August 20, 2020 - There is a lot of national coverage regarding how the USPS will not be able to handle the influx of ballots by mail this November. The state of Texas is not one of the states directly in question, and both our local and state agencies do not anticipate any issues. However, here are a few helpful hints for voters to ensure that ballots will make a timely return by Election Day.

August 20, 2020 - The Shelby County Emergency Management office reports as of 8:17am on Thursday, August 20, 2020, TxDSHS has reported 3 new cases and the cumulative case count is now 415. The death count is 14 for Shelby County. (The DSHS website dashboard shows 18 deaths for Shelby County as of Aug 5th.)

According to the state's algorithm to determine recoveries, there are no new recoveries reported and the total of recoveries is 374. The number of active cases is 27.

Breakdown of cumulative cases by zip code and ages:

August 19, 2020 - The Shelby County Commissioners heard from citizens with concerns over illegal activities on CR 2020 and expressed a desire to close the roadway during their meeting held Wednesday August, 12, 2020.

August 18, 2020 - Shelby County is currently seeing an all-time low of “active” cases of Coronavirus. This is according to Texas Department of State health Services (DSHS) that report any new cases, recoveries, and deaths to the Shelby County Office of Emergency Management.

We continue to report only cases, recoveries, and deaths that DSHS reports to us. We use no other source to report our numbers.

August 18, 2020 - At 1:23am on Tuesday, August 18, the Joaquin VFD was dispatched to a structure fire in the 100 block of Morris Street.