August 16, 2024 - Roy Cheatwood, Constable Precinct 3, reports he notified the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to dispatch the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department at 12:30pm, to 178 FM 2787 in reference to an unoccupied travel trailer which was on fire.

The fire department arrived and extinguished the blaze. 

August 14, 2024 - The 12th Circuit Court of Appeals District in Tyler has affirmed the trial court judgment on August 7, 2024, in the Shelby County criminal trial of Michael David Masteron.

Shelby County District Attorney Karren Price confirms the trial judgment against Michael David Masterson, who was convicted on five different counts manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was affirmed by the 12th Court of Appeals. Masterson’s appeal included seven arguments.

August 13, 2024 - Shelby County Sheriff Kevin W. Windham reports that on Sunday, August 11, 2024, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a disturbance at Williams Landing on County Road 3490 in Joaquin regarding a criminal mischief incident. Deputies arriving found that there was an issue between numerous individuals of the property and Shelby County Constable Precinct 3 Roy Cheatwood, and that there has been a lawsuit between the Williams family and Constable Cheatwood wherein there has been a dispute over land.

August 12, 2024 - West Shelby County Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 7 in front of White Rock Missionary Baptist Church near CR 1240 Friday, August 9, 2024.

August 10, 2024 - U.S. Highway 96 South 5 1/2 miles south of of Center was the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a truck hauling hay and a passenger vehicle on August 7, 2024, at around 5pm.