January 12, 2017 - A Shelby County grand jury for the January Term 2017 of the 273rd Judicial District Court met Tuesday, January 10, 2017 and indicted 39 cases.

Barnard Jackson was indicted for injury to a child, elderly or disabled individual, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on February 9, 2016 Jackson caused bodily injury to an individual 14 years of age or younger, by striking the individual with a blunt object causing a laceration to that person's right hand.

January 12, 2017 - A third individual has been arrested in connection with a beating and kidnapping which allegedly took place on December 13, 2016.

January 10, 2017 - On January 9, 2017, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) required our public water system The City of Joaquin, PWS ID (2100010) to issue a Boil Water Notice (BWN) to inform our customers that due to the presence of contaminants or an interruption in service, water from our system must be boiled prior to consumption.

January 6, 2017 - The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information in regards to a recent burglary which occurred on January 02, 2017 sometime between the hours of 9:00 pm and 1:00 pm January 3, 2017 at the roping arena located on Highway 96 North of Center, Texas.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that assorted sliced deli meat products served to customers at Dion’s restaurants may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The assorted sliced deli meats were produced by Peter DeFries Corporation, an Albuquerque, N.M. establishment.