59
Total Estimated Active Cases - 87
Total Estimated Recovered - 1,396 (1 new)
March 8, 2021 - The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on Richard Lee Sanders, a white male who vanished from the Center, Texas area in November, 2001. Mr. Sanders was 25 years of age at the time of his disappearance. Mr. Sanders was last seen with Tara Blue the night before her murder in Shelby County, Texas.
March 8, 2021 - On Friday, a report was made that a Shelbyville Middle School student had told other students he/she had a gun in his/her backpack. Campus police and administration immediately searched the student’s backpack and discovered the object that was supposedly a gun, was not a weapon. There was no gun. Nonetheless, the incident required additional investigation including transporting the student in question home and meeting with his/her parent(s).