February 13, 2025 - The Shelby County Commissioners heard an update from Terry Allen on February 5, 2025 regarding the Texas Railroad Commission’s decision to permit the Paxton Waste Disposal site.
February 11, 2025 - The Shelby County Commissioners decided to move forward with the purchase of a truck for Precinct 3 and approved one of the bids submitted during their January 27, 2025 meeting.
The commissioners considered the purchase of a new truck for Precinct 3, and after Commissioner Stevie Smith reviewed the two bids received, he concluded that Performance Truck out of Lufkin more readily adhered to the specifications the county requested bid met and could have the truck ready four months sooner than the other bidder.
February 10, 2025 – A large-scale investigation has concluded with multiple individuals being sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr.
February 10, 2025 - A shooting incident in the James Community has resulted in the death of one man and the arrest of another for murder on February 9, 2025.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that sometime before 5:07pm a disagreement between two neighbors occurred over a dog on CR 3240. Allegedly one neighbor shot the other neighbor’s dog, and when the owner of the dog went to confront the alleged shooter, he was also shot.
January 22, 2025 - Chris Fleming from Shelbyville, TX has not had contact with his family since the morning of Tuesday, January 14, 2025. His last known location is Dallas, TX.
February 6, 2025 - Emergency personnel responded to a reported emergency airplane crash landing on February 4, 2025, east of Shelbyville near FM 417 and CR 2515.
February 4, 2025 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 22 indictments on Monday, February 3, 2025. The grand jury was impaneled for the January 2025 term of the 123rd/273rd Judicial District Courts.