October 24, 2016 - Shirley Shofner, Center resident, addressed the commissioners on what the county's response or action might be concerning problems encountered in the Timpson area with earthquakes in recent years and the possibility of it happening again in the future.

October 21, 2016 - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is investigating a major crash which occurred on State Highway 87 South Friday, October 21, 2016.

October 20, 2016 - The Shelby County grand jury for the July Term 2016 of the 123rd Judicial District Court met Wednesday, October 20, 2016 and indicted 42 cases.

Elizabeth Perez was indicted for theft, state jail felony, The indictment alleges, on June 29, 2015 Perez unlawfully appropriated a 2002 blue Chrysler Voyager van from Michael Mcilrath without his consent and with intent of depriving Mcilrath of the property.

October 20, 2016 - (Update): According to the Shelby County Sheriff's Department, Tarver was found safe at a residence on  State Highway 7 West in Center on Wednesday night, October 19, 2016.

October 18, 2016 - Many Shelby County residents and businesses experienced an interruption in their internet service Monday, October 17, 2016 due to an outage resulting from a cut fiber optic line.

According to AT&T Customer Service 2,240 customers were without service on Monday afternoon. Shelby County Today reached out to AT&T Media relations Monday evening for information regarding the outage and they issued the following statement Tuesday morning.