November 11, 2019 - The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding an individual lying on the side of the roadway on County Road 2020 on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at approximately 11pm. Officers responded to the location and found a deceased male subject. Investigators with the SCSO responded and along with deputies, processed the crime scene.
November 7, 2019 marks grim anniversary of the last deathless day on Texas roadways
November 8, 2019 Austin – Julian Ekpanya will someday smile while reeling in his first fish. He will experience the joy of hitting his first Little League homerun, learn to ride a bike and eventually take a prideful walk across a graduation stage. But his father won’t be there for any of it.
November 3, 2019 - Hurst Street in Center was the scene of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian who was fatally injured as a result of the incident.
November 5, 2019 - Shelby County unofficial election results for November 5, 2019 Texas Constitutional Amendments are in with 9 propositions passing and 1 proposition failing.
Of the 15,215 registered voters in Shelby County, 346 ballots in person were cast during early voting and 33 by mail. Election day had 1,668 ballots cast for a total of 2,047 in all which is over two times the voter turnout of the 2017 Constitutional Amendment election with only 770.
Early voting starts October 21, 2019 and ends November 1, 2019 between the hours of 8am and 4:30pm at the Shelby County Clerk's Office.
November 5, 2019 - In November 2019, Texas voters will decide on 10 proposals in a statewide constitutional amendment election. The first day of Early Voting is Monday, October 21, 2019 and ends Friday, November 1, 2019. Election day is Tuesday, November 5, 2019 with polls closing at 7pm.
November 1, 2019 - The Jury that was summoned for Monday, November 4, 2019, for the 123rd Judicial District Court, Honorable LeAnn K. Rafferty, presiding, has been cancelled.
All cases scheduled have been resolved or passed.
Anyone receiving a jury summons for this day is released until they receive a future summons.
Wondering where your 2019 tax statements might be?
October 24, 2019 - Shelby County Tax office started collecting for the 2019 taxes as of October 8th, 2019.
Mail for our area was routed through the Houston distributing center but because of past flooding damage, our mail has been redirected to Shreveport or Dallas. This could cause some delay receiving your Shelby County Tax Statements.
We have 3 schools that offer a discount if taxes are paid early.