December 23, 2015 - Shelby County is currently under a Tornado Watch as of 6:20am until 1pm December 23, 2015 according to the National Weather Service.
The counties included in this watch are: Shelby, San Augustine, Panola, Nacogdoches, Angelina, Rusk, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Red River, Smith, Titus, Upshur and Wood.
December 22, 2015 - Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers were investigating crashes during thick fog in Shelby County on Tuesday, December 22, 2015.
The first incident reported was on FM 2694 at 7:30am when, according to Texas DPS State Trooper Taylor Buster, a black Dodge pickup truck driven by Justin Nutter, 17, of Shelbyville was traveling east and fell asleep. The Dodge left the roadway to the right and struck a driveway culvert, causing the truck to go airborne. The Dodge then came to rest on the right side of the road facing west.
December 22, 2015 - Timpson emergency crews and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 84 on Sunday, December 20, 2015.
December 22, 2015 - U.S. Highway 84 east of Tenaha was the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Sunday, December 20, 2015 and emergency personnel from Tenaha and Joaquin responded.
December 21, 2015 - BEAUMONT, Texas – U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that two residents of Jasper, Texas, along with a resident of Houston, Texas, have been charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
December 21, 2015 - The Shelby County Republican Drawing for Ballot Order took place on Monday, December 21 at 6:00pm on the second floor of the working courthouse for the 2016 March Primary Election.
(Update) December 29, 2015 - The Center Police Department responded to a report of a black male fleeing the Sleep Inn Hotel with a possible serious head injury on December 18th. As the Center P.D.
December 21, 2015 - The Texas Department of State Health Services today issued a fish consumption advisory for Lake Livingston and portions of the Trinity River after laboratory testing of fish samples found elevated levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs.
The Lake Livingston advisory is for seven types of fish – blue catfish, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, gar, smallmouth buffalo, striped bass and white bass. The advisory is in effect for the Trinity River Basin which includes Lake Livingston and the Trinity River from U.S. 287 downstream to U.S. 90.
December 16, 2015 - The Timpson Volunteer Fire Department (TVFD) was dispatched to a single-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 59 3/4 of a mile outside of Tenaha Sunday, December 13, 2015 where a vehicle had flipped over and the driver was trapped within.
December 16, 2015 - A car ended up in creek bed off State Highway 87 North as the result of a crash on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Kurtes Lawrence was dispatched to the scene at just after 7pm.